16:20 Can people make their own gods?
No, what they make are not gods at all.” 1
115:4 Their 2 idols are made of silver and gold –
they are man-made. 3
1 tn Heb “and they are ‘no gods.’” For the construction here compare 2:11 and a similar construction in 2 Kgs 19:18 and see BDB 519 s.v. לֹא 1.b(b).
2 tn The referent of the pronominal suffix is “the nations” (v. 2).
3 tn Heb “the work of the hands of man.”
3 tn Heb “and they put their gods in the fire.”
4 tn Heb “so they destroyed them” (NASB similar).
4 tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
5 tn The adverbial participle ἀκούσαντες (akousante") is understood to be temporal and translated with “since.” A causal idea may also be in the apostle’s mind, but the context emphasizes temporal ideas, e.g., “from the day” (v. 6).