New International Version
"Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman? Or an image that teaches lies? For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.

New Living Translation
"What good is an idol carved by man, or a cast image that deceives you? How foolish to trust in your own creation--a god that can't even talk!

English Standard Version
“What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols!

Berean Study Bible
What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.

New American Standard Bible
"What profit is the idol when its maker has carved it, Or an image, a teacher of falsehood? For its maker trusts in his own handiwork When he fashions speechless idols.

King James Bible
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
What use is a carved idol after its craftsman carves it? It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies. For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it and makes idols that cannot speak.

International Standard Version
"Where is the benefit in owning a carved image, that motivates its maker to carve it? It is only a cast image— a teacher that lies— because the engraver entrusts himself to his carving, crafting speechless idols.

NET Bible
What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"What benefit is there in a carved idol when its maker has carved it? What benefit is there in a molded statue, a teacher of lies, when its maker has molded it? The one who formed it trusts himself to make worthless idols that cannot speak.

Jubilee Bible 2000
Of what profit is the graven image that its maker has sculpted; the molten image, that teaches lies, so that in making dumb images the maker trusts in his work?

King James 2000 Bible
What profits the graven image that its maker has shaped it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusts in it, to make dumb idols?

American King James Version
What profits the graven image that the maker thereof has graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusts therein, to make dumb idols?

American Standard Version
What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

Douay-Rheims Bible
What doth the graven thing avail, because the maker thereof hath graven it, a molten, and a false image? because the forger thereof hath trusted in a thing of his own forging, to make dumb idols.

Darby Bible Translation
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols?

English Revised Version
What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and the teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

Webster's Bible Translation
What profiteth the graven image that its maker hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

World English Bible
"What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols?

Young's Literal Translation
What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation -- to make dumb idols?

Habakuk 2:18 Afrikaans PWL
Watter voordeel het die afgod wanneer sy maker dit gekerf het? Die gegote beeld is ’n leraar van valsheid, want sy maker vertrou op sy eie handewerk wanneer hy stom afgode vorm.

Habakuku 2:18 Albanian
Çfarë dobie sjell figura e gdhendur, kur gdhendësi që e ka bërë, apo një figurë e shkrirë që të mëson gënjeshtrën, që punuesi i saj të ketë besim te puna e tij, duke fabrikuar idhuj të heshtur?

ﺣﺒﻘﻮﻕ 2:18 Arabic: Smith & Van Dyke
ماذا نفع التمثال المنحوت حتى نحته صانعه او المسبوك ومعلّم الكذب حتى ان الصانع صنعة يتكل عليها فيصنع اوثانا بكما.

Dyr Häbykuck 2:18 Bavarian
Was bringt ayn Götznbild, dös wo ayn Handwercher gmacht haat, yso ayn Gipskopf, ayn gossner, der wo öbbs und nix ist? Und daa sollt der drauf baun, wo s gmacht haat, wo decht dös Trumm nit aynmaal rödn kan?!

Авакум 2:18 Bulgarian
Какво ползва изваяният идол, Та го е изваял художника му?- Или леяният идол, учителят на лъжата, Та уповава творителят му на делото си, Тъй щото да прави неми идоли?

現代標點和合本 (CUVMP Traditional)
「雕刻的偶像，人將它刻出來，有什麼益處呢？鑄造的偶像就是虛謊的師傅，製造者倚靠這啞巴偶像有什麼益處呢？

现代标点和合本 (CUVMP Simplified)
“雕刻的偶像，人将它刻出来，有什么益处呢？铸造的偶像就是虚谎的师傅，制造者倚靠这哑巴偶像有什么益处呢？

哈 巴 谷 書 2:18 Chinese Bible: Union (Traditional)
雕 刻 的 偶 像 ， 人 將 他 刻 出 來 ， 有 甚 麼 益 處 呢 ？ 鑄 造 的 偶 像 就 是 虛 謊 的 師 傅 。 製 造 者 倚 靠 這 啞 巴 偶 像 有 甚 麼 益 處 呢 ？

哈 巴 谷 書 2:18 Chinese Bible: Union (Simplified)
雕 刻 的 偶 像 ， 人 将 他 刻 出 来 ， 有 甚 麽 益 处 呢 ？ 铸 造 的 偶 像 就 是 虚 谎 的 师 傅 。 制 造 者 倚 靠 这 哑 巴 偶 像 有 甚 麽 益 处 呢 ？

Habakkuk 2:18 Croatian Bible
Čemu koristi tesan lik da ga umjetnik teše? Čemu lijevan lik, lažno proroštvo, da se tvorac njegov u nj pouzdaje oblikujuć' nijeme kipove?

Abakuka 2:18 Czech BKR
Co prospívá rytina, že ji vyryl řemeslník její? Slitina i učitel lži, že doufá učinitel v účinek svůj, dělaje modly němé?

Habakkuk 2:18 Danish
Hvad gavner det skaarne Billed, at en Billedskærer skærer det ud, det støbte Billed, hvis Spaadom er falsk, at en Billedskærer stoler derpaa, saa han laver stumme Guder?

Habakuk 2:18 Dutch Staten Vertaling
Wat zal het gesneden beeld baten, dat zijn formeerder het gesneden heeft? of het gegoten beeld, hetwelk een leugenleraar is, dat de formeerder op zijn formeersel vertrouwt, als hij stomme afgoden gemaakt heeft?