Galatians 4:8 Cross References - Rotherham

⁸ But, at that time––not knowing God, ye were in servitude unto them who, by nature, are not Gods;

² Then said Pharaoh, Who is Yahweh, that I should hearken to his voice, to let Israel go? I know not Yahweh, and certainly, Israel, will I not let go!

² Then said Joshua unto all the people––Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, Beyond the River, dwelt your fathers from age–past times, [unto] Terah, father of Abraham, and father of Nahor,––and they served other gods.

¹⁵ But, if it be, a vexation, in your eyes, to serve Yahweh, choose ye for yourselves, today, whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served, that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye are dwelling,––but, I and my house, will serve Yahweh.

⁹ Have ye not driven out the priests of Yahweh, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites,––and made for yourselves priests like the peoples of the countries? Whosoever cometh to install himself with a young bullock, and seven rams, then becometh he a priest unto the, no–gods.

⁴ Their idols, are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men,–– ⁵ A mouth, have they, but they speak not, Eyes, have they, but they see not; ⁶ Ears, have they, but they hear not, A nose, have they, but they smell not: ⁷ Their hands! but they feel not, Their feet! but they walk not, No sound make they in their throat. ⁸ Like unto them, shall be they who make them, Every one who trusteth in them.

¹⁵ The idols of the nations, are silver and gold, the work of the hands of men: ¹⁶ A mouth, have they, but they speak not, Eyes, have they, but they see not; ¹⁷ Ears, have they, but they hear not, Nose,––there is no breath in their mouth. ¹⁸ Like unto them, shall be they who make them, every one who trusteth in them.

¹⁹ and have put their gods in the fire,––for, no–gods, were they, but the work of the hands of men–wood, and stone, and so they destroyed them.

⁹ The fashioners of an image––all of them, are emptiness, And, the things they delight in, cannot profit,––And, their witnesses, they, neither see nor know, That they may be ashamed. ¹⁰ Who, hath fashioned a GOD, Or, an image, hath molten? It cannot profit! ¹¹ Lo! all his partners, turn pale, Even, the artificers themselves, are of the sons of earth,––Let them gather themselves together––all of them, Let them take their stand, Let them dread, and turn pale, together! ¹² As for the smith, [with his] cutting–tool,––When he hath wrought in the live coals, And, with hammers, hath fashioned it,––And hath wrought it with his strong, arm, Anon, he is hungry, and hath no, strength, He hath drunk no water, and so hath become faint! ¹³ As for the carpenter,––He hath stretched out a line, hath drawn it with a pencil, Hath made it with carving tools, With compasses, hath rounded it,––And so hath made it after the figure of a great man, After the beauty of a son of earth, that it may remain in a house! ¹⁴ When one was cutting him down cedars, Then took he a holm–tree, and an oak, And secured them for himself, among the trees of the forest,––He planted a fir–tree, and the pouring rain made it grow; ¹⁵ So it serveth for a man to burn, And he hath taken of [the branches] and warmed himself, Also, he kindleth a fire, and baketh bread,––Also, he maketh a GOD, and hath bowed himself down, Hath made of it a carved image, and adored it: ¹⁶ The half thereof, hath he burned in the fire, Over half thereof, he eateth, flesh, He roasteth roast, that he may be satisfied,––Also, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen a blaze; ¹⁷ And, the residue thereof, Into a GOD, he maketh, Into his carved image,––Adoreth it, and boweth down, and prayeth unto it, And saith, Deliver me, for, my GOD, thou art! ¹⁸ They have not taken note, neither can they perceive,––He hath besmeared––past seeing––their eyes, Past understanding, their hearts; ¹⁹ And no one reflecteth––There is neither knowledge nor discernment––to say, Half thereof, have I burned up in the fire, Moreover also, I have baked, on the coals thereof, bread, I roasted flesh, and have been eating,––And, of the remainder thereof, an abomination, shall I make? And, to a log of wood, shall I pay adoration? ²⁰ He is feeding on ashes, A deluded heart, hath turned him aside,––And he cannot deliver his own soul, nor say, Is there not a falsehood in my right hand?

¹¹ Hath, a nation, changed, gods, although, they, were No–gods? Yet, my people, have changed my glory, for that which could not profit!

³ For, as for the prescribed customs of the peoples, vanity, they are,––For, a tree out of the forest, one cutteth down, Work for the hands of a skilled workman, with the axe: ⁴ With silver and with gold, he decketh it,––With nails and with hammers, they fasten them, that it may not totter. ⁵ Mere palm–trunks turned, they are, and cannot speak, They must needs be, carried, for they cannot take a step, Be not afraid of them, for they cannot do harm, And, even to do good, is not in their power. ⁶ None, there is, like unto thee, O Yahweh,––Great, art, thou, And, great, is, thy Name, for might. ⁷ Who, would not revere thee, O King of nations? For, thee, doth it beseem; Forasmuch as, among all the wise men of the nations, And throughout all their royal estate, None, there is, like unto thee. ⁸ But, at once, do they become brutish and stupid,––An example of utmost vanity, is, a tree! ⁹ Silver spread into plates, from Tarshish, is brought, And gold, from Uphaz, Work for the craftsman, and for the hands of the smith,––Blue and purple, is their clothing, Work for the skilled, are they all. ¹⁰ But, Yahweh, is God, in truth, He, is a God that, liveth, And a King of times age–abiding,––At his anger, quaketh the earth, And nations cannot endure, his wrath. ¹¹ Thus, shall ye say unto them, The gods that made not the heavens, And the earth, Shall perish out of the earth, And from under these heavens! ¹² He that made the earth by his power, That established the world by his wisdom,––And, by his understanding, stretched out the heavens, ¹³ At the voice that he uttered, there was a tumult of waters in the heavens, And he caused vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth,––The lightnings for rain, he made, And brought forth wind out of his treasuries. ¹⁴ Every son of earth hath become too brutish, to discern, Every goldsmith, hath been put to shame, by a graven image,––For, a falsehood, is his molten image, Seeing there is no breath in them. ¹⁵ Vanity, they are, the handiwork of mockeries,––In the time of their visitation, shall they perish. ¹⁶ Not like these, is the portion of Jacob, For, the fashioner of all things, is, he, And, Israel, is his inherited sceptre,––Yahweh of hosts, is his name.

²⁵ Pour out thy wrath––Upon the nations, that know thee not, and, Upon the families, that, upon thy Name, have not called,––For they have devoured Jacob, Yea they have devoured him, and consumed him, And, his habitation, have they made desolate.

¹⁰ In the world, he was, and, the world, through him, came into existence, and, the world, knew him not.

¹² And they went on to call Barnabas, Jupiter, and Paul, Mercury, seeing that, he, was the leader of discourse.

²³ For, passing through, and carefully observing your objects of devotion, I found an altar also, in which was inscribed––Unto an Unknown God. What, therefore, not knowing, ye reverence, the same, do, I, declare unto you.

²⁹ Being, then, offspring, of God, we ought not to be supposing that, unto gold or silver or stone, graven by art and device of man, the Divine, is like. ³⁰ The times of ignorance, therefore, overlooking, God, as things now are, is charging all men everywhere to repent,

²³ And, exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God, for the likeness of an image of a corruptible man, and of birds and fourfooted beasts and reptiles:

²⁸ And, even as they did not approve to be holding, God, in acknowledgment, God gave them up unto a disapproved mind to be doing the things that are not becoming,

²¹ For, seeing that, in the wisdom of God, the world, through its wisdom, did not get to knew God, God was well–pleased––through the foolishness of the thing proclaimed, to save them that believe.

⁴ Concerning, then, the eating of idol–sacrifices, we are aware––that an idol is, nothing, in the world, and that, none, is God save one.

¹⁹ What, then, am I saying?––that, an idol–sacrifice, is anything? or that, an idol, is anything? ²⁰ On the contrary––that, the things which the nations sacrifice, unto demons, and not unto God, they sacrifice; and I wish not that ye should become, sharers together with the demons!

² Ye know that, when ye were of the nations, unto the dumb idols, howsoever ye were being led, ye were seduced.

¹¹ Wherefore, keep in remembrance––that, at one time, ye, the nations in flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by the so–called Circumcision in flesh, made by hand, ¹² That ye were, in that season, separate from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and godless in the world;

¹⁸ Being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God––by reason of the ignorance that existeth within them, by reason of their hearts being turned into stone,

⁹ For, they themselves, concerning us, do tell––what manner of entrance we had unto you, and how ye turned unto God from the idols––to be serving a living and true God,

⁵ Not with a passion of coveting,––just as even the nations who know not God,––

⁸ In a fiery flame; holding forth vengeance––against them that refuse to know God, and them who decline to hearken unto the glad–message of our Lord Jesus,

³ For, sufficient, is the bygone time––to have wrought out, the will of the nations, having gone on in wanton ways, covetings, wine–drinkings, revellings, drinking–bouts, and impious idolatries:––

¹ Behold, what manner of love, the Father hath bestowed upon us––that, children of God, we should be called,––and such we are! Therefore, the world understandeth us not, because it understood not him.