Isaiah 40:19
“The workeman melteth a grauen image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it ouer with golde, and casteth siluer chaines.”
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Isaiah 40:19 Context
17All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him lesse then nothing, and vanitie. 18¶ To whom then will ye liken God? or what likenesse will ye compare vnto him? 19The workeman melteth a grauen image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it ouer with golde, and casteth siluer chaines. 20He that is so impouerished that he hath no oblation, chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh vnto him a cunning workeman, to prepare a grauen image that shall not be mooued. 21Haue yee not knowen? haue yee not heard? hath it not beene tolde you from the beginning? haue yee not vnderstood from the foundations of the earth?
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Other Translations for Isaiah 40:19
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
- King James Version
{As for} the idol, a craftsman casts it, A goldsmith plates it with gold, And a silversmith {fashions} chains of silver.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
The image, a workman hath cast `it', and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth `for it' silver chains.
- American Standard Version (1901)
The workman makes an image, and the gold-worker puts gold plates over it, and makes silver bands for it.
- Basic English Bible
The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains [for it].
- Darby Bible
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
- Webster's Bible
A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
- World English Bible
The graven image poured out hath a artizan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining.
- Youngs Literal Bible
The image perchance, which the craftsman hath melted, and the goldsmith spread over with gold, the silversmith casting silver chains?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Isaiah 40:19
40:19 Melteth - He melts metal into a mould, which afterwards is graven or carved to make it more exact.