Isaiah
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Isaiah 40:19
“The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.”
King James Version (KJV)
Isaiah 40:19 Context
16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. 17All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. 18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 19The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 20He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. 21Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
"The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains." Isaiah 40:19 KJV Similar Verses Save
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Translation Details for Isaiah 40:19
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
Other Translations for Isaiah 40:19
Bible Commentary for Isaiah 40:19
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.
The workeman melteth a grauen image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it ouer with golde, and casteth siluer chaines.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
{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