Isaiah 40:19 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Craftsmen make idols. Goldsmiths cover them with gold. Silversmiths make silver chains for them.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

ASV:

The image, a workman hath cast it , and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth for it'silver chains.

BBE:

The workman makes an image, and the gold-worker puts gold plates over it, and makes silver bands for it.

DBY:

The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains for it.

ERV:

The graven image, a workman melted it, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth for it silver chains.

JPS:

The image perchance, which the craftsman hath melted, and the goldsmith spread over with gold, the silversmith casting silver chains?

WBS:

The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

WEB:

A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.

YLT:

The graven image poured out hath a artisan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining.

Isaiah 40:19 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, The work of man's hands.

Isaiah 2:20 In that day men will cast away to the moles and the bats Their idols of silver and their idols of gold, Which they made for themselves to worship,

Isaiah 30:22 And you will defile your graven images overlaid with silver, and your molten images plated with gold. You will scatter them as an impure thing, and say to them, "Be gone!"

Isaiah 41:7 So the craftsman encourages the smelter, And he who smooths metal with the hammer encourages him who beats the anvil, Saying of the soldering, "It is good"; And he fastens it with nails, So that it will not totter.

Isaiah 44:10 Who has fashioned a god or cast an idol to no profit?

Habakkuk 2:18 "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.

Habakkuk 2:19 "Woe to him who says to a piece of wood, 'Awake!' To a mute stone, 'Arise!' And that is your teacher? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, And there is no breath at all inside it. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

40:19 Melteth - He melts metal into a mould, which afterwards is graven or carved to make it more exact.

MHC:

40:18-26 Whatever we esteem or love, fear or hope in, more than God, that creature we make equal with God, though we do not make images or worship them. He that is so poor, that he has scarcely a sacrifice to offer, yet will not be without a god of his own. They spared no cost upon their idols; we grudge what is spent in the service of our God. To prove the greatness of God, the prophet appeals to all ages and nations. Those who are ignorant of this, are willingly ignorant. God has the command of all creatures, and of all created things. The prophet directs us to use our reason as well as our senses; to consider who created the hosts of heaven, and to pay our homage to Him. Not one fails to fulfil his will. And let us not forget, that He spake all the promises, and engaged to perform them.

CONC:

Artizan Bands Cast Casteth Casting Casts Chains Craftsman Fashions Gold Goldsmith Gold-worker Graven Idol Image Makes Melted Melteth Overlayeth Overlays Perchance Plates Poured Puts Refiner Refining Silver Silversmith Spread Spreadeth Workman

Artizan Cast Casteth Casting Casts Chains Craftsman Fashions Gold Goldsmith Gold-Worker Graven Idol Image Makes Melted Melteth Overlayeth Perchance Plates Puts Refiner Refining Silver Silversmith Spread Spreadeth Workman

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