Isaiah 40:19
King James Version (KJV)
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
In context
17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
20 He 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.
21 Have 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?
Isaiah 40:19 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
- WEB World English Bible
- A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?
- ASV American Standard Version
- The image, a workman hath cast it, and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth for it silver chains.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- The graven image poured out hath a artisan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains [for it].
- WBS Webster Bible
- The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.