Isaiah 40:19
World English Bible (WEB)
A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
In context
17 All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
18 To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
19 A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up a carved image for him that will not be moved.
21 Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? Haven’t you been told from the beginning? Haven’t you understood from the foundations of the earth?
Isaiah 40:19 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
- KJV King James Version
- The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
- 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.