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 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
The image, a workman hath cast it, and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth for it silver chains.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Hat der Künstler das Bild gegossen, so überzieht es der Schmelzer mit Gold und schweißt silberne Ketten daran.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
El artífice apareja la imagen de talla, el platero le extiende el oro, y le funde cadenas de plata.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
O artífice funde a imagem, e o ourives a cobre de ouro, e cadeias de prata lhe funde.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Um ídolo, que um artesão molda, o ourives o cobre de ouro e forja correntes de prata para ele.
📖 Isaiah 40:19 in Context
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?
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