Isaiah 44:12
“The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Isaiah 44:12 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
The smithmakethan axe, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Der Eisenschmied hat ein Werkzeug und arbeitet bei Kohlenglut, und er gestaltet es mit Hämmern und verarbeitet es mit seinem kräftigen Arm. Er wird auch hungrig und kraftlos; er hat kein Wasser getrunken und ermattet.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
El herrero tomará la tenaza, obrará en las ascuas, darále forma con los martillos, y trabajará en ella con la fuerza de su brazo: tiene luego hambre, y le faltan las fuerzas; no beberá agua, y se desmaya.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
O ferreiro, com a ferramenta de corte, trabalha nas brasas, e forma o ídolo com martelos; e ele o faz com a força de seu braço; ele, porém, tem fome e perde as forças, e se não beber água, desfalece.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
O ferreiro trabalha com suas ferramentas e forma o ídolo, trabalhando sobre as brasas. Ele o molda com os martelos e trabalha nisso com seu braço forte. Ele passa a ter fome e sua força diminui; ele não bebe água e fica enfraquecido.
📖 Isaiah 44:12 in Context
10Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
11Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
12The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
13The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
14He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
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