Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
A goldsmith
And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.
King James Version
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
Holman Bible
and a metalworker plates with gold
and makes silver welds for it?
International Standard Version
To an idol? A craftsman makes the image, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts silver chains.
A Conservative Version
The image, a workman has cast [it], and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts [for it] silver chains.
American Standard Version
The image, a workman hath cast it , and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth for it'silver chains.
Amplified
As for the cast image (idol), a metalworker casts it,
A goldsmith overlays it with gold
And a silversmith casts its silver chains.
Bible in Basic English
The workman makes an image, and the gold-worker puts gold plates over it, and makes silver bands for it.
Darby Translation
The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains for it.
Julia Smith Translation
The artificer cast the carved image, and the founder will spread it out with gold, and he smelted chains of silver.
King James 2000
The workman melts a graven image, and the goldsmith spreads it over with gold, and casts silver chains.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A craftsman pours out the idol, and a {goldsmith} overlays it with gold, and [he] smelts chains of silver.
Modern King James verseion
The workman melts a graven image, and the goldsmith spreads it over with gold, and casts silver chains.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Shall the carver make him a carved image? And shall the goldsmith cover him with gold, or cast him into a form of silver plates?
NET Bible
A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.
New Heart English Bible
A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
The Emphasized Bible
The image, hath been cast by an artificer, And a goldsmith, with gold, overlayeth it, - And, chains of silver, he worketh.
Webster
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
World English Bible
A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
Youngs 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.
Themes
Art » Primitive » Of the goldsmith
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Goldsmiths
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 40:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Comfort For God's People
18
Or what likeness will you compare with Him?
A goldsmith
And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.
Selects a
He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman
To
Cross References
Psalm 115:4-8
The
Jeremiah 10:9
And
The work of a craftsman and of the hands of a goldsmith;
Violet and purple are their clothing;
They are all the
Habakkuk 2:18-19
Or
For its maker
When he fashions speechless idols.
Exodus 32:2-4
Aaron said to them, “
Judges 17:4
So when he returned the silver to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith who made
Psalm 135:15
The work of man’s hands.
Psalm 135:18
Yes, everyone who trusts in them.
Isaiah 2:20
Their idols of silver and their idols of gold,
Which they made for themselves to worship,
Isaiah 37:18-19
Truly, O Lord, the
Isaiah 44:10-12
Who has fashioned a god or cast
Isaiah 46:6-7
And weigh silver on the scale
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They
Jeremiah 10:3-5
Because
The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.
Hosea 8:6
A
Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to
Isaiah 41:6-7
And says to his brother, “Be strong!”