Isaiah 40:18–20
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18With whom will you compare God?
What likeness will you set up for comparison with him?o
19An idol?—something that a smelter casts
and a metalworker plates with gold
and makes silver chains for?p
20A poor person contributes wood for a pedestal
that will not rot.A
He looks for a skilled craftsman
to set up an idol that will not fall over.q
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- AOr who is too poor for such an offering, or who chooses mulberry wood as a votive gift; obscure
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
To whom then will you liken God,
or what likeness compare with him?
An idol! A craftsman casts it,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
and casts for it silver chains.
He who is too impoverished for an offering
chooses wood that will not rot;
he seeks out a skillful craftsman
to set up an idol that will not move.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
With whom, then, will you compare God?
To what image will you liken him?
As for an idol, a metalworker casts it,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
and fashions silver chains for it.
A person too poor to present such an offering
selects wood that will not rot;
they look for a skilled worker
to set up an idol that will not topple.
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NLTNew Living Translation
To whom can you compare God?
What image can you find to resemble him?
Can he be compared to an idol formed in a mold,
overlaid with gold, and decorated with silver chains?
Or if people are too poor for that,
they might at least choose wood that won’t decay
and a skilled craftsman
to carve an image that won’t fall down!
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
And to whom will you liken God?
And to what likeness will you compare him?
A craftsman pours out the idol,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold,
and he smelts chains of silver.
The one who is too impoverished for a gift chooses wood that will not rot;
he seeks a skillful artisan for himself to set up an image that will not be knocked over.
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KJV 1900King James Version
To whom then will ye liken God?
Or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
The workman melteth a graven image,
And the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold,
And casteth silver chains.
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.
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