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Isaiah 40:19

19  yAn idol! A craftsman casts it,

and a goldsmith overlays it with gold

and casts for it silver chains.

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Isaiah 40:19 — The New International Version (NIV)

19 As for an idol, a metalworker casts it,

and a goldsmith overlays it with gold

and fashions silver chains for it.

Isaiah 40:19 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

19 The workman melteth a graven image,

And the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold,

And casteth silver chains.

Isaiah 40:19 — New Living Translation (NLT)

19 Can he be compared to an idol formed in a mold,

overlaid with gold, and decorated with silver chains?

Isaiah 40:19 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

19 The workman molds an image,

The goldsmith overspreads it with gold,

And the silversmith casts silver chains.

Isaiah 40:19 — New Century Version (NCV)

19 An idol is formed by a craftsman,

and a goldsmith covers it with gold

and makes silver chains for it.

Isaiah 40:19 — American Standard Version (ASV)

19 The image, a workman hath cast it, and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth for it silver chains.

Isaiah 40:19 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

19 The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains for it.

Isaiah 40:19 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

19 Craftsmen make idols. 

Goldsmiths cover them with gold. 

Silversmiths make silver chains for them. 

Isaiah 40:19 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

19 To an idol?—something that a smelter casts,

and a metalworker plates with gold

and makes silver welds for it?

Isaiah 40:19 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

19 An idol? —A workman casts it,

and a goldsmith overlays it with gold,

and casts for it silver chains.

Isaiah 40:19 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

19 A craftsman pours out the idol,

and a goldsmith overlays it with gold,

and he smelts chains of silver.

Isaiah 40:19 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

19 Will you compare him to a statue of a god?

Any skilled worker can make a statue.

Then another worker covers it with gold

and makes silver chains for it.

Isaiah 40:19 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

19 As for the idol, a craftsman casts it,

A goldsmith plates it with gold,

And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.


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