Isaiah 44:12
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44:12A blacksmith works with his tool16
and forges metal over the coals.
He forms it17 with hammers;
he makes it with his strong arm.
He gets hungry and loses his energy;18
he drinks no water and gets tired.
Footnotes
- 16 The noun מַעֲצָד (ma’atsad), which refers to some type of tool used for cutting, occurs only here and in Jer 10:3. See מַעֲצָד.
- 17 Some English versions take the pronoun “it” to refer to an idol being fashioned by the blacksmith (cf. , , ). understands the referent to be “a sharp tool,” which is then used by the carpenter in the following verse to carve an idol from wood.
- 18 Heb “and there is no strength”; “his strength fails.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
The ironsmith takes a cutting tool and works it over the coals. He fashions it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
The blacksmith takes a tool
and works with it in the coals;
he shapes an idol with hammers,
he forges it with the might of his arm.
He gets hungry and loses his strength;
he drinks no water and grows faint.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The ironworker labors over the coals,
shapes the idol with hammers,
and works it with his strong arm.
Also he grows hungry and his strength fails;
he doesn’t drink water and is faint.
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NLTNew Living Translation
The blacksmith stands at his forge to make a sharp tool,
pounding and shaping it with all his might.
His work makes him hungry and weak.
It makes him thirsty and faint.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
The ironsmith works in the coals with his tool
and forms it with hammers.
And he makes it with his strong arm;
indeed, he becomes hungry, and he lacks strength;
he does not drink water, and he is faint.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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