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Isaiah 40:19

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19As for an idol,u a metalworker casts it,

and a goldsmithv overlays it with goldw

and fashions silver chains for it.

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Cross references

  1. uSee Ex 20:4; Ps 115:4; See Isa 37:19; 42:17; Jer 2:8, 28; 10:8; 16:19; Hab 2:18; Zec 10:2
  2. vIsa 41:7; 46:6; Jer 10:3
  3. wIsa 2:20; 31:7

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

An idol! A craftsman casts it,

and a goldsmith overlays it with gold

and casts for it silver chains.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

An idol?—something that a smelter casts

and a metalworker plates with gold

and makes silver chains for?

NLTNew Living Translation

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

overlaid with gold, and decorated with silver chains?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A craftsman pours out the idol,

and a goldsmith overlays it with gold,

and he smelts chains of silver.

KJV 1900King James Version

The workman melteth a graven image,

And the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold,

And casteth silver chains.