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Isaiah 44:12

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12The blacksmithu 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.v

He gets hungry and loses his strength;

he drinks no water and grows faint.w

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Cross references

  1. uSee Isa 40:19; 41:6–7; 54:16
  2. vAc 17:29
  3. wIsa 40:28

In other versions

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.