Isaiah 40:20
Isaiah 40:20 — The New International Version (NIV)
20 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.
Isaiah 40:20 — English Standard Version (ESV)
20 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.
Isaiah 40:20 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
20 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.
Isaiah 40:20 — New Living Translation (NLT)
20 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!
Isaiah 40:20 — New Century Version (NCV)
20 A poor person cannot buy those expensive statues,
so he finds a tree that will not rot.
Then he finds a skilled craftsman
to make it into an idol that will not fall over.
Isaiah 40:20 — American Standard Version (ASV)
20 He that is too impoverished for such an oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilful workman to set up a graven image, that shall not be moved.
Isaiah 40:20 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
20 He that is impoverished, so that he hath no offering, chooseth a tree that doth not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilled workman to prepare a graven image that shall not be moved.
Isaiah 40:20 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
20 The poorest people choose wood that will not rot
and search out skillful craftsmen
to set up idols that will not fall over.
Isaiah 40:20 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
20 To one who shapes a pedestal,
choosing wood that does not rot?
He looks for a skilled craftsman
to set up an idol that will not fall over.
Isaiah 40:20 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
20 As a gift one chooses mulberry wood
—wood that will not rot—
then seeks out a skilled artisan
to set up an image that will not topple.
Isaiah 40:20 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
20 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.
Isaiah 40:20 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
20 But someone who is too poor to bring that kind of offering
will choose some wood that won’t rot.
Then he looks for a skilled worker.
He pays the worker to make a statue of a god that won’t fall over.
Isaiah 40:20 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering
Selects a tree that does not rot;
He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman
To prepare an idol that will not totter.