Isaiah 40:19
“The workeman melteth a grauen image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it ouer with golde, and casteth siluer chaines.”
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Isaiah 40:19 Context
17All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him lesse then nothing, and vanitie. 18¶ To whom then will ye liken God? or what likenesse will ye compare vnto him? 19The workeman melteth a grauen image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it ouer with golde, and casteth siluer chaines. 20He that is so impouerished that he hath no oblation, chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh vnto him a cunning workeman, to prepare a grauen image that shall not be mooued. 21Haue yee not knowen? haue yee not heard? hath it not beene tolde you from the beginning? haue yee not vnderstood from the foundations of the earth?
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The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
- King James Version
{As for} the idol, a craftsman casts it, A goldsmith plates it with gold, And a silversmith {fashions} chains of silver.
- New American Standard Version (1995)