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Isaiah 40:19

Christian Standard Bible

19 An idol?—something that a smelter casts and a metalworker plates with gold and makes silver chains for?

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American Standard Version

The image, a workman hath cast it, and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth for it silver chains.

English Standard Version

An idol! A craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts for it silver chains.

King James Version

The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

New American Standard Bible

As for the idol, a craftsman casts it, A goldsmith plates it with gold, And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.

New International Version

As for an idol, a metalworker casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.

New King James Version

The workman molds an image, The goldsmith overspreads it with gold, And the silversmith casts silver chains.

New Living Translation

Can he be compared to an idol formed in a mold, overlaid with gold, and decorated with silver chains?

World English Bible

A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.