Isaiah 40:19

Isaiah 40:19 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

19As for an idol, a metalworker casts it,

and a goldsmith overlays it with gold

and fashions silver chains for it.

19 As for the idol, a craftsman casts it,

A goldsmith plates it with gold,

And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.

19 As for the cast image (idol), a metalworker casts it,

A goldsmith overlays it with gold

And a silversmith casts its silver chains.

19To an idol that a craftsman casts

and a metalworker overlays with gold

and fits with silver chains?

19The image, a workman hath cast it, and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth for it silver chains.

19The workeman melteth an image, or the goldsmith beateth it out in golde, or the goldesmith maketh siluer plates.

19A workman has cast an image,

and the goldsmith overlays it with gold,

and casts silver chains for it.

19Will you compare him with a statue of a god?

Anyone who works with metal can make a statue.

Then another worker covers it with gold

and makes silver chains for it.

19A worker may use special skill to make an idol.

Another worker may cover it with gold.

He may use silver chains to make it beautiful.

19An artisan has poured out the carved image, || And a refiner spreads it over with gold, || And he is refining chains of silver.