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19 An idol? A workman casts it,
    and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
    and casts for it silver chains.(A)

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19 As for an idol,(A) a metalworker casts it,
    and a goldsmith(B) overlays it with gold(C)
    and fashions silver chains for it.

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20 As a gift one chooses mulberry wood[a]
    —wood that will not rot—
then seeks out a skilled artisan
    to set up an image that will not topple.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 40.20 Meaning of Heb uncertain

20 A person too poor to present such an offering
    selects wood(A) that will not rot;
they look for a skilled worker
    to set up an idol(B) that will not topple.(C)

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