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Isaiah 40:19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Isaiah 40:19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
19 An idol? A workman casts it,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
and casts for it silver chains.(A)
Isaiah 40:19
New International Version
Isaiah 40:19
New International Version
Isaiah 40:19
King James Version
Isaiah 40:19
King James Version
19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
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Isaiah 40:20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Isaiah 40:20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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)
Footnotes
- 40.20 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 40:20
New International Version
Isaiah 40:20
New International Version
Isaiah 40:20
King James Version
Isaiah 40:20
King James Version
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.
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