Isaiah 40:19 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.”
Isaiah 40:19 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 40:19 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 40:19 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.”
Isaiah 40:19 — World English Bible
Isaiah 40:19 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“The image, a workman hath cast it, and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth for it silver chains. ”
Isaiah 40:19 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 40:19 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“The graven image poured out hath a artisan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining.”
Isaiah 40:19 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 40:19 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains [for it]. ”
Isaiah 40:19 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 40:19 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The workeman melteth an image, or the goldsmith beateth it out in golde, or the goldesmith maketh siluer plates.”
Isaiah 40:19 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 40:19 in Context — Isaiah 40
17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
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.
21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
What Does Isaiah 40:19 Mean?
Isaiah 40:19 is a verse from the Book of Isaiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Isaiah chapter 40. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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