Isaiah 44:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.”
Isaiah 44:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 44:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 44:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The blacksmith takes an ax, works in the coals, fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. He is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.”
Isaiah 44:12 — World English Bible
Isaiah 44:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“The smithmakethan axe, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint. ”
Isaiah 44:12 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 44:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“He hath wrought iron <FI>with<Fi> an axe, And hath wrought with coals, And with hammers doth form it, And doth work it by his powerful arm, Yea, he is hungry, and there is no power, He doth not drink water, and he is wearied.”
Isaiah 44:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 44:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“The iron-smith [hath] a chisel, and he worketh in the coals, and he fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm; — but he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he hath not drunk water, and he is faint. ”
Isaiah 44:12 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 44:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The smith taketh an instrument, and worketh in the coles, and facioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his armes: yea, he is an hungred, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.”
Isaiah 44:12 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 44:12 in Context — Isaiah 44
10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
What Does Isaiah 44:12 Mean?
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