Isaiah 40:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

The workman molds a graven image, the goldsmith covers it with gold and casts silver chains.

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  • Ps 115:4-8 : 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. 5 They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes they have, but they do not see; 6 They have ears, but they do not hear; noses they have, but they do not smell; 7 They have hands, but they do not handle; feet they have, but they do not walk; nor do they speak through their throat. 8 Those who make them are like them; so is everyone who trusts in them.
  • Jer 10:9 : 9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple are their clothing: they are all the work of skilled men.
  • Hab 2:18-19 : 18 What profit is the carved image that its maker has carved it; the molded image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusts in it, to make mute idols? 19 Woe to him who says to the wood, Awake; to the mute stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in its midst.
  • Hos 8:6 : 6 For it is from Israel; the workman made it, and it is not God. But the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
  • Ps 135:15 : 15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
  • Ps 135:18 : 18 Those who make them are like them: so is everyone that trusts in them.
  • Isa 2:20 : 20 In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
  • Isa 37:18-19 : 18 Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their countries, 19 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
  • Exod 32:2-4 : 2 Aaron said to them, "Break off the golden earrings that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me." 3 So all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. 4 He received them from their hand, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt."
  • Judg 17:4 : 4 Yet he restored the money to his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a carved image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
  • Isa 44:10-12 : 10 Who has formed a god, or cast a carved 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 works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms: yes, he is hungry, and his strength fails: he drinks no water, and is faint.
  • Isa 46:6-7 : 6 They pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver on the scales, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god: they fall down, yes, they worship. 7 They carry him upon the shoulder, they bear him, and set him in his place, and he stands; from his place he shall not move: yes, one shall cry to him, yet he cannot answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
  • Jer 10:3-5 : 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They decorate it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it does not move. 5 They stand upright like a palm tree, but do not speak: they must be carried, because they cannot go. Do not be afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.
  • Isa 41:6-7 : 6 They helped everyone his neighbor; and everyone said to his brother, Be of good courage. 7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smooths with the hammer him that struck the anvil, saying, It is ready for the soldering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

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  • Isa 46:5-6
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    5To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?

    6They pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver on the scales, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god: they fall down, yes, they worship.

  • Isa 44:9-12
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    9Those who make a carved image are all of them vanity; and their delightful things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

    10Who has formed a god, or cast a carved image that is profitable for nothing?

    11Behold, 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.

    12The smith with the tongs both works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms: yes, he is hungry, and his strength fails: he drinks no water, and is faint.

  • Isa 40:20
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    20He who is so impoverished that he has no offering chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks for himself a skillful workman to prepare a graven image that will not be moved.

  • Isa 40:18
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    18To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?

  • Ps 135:15
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    15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

  • Jer 10:9
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    9Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple are their clothing: they are all the work of skilled men.

  • Ps 115:4
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    4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.

  • Exod 31:4-5
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    4To devise skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, and in bronze,

    5And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of craftsmanship.

  • Hab 2:18-19
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    18What profit is the carved image that its maker has carved it; the molded image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusts in it, to make mute idols?

    19Woe to him who says to the wood, Awake; to the mute stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in its midst.

  • Exod 35:32-33
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    32And to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze,

    33And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of skillful work.

  • Jer 51:17
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    17Every man is senseless by his knowledge; every craftsman is put to shame by the graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

  • Jer 10:14
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    14Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is humiliated by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

  • Exod 25:39
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    39It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.

  • 1 Chr 29:5
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    5The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all kinds of work to be made by the hands of craftsmen. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day to the LORD?

  • Jer 10:4
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    4They decorate it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it does not move.

  • Isa 41:7
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    7So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smooths with the hammer him that struck the anvil, saying, It is ready for the soldering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

  • Isa 44:17
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    17And the rest of it he makes into a god, even his carved image: he falls down to it, and worships it, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me, for you are my god.

  • Ps 135:18
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    18Those who make them are like them: so is everyone that trusts in them.

  • Isa 2:8
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    8Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, what their own fingers have made.

  • Exod 28:14
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    14and two chains of pure gold, like braided cords, and fasten the braided chains to the settings.

  • Exod 39:15
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    15And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of braided work of pure gold.

  • Exod 39:3
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    3And they beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, purple, scarlet, and fine linen, with skillful work.

  • Isa 44:15
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    15Then it shall be for a man to burn: for he will take of it, and warm himself; yes, he kindles it, and bakes bread; yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it a carved image, and falls down to it.

  • Ps 115:8
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    8Those who make them are like them; so is everyone who trusts in them.

  • Isa 31:7
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    7For in that day every man will cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made for you as a sin.

  • Isa 30:22
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    22You shall defile also the covering of your graven images of silver, and the ornament of your molten images of gold: you shall cast them away as a menstrual cloth; you shall say to it, Be gone.

  • Song 1:11
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    11We will make you borders of gold with studs of silver.

  • Exod 37:24
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    24Of a talent of pure gold he made it, and all its utensils.

  • Deut 27:15
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    15Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

  • Jer 16:20
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    20Shall a man make gods for himself, which are not gods?

  • Isa 3:19
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    19The chains, the bracelets, and the veils,

  • Exod 37:22
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    22Their knobs and their branches were of one piece with it: all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold.

  • Exod 28:22
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    22And you shall make chains for the breastplate at its ends, of braided work of pure gold.

  • Hos 13:2
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    2And now they sin more and more, and have made molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

  • Exod 37:17
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    17And he made the lampstand of pure gold: of hammered work made he the lampstand; its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers were of the same piece.

  • Prov 25:4
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    4Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for the refiner will appear.

  • Hos 8:6
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    6For it is from Israel; the workman made it, and it is not God. But the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

  • Exod 25:31
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    31And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold: of hammered work shall the lampstand be made; its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of the same piece.

  • Exod 37:2
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    2And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a gold molding around it.

  • Isa 37:19
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    19And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

  • Ezek 16:11
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    11I adorned you also with ornaments, and I put bracelets on your hands, and a chain on your neck.

  • Exod 37:12
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    12Also he made a border of a handbreadth around it; and made a gold molding for the border around it.

  • Exod 25:36
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    36Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece; all of it shall be one hammered work of pure gold.