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Isaiah 40:19

The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

KJV

Numquid sculptile conflavit faber ? aut aurifex auro figuravit illud, et laminis argenteis argentarius ?

Vulgate

μὴ εἰκόνα ἐποίησεν τέκτων, ἢ χρυσοχόος χωνεύσας χρυσίον περιεχρύσωσεν αὐτόν; ὁμοίωμα κατεσκεύασεν αὐτόν;

LXX

The image, a workman hath cast it, and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth for it silver chains.

ASV

הַ/פֶּ֨סֶל֙ נָסַ֣ךְ חָרָ֔שׁ וְ/צֹרֵ֖ף בַּ/זָּהָ֣ב יְרַקְּעֶ֑/נּוּ וּ/רְתֻק֥וֹת כֶּ֖סֶף צוֹרֵֽף

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הַסֵּ֥ךְ
hsk
verb · 25×
זָהָ֖ב
zhb
noun · 388×
חָרָ֖שׁ
chrsh
noun · 35×
כֶּ֣סֶף
ksp
noun · 402×
ם
m
verb · 11×
פָּ֑סֶל
psl
noun · 30×
צֹרֵ֖ף
tsrp
verb · 34×
רְתֻק֥וֹת
rtqvt
noun · 1×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Dan 3:1 — Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
  • Dan 5:4 — They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
  • Exod 32:2 — And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
  • Hab 2:18 — What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
  • Hab 2:19 — Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
  • Isa 41:6 — They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
  • Isa 41:7 — So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be mo
  • Isa 44:12 — 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
  • Isa 46:6 — They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
  • Isa 46:6 — They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
  • Jer 10:3 — For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
  • Jer 10:4 — They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
  • Jer 10:9 — 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 is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning m
  • Jer 10:9 — 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 is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning m
  • Judg 17:4 — Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the hou
  • Ps 115:4 — Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
  • Ps 115:4 — Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
  • Ps 135:15 — The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
  • Rev 9:20 — And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, a