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Isaiah 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 moved.

KJV

Confortavit faber ærarius percutiens malleo eum, qui cudebat tunc temporis, dicens : Glutino bonum est ; et confortavit eum clavis, ut non moveretur.

Vulgate

Ἴσχυσεν ἀνὴρ τέκτων, καὶ χαλκεὺς τύπτων σφύρῃ, ἅμα ἐλαύνων· ποτὲ μὲν ἐρεῖ Σύμβλημα καλόν ἐστιν, ἰσχύρωσεν αὐτὰ ἐν ἥλοις· θήσουσιν αὐτὰ καὶ οὐ κινηθήσονται.

LXX

So the carpenter encourageth the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it should not be moved.

ASV

וַ/יְחַזֵּ֤ק חָרָשׁ֙ אֶת צֹרֵ֔ף מַחֲלִ֥יק פַּטִּ֖ישׁ אֶת ה֣וֹלֶם פָּ֑עַם אֹמֵ֤ר לַ/דֶּ֨בֶק֙ ט֣וֹב ה֔וּא וַ/יְחַזְּקֵ֥/הוּ בְ/מַסְמְרִ֖ים לֹ֥א יִמּֽוֹט

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
דְּבָקִ֖ים
dbqym
noun · 3×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הֶחֱזִ֗יק
hchzyq
verb · 289×
חָרָ֖שׁ
chrsh
noun · 35×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יִמּֽוֹט
ymvt
verb · 39×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 64×
מִּסְמְרִ֞ים
msmrym
noun · 4×
נִי
ny
verb · 9×
פַּ֣עַם
p'm
noun · 117×
פַּטִּ֖ישׁ
ptysh
noun · 3×
צֹרֵ֖ף
tsrp
verb · 34×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Isa 40:19 — The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
  • Isa 40:20 — 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.