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Isaiah 40:19
Hath the workman cast a graven statue? or hath the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?
Isaiah 40:19 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Isaiah 40:19 in other translations
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?
A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
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In context
16 And Libanus shall not be enough to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
17 All nations are before him as if they had no being at all, and are counted to him as nothing, and vanity.
18 To whom then have you likened God? or what image will you make for him?
19 Hath the workman cast a graven statue? or hath the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?
20 He hath chosen strong wood, and that will not rot: the skilful workman seeketh how he may set up an idol that may not be moved.
21 Do you not know? hath it not been heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood the foundations of the earth?
22 It is he that sitteth upon the globe of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as locusts: he that stretcheth out the heavens as nothing, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.
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