King James Version:
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The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
Complete Jewish Bible:
An image made by a craftsman, which a goldsmith overlays with gold, for which he then casts silver chains?
Berean Standard Bible:
To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?
American Standard Version:
The image, a workman hath cast it, and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth for it silver chains.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
The workman{H2796} melteth{H5258} a graven image{H6459}, and the goldsmith{H6884} spreadeth{H7554} it over with gold{H2091}, and casteth{H6884} silver{H3701} chains{H7577}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Jeremiah 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 [men].
Isaiah 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.
Isaiah 46:7
- They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, [one] shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Judges 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 house of Micah.
Habakkuk 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?
Habakkuk 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.
Exodus 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.
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Commentary for Isaiah 40:19
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H2796
There are 32 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חָרָשׁ
Transliteration: chârâsh
Pronunciation: khaw-rawsh'
Description: from חָרַשׁ; a fabricator or any material; artificer, ([phrase]) carpenter, craftsman, engraver, maker, [phrase] mason, skilful, ([phrase]) smith, worker, workman, such as wrought. - Strong's Number: H5258
There are 24 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נָסַךְ
Transliteration: nâçak
Pronunciation: naw-sak'
Description: a primitive root; to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy, to anoint aking; cover, melt, offer, (cause to) pour (out), set (up). - Strong's Number: H6459
There are 31 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: פֶּסֶל
Transliteration: peçel
Pronunciation: peh'-sel
Description: lemma פֶסֶל missing dagesh, corrected to פֶּסֶל; from פָּסַל; an idol; carved (graven) image. - Strong's Number: H6884
There are 29 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: צָרַף
Transliteration: tsâraph
Pronunciation: tsaw-raf'
Description: a primitive root; to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively); cast, (re-) fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try. - Strong's Number: H7554
There are 11 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רָקַע
Transliteration: râqaʻ
Pronunciation: raw-kah'
Description: a primitive root; to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal); beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch. - Strong's Number: H2091
There are 336 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: זָהָב
Transliteration: zâhâb
Pronunciation: zaw-hawb'
Description: from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky; gold(-en), fair weather. - Strong's Number: H3701
There are 343 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: כֶּסֶף
Transliteration: keçeph
Pronunciation: keh'-sef
Description: from כָּסַף; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling). - Strong's Number: H7577
There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רְתֻקָה
Transliteration: rᵉthuqâh
Pronunciation: reth-oo-kaw'
Description: feminine passive participle of רָתַק; something fastened, i.e. a chain; chain.