Verse Comparison: Isaiah 40:19
American Standard Version
The image, a workman hath cast `it', and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth `for it' silver chains.
Amplified® Bible
The graven image! A workman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts silver chains for it.
Contemporary English Version
Is an idol at all like God? It is made of bronze with a thin layer of gold, and decorated with silver.
Darby English Version
The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains [for it].
Good News Bible
He is not like an idol that workers make, that metalworkers cover with gold and set in a base of silver.
King James Version
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
New American Standard Bible
{As for} the idol, a craftsman casts it, A goldsmith plates it with gold, And a silversmith {fashions} chains of silver.
New International Version
As for an idol, a craftsman casts it,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
and fashions silver chains for it.
New King James Version
The workman molds an image,
The goldsmith overspreads it with gold,
And the silversmith casts silver chains.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
As for the idol, a craftsman casts it, A goldsmith plates it with gold, And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.
Revised Standard Version
The idol! a workman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts for it silver chains.
Young's Literal Translation
The graven image poured out hath a artizan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining.
