9 ^aThose who make an image, all of them are useless,
And their precious things shall not profit;
They are their own witnesses;
^bThey neither see nor know, that they may be ashamed. ‡

10 Who would form a god or mold an image
^aThat profits him nothing? ‡

12 ^aThe blacksmith with the tongs works one in the coals,
Fashions it with hammers,
And works it with the strength of his arms.
Even so, he is hungry, and his strength fails;
He drinks no water and is faint. ‡

13 The craftsman stretches out his rule,
He marks one out with chalk;
He fashions it with a plane,
He marks it out with the compass,
And makes it like the figure of a man,
According to the beauty of a man, that it may remain in the house.