Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

The graven image poured out hath a artisan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining.

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.

King James Version

The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

Holman Bible

To an idol?—something that a smelter casts,
and a metalworker plates with gold
and makes silver welds for it?

International Standard Version

To an idol? A craftsman makes the image, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts silver chains.

A Conservative Version

The image, a workman has cast [it], and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts [for it] 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.

Amplified


As for the cast image (idol), a metalworker casts it,
A goldsmith overlays it with gold
And a silversmith casts its silver chains.

Bible in Basic English

The workman makes an image, and the gold-worker puts gold plates over it, and makes silver bands for it.

Darby Translation

The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains for it.

Julia Smith Translation

The artificer cast the carved image, and the founder will spread it out with gold, and he smelted chains of silver.

King James 2000

The workman melts a graven image, and the goldsmith spreads it over with gold, and casts silver chains.

Lexham Expanded Bible

A craftsman pours out the idol, and a {goldsmith} overlays it with gold, and [he] smelts chains of silver.

Modern King James verseion

The workman melts a graven image, and the goldsmith spreads it over with gold, and casts silver chains.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Shall the carver make him a carved image? And shall the goldsmith cover him with gold, or cast him into a form of silver plates?

NET Bible

A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.

New Heart English Bible

A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.

The Emphasized Bible

The image, hath been cast by an artificer, And a goldsmith, with gold, overlayeth it, - And, chains of silver, he worketh.

Webster

The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

World English Bible

A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נסך 
Nacak 
Usage: 25

פּסל 
Pecel 
Usage: 31

and the goldsmith
צרף 
Tsaraph 
Usage: 33

רקע 
Raqa` 
Usage: 11

it over with gold
זהב 
Zahab 
Usage: 390

and casteth
צרף 
Tsaraph 
Usage: 33

כּסף 
Keceph 
Usage: 403

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Smith

Context Readings

Comfort For God's People

18 And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him? 19 The graven image poured out hath a artisan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining. 20 He who is poor by heave-offerings, A tree not rotten doth choose, A skilful artisan he seeketh for it, To establish a graven image -- not moved.



Cross References

Psalm 115:4-8

Their idols are silver and gold, work of man's hands,

Jeremiah 10:9

Spread-out silver from Tarshish is brought, And gold from Uphaz, Work of an artisan, and of the hands of a refiner, Blue and purple is their clothing, Work of the skilful -- all of them.

Habakkuk 2:18-19

What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation -- to make dumb idols?

Exodus 32:2-4

And Aaron saith unto them, 'Break off the rings of gold which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring in unto me;'

Judges 17:4

And he giveth back the money to his mother, and his mother taketh two hundred silverlings, and giveth them to a refiner, and he maketh them a graven image, and a molten image, and it is in the house of Micah.

Psalm 135:15

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, Work of the hands of man.

Psalm 135:18

Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.

Isaiah 2:20

In that day doth man cast his idols of silver, And his idols of gold, That they have made for him to worship, To moles, and to bats,

Isaiah 37:18-19

'Truly, O Jehovah, kings of Asshur have laid waste all the lands and their land,

Isaiah 44:10-12

Who hath formed a god, And a molten image poured out -- not profitable?

Isaiah 46:6-7

-- They are pouring out gold from a bag, And silver on the beam they weigh, They hire a refiner, and he maketh it a god, They fall down, yea, they bow themselves.

Jeremiah 10:3-5

For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, For a tree from a forest hath one cut, Work of the hands of an artificer, with an axe,

Hosea 8:6

For even it is of Israel; an artificer made it, And it is not God, For the calf of Samaria is fragments!

Isaiah 41:6-7

Each his neighbour they help, And to his brother he saith, 'Be strong.'

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