19 (A)The workman molds an image,
The goldsmith overspreads it with gold,
And the silversmith casts silver chains.

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19 As for an idol,(A) a metalworker casts it,
    and a goldsmith(B) overlays it with gold(C)
    and fashions silver chains for it.

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

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20 Whoever is too impoverished for such [a]a contribution
Chooses a tree that will not rot;
He seeks for himself a skillful workman
(A)To prepare a carved image that will not totter.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:20 an offering

20 A person too poor to present such an offering
    selects wood(A) that will not rot;
they look for a skilled worker
    to set up an idol(B) that will not topple.(C)

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20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.

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