Isaiah 40:19
The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains [for it].
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
18To whom then will ye liken God? and what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Cross References
Exodus 32:2And Aaron said to them, Break off the golden rings that are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] to me.
Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands:
Psalms 135:18They that make them are like unto them, every one that confideth in them.
Isaiah 37:18Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the lands, and their countries,
Isaiah 41:7And the artizan encouraged the founder, he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smiteth on the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it be not moved.
Isaiah 46:6They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance; they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a God: they fall down, yea, they worship.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:19-27
Vanity of Idols. ( b. c. 708.) 18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 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. 21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from… Read the whole commentary →