Isaiah 40:19
Hath the workman cast a graven statue? or hath the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
18To whom then have you likened God? or what image will you make for him?
Cross References
Exodus 32:2And Aaron said to them: Take the golden earrings from the ears of your wives, and your sons and daughters, and bring them to me.
Psalms 115:4and I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul.
Isaiah 37:18For of a truth, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste lands, and their countries.
Isaiah 41:7The coppersmith striking with the hammer encouraged him that forged at that time, saying: It is ready for soldering: and he strengthened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
Isaiah 46:6You that contribute gold out of the bag, and weigh out silver in the scales: and hire a goldsmith to make a god: and they fall down and 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 →