Isaiah 40:19
The workeman melteth an image, or the goldsmith beateth it out in golde, or the goldesmith maketh siluer plates.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
18To whom then wil ye liken God? or what similitude will ye set vp vnto him?
Cross References
Exodus 32:2And Aaron said vnto them, Plucke off the golden earings, which are in the eares of your wiues, of your sonnes, and of your daughters, and bring them vnto me.
Psalms 115:4Their idoles are siluer and golde, euen the worke of mens hands.
Psalms 135:18They that make them, are like vnto them: so are all that trust in them.
Isaiah 37:18Trueth it is, O Lord, that the Kings of Asshur haue destroyed all lands, and their countrey,
Isaiah 41:7So the workeman comforted the founder, and he that smote with ye hammer, him that smote by course, saying, It is ready for the sodering, and he fastened it with nayles that it shoulde not be mooued.
Isaiah 46:6They draw gold out of the bagge and weigh siluer in the balance, and hire a goldsmith to make a god of it, and they bowe downe, and worship it.
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 →