Isaiah 40:19
Whether a smith shall weld together an image, either a goldsmith shall figure it in gold, and a worker in silver shall dight it with pieces of silver?
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
In Context
18To whom therefore made ye God like? either what image shall ye set to him (for comparison)?
Cross References
Exodus 32:2And Aaron said to them, Take ye the golden earrings from the ears of your wives (or Take ye the gold earrings from the ears of your wives), (and) of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring ye them to me.
Psalms 115:4The simulacra of heathen men be silver and gold (or The idols of the heathen be made out of silver and gold); the works of men’s hands.
Psalms 135:18They that make those [things], be made like them; and all that trust in them. (Let they who make those things, be made like them; and all who trust in them as well.)
Isaiah 37:18For verily, Lord, the kings of Assyrians made lands desert, and the countries of them, (For truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have made into desert, or laid waste, many lands, and all their countryside,)
Isaiah 41:7A smith of metal smiting with an hammer comforted him that polished, either made fair, in that time, saying, It is good to [the] glue; and he fastened him with nails, that he should not be moved. (A metalsmith striking with a hammer encouraged him who polished, or who made beautiful, at that time, saying, It is ready for the glue; and then he fastened it with nails, so that it could not be moved.)
Isaiah 46:6Which bear together gold from the bag (or Ye who take out all the gold from thy bag), and weigh (out) silver with a balance, and hire a goldsmith to make a god, and (then) they (all) fall down, 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 →