Catholic Public Domain Version
"Should the workman cast a statue? Or has the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver? "
— Isaiah 40:19, Catholic Public Domain Version
“The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.”
“The image, a workman hath cast it, and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth for it silver chains. ”
“A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.”
“A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.”
“Hath the workman cast a graven statue? or hath the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?”
“The workman makes an image, and the gold-worker puts gold plates over it, and makes silver bands for it.”
“The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.”
And Lebanon will not be sufficient to start a fire, and its animals will not be sufficient for a burnt offering.
All the nations in his sight are as if they did not exist, and they are considered by him as if they were nothingness and emptiness.
Therefore, to whom would you liken God? Or with what image would you replace him?
Should the workman cast a statue? Or has the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?
He has chosen strong wood that will not decay. The skillful artisan seeks a way to set up an idol that cannot be moved.
Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been announced to you from the beginning? Have you not understood the foundations of the earth?
He is the One who sits upon the globe of the earth, and its inhabitants are like locusts. He extends the heavens as if they were nothing, and he spreads them out like a tent, in which to dwell.