American King James Version
"He that is so impoverished that he has no oblation chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks to him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. "
— Isaiah 40:20, American King James Version
“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.”
“He that is too impoverished for such an oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilful workman to set up a graven image, that shall not be moved. ”
“He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up an engraved image for him that will not be moved.”
“To make a contribution one selects wood that will not rot; he then seeks a skilled craftsman to make an idol that will not fall over.”
“He hath chosen strong wood, and that will not rot: the skilful workman seeketh how he may set up an idol that may not be moved.”
“The wise workman makes selection of the mulberry-tree of the offering, a wood which will not become soft; so that the image may be fixed to it and not be moved.”
“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.”
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. ¶
To whom then will you liken God? or what likeness will you compare to him?
The workman melts a graven image, and the goldsmith spreads it over with gold, and casts silver chains.
He that is so impoverished that he has no oblation chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks to him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
Have you not known? have you not heard? has it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
It is he that sits on the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in:
That brings the princes to nothing; he makes the judges of the earth as vanity.