41:7 The craftsman encourages the metalsmith,
the one who wields the hammer encourages 1 the one who pounds on the anvil.
He approves the quality of the welding, 2
and nails it down so it won’t fall over.”
10:15 Does an ax exalt itself over the one who wields it,
or a saw magnify itself over the one who cuts with it? 3
As if a scepter should brandish the one who raises it,
or a staff should lift up what is not made of wood!
1 tn The verb “encourages” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).
2 tn Heb “saying of the welding, ‘It is good.’”
3 tn Heb “the one who pushes it back and forth”; KJV “him that shaketh it”; ASV “him that wieldeth it.”