Isaiah 40:19

A craftsman casts ¹  an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.

As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.

As for the idol, a craftsman casts it, A goldsmith plates it with gold, And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.

Can he be compared to an idol formed in a mold, overlaid with gold, and decorated with silver chains?

Some no-god idol? Ridiculous! It's made in a workshop, cast in bronze, Given a thin veneer of gold, and draped with silver filigree.

The workman makes an image, and the gold-worker puts gold plates over it, and makes silver bands for it.

An idol? —A workman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts for it silver chains.

The workman molds an image, The goldsmith overspreads it with gold, And the silversmith casts silver chains.

A craftsman casts ¹  an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.

¹ tn Heb “pours out”; KJV “melteth.”