Isaiah 40:20New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— He who is too impoverished for [such] an offering Selects a tree that does not rot; He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman To prepare an idol that will not totter.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— He that is too impoverished for [such] an oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to set up a graven image, that shall not be moved.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— He that [is] so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree [that] will not rot; he seeketh for himself a skillful workman to prepare a graven image [that] shall not be moved.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— He that is impoverished, so that he hath no offering, chooseth a tree that doth not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilled workman to prepare a graven image that shall not be moved.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— The needy offerer, of a tree that will not rot, maketh choice,—A skilled artificer, seeketh he out for himself, to construct an image that shall not totter!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— He who is poor [by] heave-offerings, A tree not rotten doth choose, A skilful artisan he seeketh for it, To establish a graven image—not moved.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— 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.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Doeth not the poore chuse out a tree that will not rot, for an oblation? he seeketh also vnto him a cunning workeman, to prepare an image, that shall not be moued.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— He that [is] so impouerished that he hath no oblation, chooseth a tree [that] will not rot; he seeketh vnto him a cunning workeman, to prepare a grauen image [that] shall not be mooued.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— He selects wood that is not worm-eaten; then chooses a carpenter, who fashions it with his skill, to make an image that will not be moved.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— For the artificer chooses out a wood that will not rot, and will wisely enquire how he shall set up his image, and [that so] that it should not be moved.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— 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] so impoverished
5533 {5533} Primeסָכַןcakan{saw-kan'}
Probably a denominative from H7915; properly to cut, that is, damage; also to grow (causatively make) poor.
z8794 <8794> Grammar
Stem - Pual (See H8849) Mood - Participle (See H8813) Count - 194
z8676 <8676> Grammar
Qere Reading
Where the translators of the Authorised Version followed the kethiv reading rather than the qere.
y5534 [5534] Standardסָכַרcakar{saw-kar'}
A primitive root; to shut up; by implication to surrender.
z8765 <8765> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 2121
that he hath no oblation
8641 {8641} Primeתְּרוּמָהt@ruwmah{ter-oo-maw'}
(The second form used in Deuteronomy 12:11); from H7311; a present (as offered up), especially in sacrifice or as tribute.
chooseth
977 {0977} Primeבָּחַרbachar{baw-khar'}
A primitive root; properly to try, that is, (by implication) select.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
a tree
6086 {6086} Primeעֵץ`ets{ates}
From H6095; a tree (from its firmness); hence wood (plural sticks).
[ that] will not
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
rot;
7537 {7537} Primeרָקַבraqab{raw-kab'}
A primitive root; to decay (as by worm eating).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
he seeketh
1245 {1245} Primeבּקשׁbaqash{baw-kash'}
A primitive root; to search out (by any method; specifically in worship or prayer); by implication to strive after.
z8762 <8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 2447
unto him a cunning
2450 {2450} Primeחָכָםchakam{khaw-kawm'}
From H2449; wise, (that is, intelligent, skilful or artful).
workman
2796 {2796} Primeחָרָשׁcharash{khaw-rawsh'}
From H2790; a fabricator of any material.
to prepare
3559 {3559} Primeכּוּןkuwn{koon}
A primitive root; properly to be erect (that is, stand perpendicular);. hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal ( establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative ( appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous).
z8687 <8687> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Infinitive (See H8812) Count - 1162
a graven image,
6459
[ that] shall not
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
be moved.
4131 {4131} Primeמוֹטmowt{mote}
A primitive root; to waver; by implication to slip, shake, fall.
z8735 <8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 1602 |
Isaiah 40:20
_ _ impoverished — literally, “sunk” in circumstances.
_ _ no oblation — he who cannot afford to overlay his idol with gold and silver (Isaiah 40:19).
_ _ tree ... not rot — the cedar, cypress, oak, or ash (Isaiah 44:14).
_ _ graven — of wood; not a molten one of metal.
_ _ not be moved — that shall be durable. |
Isaiah 40:20
He — That can hardly procure money to buy a sacrifice. Chuseth — He is so mad upon his idols, that he will find money to procure the choicest materials, and the best artist to make his idol. An image — Which after all this cost, cannot stir one step out of its place to give you any help. |
Isaiah 40:20
He that [is] so (x) impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree [that] will not rot; he seeketh for himself a skilful workman to prepare a graven image, [that] shall not be moved.
(x) He shows the rage of the idolaters, seeing that the poor who do not have enough to meet their own needs will defraud themselves to serve their idols. |
- is so impoverished that he hath no oblation:
- Heb. is poor of oblation
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- chooseth:
Isaiah 2:8-9 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: ... And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
Isaiah 44:13-19 The carpenter stretcheth out [his] rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. ... And none considereth in his heart, neither [is there] knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten [it]: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
Jeremiah 10:3-4 For the customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. ... They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
Daniel 5:23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath [is], and whose [are] all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
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- shall not:
Isaiah 41:7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, [and] he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It [is] ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, [that] it should not be moved.
Isaiah 46:7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, [one] shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
1 Samuel 5:3-4 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon [was] fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. ... And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon [was] fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [were] cut off upon the threshold; only [the stump of] Dagon was left to him.
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