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Isaiah 40:16-21
New American Standard Bible
Chapter 40
16
Even Lebanon is not enough to burn,
Nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.
17
All the nations are as nothing before Him,
They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless.
18
To whom then will you liken God?
Or what likeness will you compare with Him?
19
As for
the idol, a craftsman casts it,
A goldsmith plates it with gold,
And a silversmith
fashions
chains of silver.
20
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.
21
Do you not know? Have you not heard?
Has it not been declared to you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
King James Version
Chapter 40
16
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
17
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
18
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
19
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
20
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.
21
Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
Christian Standard Bible
Chapter 40
16
Lebanon’s cedars are not enough for fuel,
or its animals enough for a burnt offering.
17
All the nations are as nothing before him;
they are considered by him
as empty nothingness.
18
With whom will you compare God?
What likeness will you set up for comparison with him?
19
An idol?—something that a smelter casts
and a metalworker plates with gold
and makes silver chains for?
20
A poor person contributes wood for a pedestal
that will not rot.
He looks for a skilled craftsman
to set up an idol that will not fall over.
21
Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
Has it not been declared to you
from the beginning?
Have you not considered
the foundations of the earth?
New Living Translation
Chapter 40
16
All the wood in Lebanon’s forests
and all Lebanon’s animals would not be enough
to make a burnt offering worthy of our God.
17
The nations of the world are worth nothing to him.
In his eyes they count for less than nothing —
mere emptiness and froth.
18
To whom can you compare God?
What image can you find to resemble him?
19
Can he be compared to an idol formed in a mold,
overlaid with gold, and decorated with silver chains?
20
Or if people are too poor for that,
they might at least choose wood that won’t decay
and a skilled craftsman
to carve an image that won’t fall down!
21
Haven’t you heard? Don’t you understand?
Are you deaf to the words of God —
the words he gave before the world began?
Are you so ignorant?
English Standard Version
Chapter 40
16
Lebanon would not suffice for fuel,
nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering.
17
All the nations are as nothing before him,
they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
18
To whom then will you liken God,
or what likeness compare with him?
19
An idol! A craftsman casts it,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
and casts for it silver chains.
20
He who is too impoverished for an offering
chooses wood that will not rot;
he seeks out a skillful craftsman
to set up an idol that will not move.
21
Do you not know? Do you not hear?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
New International Version
Chapter 40
16
Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires,
nor its animals enough for burnt offerings.
17
Before him all the nations are as nothing;
they are regarded by him as worthless
and less than nothing.
18
With whom, then, will you compare God?
To what image will you liken him?
19
As for an idol, a metalworker casts it,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
and fashions silver chains for it.
20
A person too poor to present such an offering
selects wood that will not rot;
they look for a skilled worker
to set up an idol that will not topple.
21
Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood since the earth was founded?
New King James Version
Chapter 40
16
And Lebanon
is
not sufficient to burn,
Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt offering.
17
All nations before Him
are
as nothing,
And they are counted by Him less than nothing and worthless.
18
To whom then will you liken God?
Or what likeness will you compare to Him?
19
The workman molds an image,
The goldsmith overspreads it with gold,
And the silversmith casts silver chains.
20
Whoever
is
too impoverished for
such
a contribution
Chooses a tree
that
will not rot;
He seeks for himself a skillful workman
To prepare a carved image
that
will not totter.
21
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?
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