KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled.
WEB World English Bible
So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smoothes with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It is good;” and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.
ASV American Standard Version
So the carpenter encourageth the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that is should not be moved.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And strengthen doth an artisan the refiner, A smoother with a hammer, Him who is beating on an anvil, Saying, ‘For joining it is good,’ And he strengtheneth it with nails, it is not moved!
Surrounding context — Isaiah 41
4 Who hath wrought and done [it], calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I [am] he.
5 The isles saw [it], and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
6 They helped every one his neighbour; and [every one] said to his brother, Be of good courage.
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.
8 But thou, Israel, [art] my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
9 [Thou] whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou [art] my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
10 Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְחַזֵּ֤קH2388 · cha.zaqto strengthen: strengthenחָרָשׁ֙H2796 · cha.rashartificerאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]צֹרֵ֔ףH6884 · tsa.raphto refineמַחֲלִ֥יקH2505 · cha.laqto divideפַּטִּ֖ישׁH6360 · pat.tishhammerאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]ה֣וֹלֶםH1986 · ha.lamto smiteפָּ֑עַםH6471 · pa.ambeatאֹמֵ֤רH559 · a.marto sayלַדֶּ֙בֶק֙H1694 · de.veqjointט֣וֹבH2896 · tovpleasantה֔וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itוַיְחַזְּקֵ֥הוּH2388 · cha.zaqto strengthen: strengthenבְמַסְמְרִ֖יםH4548 · mas.mernailלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotיִמּֽוֹט׃ סH4131 · motto shake
Cross-references
Isaiah 40:19-20The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.Daniel 3:1-7Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height [was] threescore cubits, [and] the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.Jeremiah 10:9Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple [is] their clothing: they [are] all the work of cunning [men].Isaiah 46:6-7They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, [and] hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.Jeremiah 10:3-5For 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.Isaiah 44:12-15The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.Judges 18:17-18And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, [and] came in thither, [and] took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men [that were] appointed with weapons of war.Judges 18:24And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what [is] this [that] ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
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