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Isaiah 46:6

They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.

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ASV

Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship.

KJV

They 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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַזָּלִ֤יםha.za.Limthose [who] pour outH2107 →
זָהָב֙za.HavgoldH2091 →
מִכִּ֔יסmi.Kisfrom a bagH3599 →
וְכֶ֖סֶףve.Khe.sefand silverH3701 →
בַּקָּנֶ֣הba.ka.Nehon <the> scale[s]H7070 →
יִשְׁקֹ֑לוּyish.Ko.luthey weigh outH8254 →
יִשְׂכְּר֤וּyis.ke.Ruthey hireH7936 →
צוֹרֵף֙tzo.Refa metalsmithH6884 →
וְיַעֲשֵׂ֣הוּve.ya.'a.Se.huand he makes itH6213 →
אֵ֔ל'Ela godH410 →
יִסְגְּד֖וּyis.ge.Duthey prostrate themselvesH5456 →
אַף־'af-alsoH637 →
יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ׃Yish.ta.cha.Vuthey bow downH7812 →

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Daniel 3:1King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.Hosea 13:2Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”Acts 17:29Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.Isaiah 30:22So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”Isaiah 40:19–20To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?Jeremiah 10:14Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.Isaiah 55:2Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.Luke 4:7So if You worship me, it will all be Yours.”Exodus 32:4He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”Habakkuk 2:19Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”Habakkuk 2:18–20What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.Isaiah 2:8Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.Jeremiah 10:9Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.1 Kings 12:28After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”Judges 17:3–4And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.”Exodus 32:2–4So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”Daniel 3:5–15As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.Hosea 8:4–6They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.

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