NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon He that is so impoverishedcakan (saw-kan') to cut, i.e. damage; also to grow (causatively, make) poor -- endanger, impoverish. caker (saw-kar') to shut up; by implication, to surrender -- stop, give over. that he hath no oblation truwmah (ter-oo-maw') a present (as offered up), especially in sacrifice or as tribute -- gift, heave offering (shoulder), oblation, offered(-ing). chooseth bachar (baw-khar') to try, i.e. (by implication) select -- acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require. a tree `ets (ates) a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood. that will not rot raqab (raw-kab') to decay (as by worm-eating) -- rot. he seeketh baqash (baw-kash') to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after unto him a cunning chakam (khaw-kawm') wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful) -- cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise(hearted), man). workman charash (khaw-rawsh') a fabricator or any material -- artificer, (+) carpenter, craftsman, engraver, maker, mason, skilful, (+) smith, worker, workman, such as wrought. to prepare kuwn (koon) to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications a graven image pecel (peh'-sel) an idol -- carved (graven) image. that shall not be moved mowt (mote) to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fall -- be carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-)moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible 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 Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible To one who shapes a pedestal, choosing wood that does not rot? He looks for a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not fall over. International Standard Version To the impoverished person? He prepares an offering— wood that won't rot— Or to the one who chooses a skilled craftsman and seeks to erect an idol that won't topple?" NET Bible To make a contribution one selects wood that will not rot; he then seeks a skilled craftsman to make an idol that will not fall over. GOD'S WORD® Translation The poorest people choose wood that will not rot and search out skillful craftsmen to set up idols that will not fall over. King James 2000 Bible He that is so impoverished that he has no offering chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks unto him a skillful workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not move. Links Isaiah 40:20Isaiah 40:20 NIV Isaiah 40:20 NLT Isaiah 40:20 ESV Isaiah 40:20 NASB Isaiah 40:20 KJV |
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