Translations
Modern
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.
Traditional
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.
Literal
Those lavishing gold from the bag and weighing silver on the scales, they hire a goldsmith, that he might make it a god. They bow low, even bow down;
Latin
Qui confertis aurum de sacculo, et argentum statera ponderatis, conducentes aurificem ut faciat deum, et procidunt, et adorant.
Original
Hebrew
English
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.
Notes
Theme notes and profiles
Events
- Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC
Glossary
Balance, Balances Church Goldsmith Isaiah, Book of Minerals and Metals Monotheism New Creation, New Creature Purse Ransom
Topics
Balances: Money Weighed With Idolatry: Folly of Money: Gold Used As