Isaiah 40:20 KJV
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.
Old Words
- oblation an offering Webster’s 1828 · Oblation
- cunning skillful; skilled Webster’s 1828 · Cunning
What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.
Matthew Henry
- Isaiah 40:18–26Whatever we esteem or love, fear or hope in, more than God, that creature we make equal with God, though we do not make images or worship them. He that is so...
Parallel Passages
- Isaiah 44:10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- 1 Samuel 5:3–4 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. …
- 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.
- Isaiah 46:7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
- Jeremiah 10:3–4 For 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 2:8–9 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: …
- Daniel 5:23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
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Topics
- God Incomprehensible
- Idol Manufacture of
- Idolatry Folly of
- Readings, select The omnipotence and incomparableness of God
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible808–698 BC · Isaiah, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah
Hebrew and Strong’s
- He that is so impoverished הַמְסֻכָּן hamsukkān סָכַן Verb · pual passive participle, masculine singular · with the סָכַר çâkar
- that he hath no oblation תְּרוּמָה tĕrûmâ תְּרוּמָה Noun · feminine singular לֹא lōʾ Negative
- chooseth יִבְחָר yibḥār בָּחַר Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- a tree עֵץ ʿēṣ עֵץ Noun · masculine singular
- will not rot יִרְקַב yirqab רָקַב Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- he seeketh יְבַקֶּשׁ yĕbaqqeš בָּקַשׁ Verb · piel imperfect, third person masculine singular
- unto him a cunning חָכָם ḥākām חָכָם Adjective · masculine singular
- workman חָרָשׁ ḥārāš חָרָשׁ Noun · masculine singular
- to prepare לוֹ lô Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular לְהָכִין lĕhākîn כּוּן Verb · hiphil infinitive construct · with preposition
- a graven image פֶּסֶל pesel פֶּסֶל Noun · masculine singular
- shall not be moved לֹא lōʾ Negative יִמּוֹט yimmôṭ מוֹט Verb · niphal imperfect, third person masculine singular
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