Isaiah 40:20

American Standard Version

He that is too impoverished for such an oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilful workman to set up a graven image, that shall not be moved.

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Isaiah 40:20 in other translations

He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot.
He seeks a skillful workman to set up a carved image for him that will not be moved.

Isaiah 40:20 · World English Bible

Isaiah 40:20 in context

  1. 18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
  2. 19The image, a workman hath cast it, and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth for it silver chains.
  3. 20He that is too impoverished for such an oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilful workman to set up a graven image, that shall not be moved.
  4. 21Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
  5. 22It is he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;