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Isaiah 41:7

World English Bible

So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith.
He who smoothes with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good;”
and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.

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Isaiah 41:7 in other translations

So the carpenter encourageth the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it should not be moved.

Isaiah 41:7 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 41:7 in context

  1. 5The islands have seen, and fear.
    The ends of the earth tremble.
    They approach, and come.
  2. 6Everyone helps his neighbor.
    They say to their brothers, “Be strong!”
  3. 7So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith.
    He who smoothes with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil,
    saying of the soldering, “It is good;”
    and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.
  4. 8“But you, Israel, my servant,
    Jacob whom I have chosen,
    the offspring of Abraham my friend,
  5. 9You whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth,
    and called from its corners,
    and said to you, ‘You are my servant, I have chosen you and have not cast you away.’