Isaiah 40:20
To one bereft of an offering who chooses wood that will not rot, who seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple?
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.
Note is so…: Heb. is poor of oblation
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.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- is so impoverished that he hath no oblation
- Heb. is poor ofoblation. chooseth.
- Isaiah 2:8, 9; Isaiah 44:13–19; Jeremiah 10:3, 4; Daniel 5:23
- shall not
- Isaiah 41:7; Isaiah 46:7; 1 Samuel 5:3, 4