Isaiah 46:6 “They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they…”

Isaiah 46:6

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down— yes, they worship.

American Standard Version

Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship.

Geneva Bible 1599

They draw gold out of the bagge and weigh siluer in the balance, and hire a goldsmith to make a god of it, and they bowe downe, and worship it.

Darby Translation

— They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance; they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

Young's Literal Translation

— They are pouring out gold from a bag, And silver on the beam they weigh, They hire a refiner, and he maketh it a god, They fall down, yea, they bow themselves.

Bible in Basic English

As for those who take gold out of a bag, and put silver in the scales, they give payment to a gold-worker, to make it into a god; they go down on their faces and give it worship.

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Cross references

“lavish”

Acts 17:29 Jeremiah 10:14 Isaiah 44:12–19 Exodus 32:2–4 1 Kings 12:28 Jeremiah 10:9

Acts 17:29 · BSB

Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.

Jeremiah 10:14 · BSB

Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.

Isaiah 44:12–19 · BSB

The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.

Exodus 32:2–4 · BSB

So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”

1 Kings 12:28 · BSB

After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

Jeremiah 10:9 · BSB

Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz— the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.

“they fall”

Isaiah 2:8 Daniel 3:5–15 Isaiah 44:17

Isaiah 2:8 · BSB

Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.

Daniel 3:5–15 · BSB

As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.

Isaiah 44:17 · BSB

From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?

7They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.

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