The artificer having chosen a piece of wood, marks it out with a rule, and fits it with glue, and makes it as the form of a man, and as the beauty of a man, to set it up in the house.
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Isaiah 44:13
The carpenter stretcheth out a line: he facioneth it with a red thread, he planeth it, and he purtreyeth it with the compasse, and maketh it after the figure of a man, and according to the beautie of a man that it may remaine in an house.
Parallel Translations
The artificer having chosen a piece of wood, marks it out with a rule, and fits it with glue, and makes it as the form of a man, and as the beauty of a man, to set it up in the house.
The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
The carpenter stretches out a line. He marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes. He marks it out with compasses, and shapes it like the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to reside in a house.
Cross References
Judges 17:4–5Deuteronomy 4:16–18Acts 17:29Psalms 115:5–7Romans 1:23Deuteronomy 27:15Genesis 35:2Deuteronomy 4:28Genesis 31:19Genesis 31:32Isaiah 41:7Exodus 20:4–5Genesis 31:30Ezekiel 8:12Judges 18:24
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