The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the works of men's hands.

The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the works of men's hands.

Has not the artificer made an image, or the goldsmith having melted gold, guilded it over, [and] made it a similitude?

For the artificer chooses out a wood that will not rot, and will wisely inquire how he shall set up his image, and [that so] that it should not be moved.

everyone judging for his neighbor and [that] to assist his brother; and one will say,

For the artificer sharpens the iron; he fashions [the idol] with an ax, and fixes it with an awl, and fashions it with the strength of his arm; and he will be hungry and weak, and will drink no water.

They bear it upon the shoulder, and go; and if they put it upon its place, it remains, it cannot move; and whosoever shall cry to it, it cannot hear; it cannot save him from trouble.