Parallel ISA 44:12

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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.

OEB  ⇔ The smiths prepare it over the coals,
⇔ and into the shape that is fitting he hammers it,
⇔ working it up with his sturdy arm.
 ⇔ Then hunger comes over him – feeble he grows,
⇔ or faint, if so be that he drinks no water.

WEB  ⇔ The blacksmith takes an ax,
⇔ works in the coals,
⇔ fashions it with hammers,
⇔ and works it with his strong arm.
 ⇔ He is hungry,
⇔ and his strength fails;
 ⇔ he drinks no water,
⇔ and is faint.

NET A blacksmith works with his tool
 ⇔ and forges metal over the coals.
 ⇔ He forms it with hammers;
 ⇔ he makes it with his strong arm.
 ⇔ He gets hungry and loses his energy;
 ⇔ he drinks no water and gets tired.

LSV He has worked iron [with] an axe,
And has worked with coals,
And forms it with hammers,
And works it by his powerful arm,
Indeed, he is hungry, and there is no power,
He does not drink water, and he is wearied.

FBV The blacksmith makes an iron tool for woodcarving. Working over hot coals, he hammers it into shape as hard as he can. He gets hungry and loses his strength, and because he doesn't drink he grows weak.

T4T  ⇔ Metalworkers stand in front of hot coals
⇔ in order to make idols.
 ⇔ They pound them strongly with hammers, and shape them.
 ⇔ Because they work very hard, they become hungry and weak;
⇔ they become very thirsty and feel exhausted.

LEB  • The[fn] works in the coals with his tool and forms it with hammers. •  And he makes it with[fn] •  indeed, he becomes hungry, and[fn] strength; •  he does not drink water, and he is faint.

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BBE The iron-worker is heating the metal in the fire, giving it form with his hammers, and working on it with his strong arm: then for need of food his strength gives way, and for need of water he becomes feeble.

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JPS The smith maketh an axe, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm; yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint.

ASV The smith maketh an axe, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint.

DRA The smith hath wrought with his file, with coals, and with hammers he hath formed it, and hath wrought with the strength of his arm: he shall hunger and faint, he shall drink no water, and shall be weary.

YLT He hath wrought iron [with] an axe, And hath wrought with coals, And with hammers doth form it, And doth work it by his powerful arm, Yea, he is hungry, and there is no power, He doth not drink water, and he is wearied.

DBY The iron-smith [hath] a chisel, and he worketh in the coals, and he fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm; — but he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he hath not drunk water, and he is faint.

RV The smith maketh an axe, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint.

WBS The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yes, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.

KJB The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.[fn]
  (The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinkth no water, and is faint.)

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BB The smith maketh an axe, and tempereth it with hotte coales, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with all the strength of his armes, yea sometime he is fainte for very hunger, and so thirstie that he hath no more power.
  (The smith maketh an axe, and tempereth it with hotte coales, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with all the strength of his armes, yea sometime he is fainte for very hunger, and so thirstie that he hath/has no more power.)

GNV The smith taketh an instrument, and worketh in the coles, and facioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his armes: yea, he is an hungred, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
  (The smith taketh an instrument, and worketh in the coles, and facioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his armes: yea, he is an hungered, and his strength faileth: he drinkth no water, and is faint. )

CB The smyth taketh yron, and tempreth it with hote coles, and fashioneth it with hammers, & maketh it wt all the strength of his armes: Yee somtyme he is faynt for very hunger, and so thurstie, that he hath no more power.
  (The smyth taketh yron, and tempreth it with hote coles, and fashioneth it with hammers, and maketh it with all the strength of his armes: Yee somtyme he is faint for very hunger, and so thurstie, that he hath/has no more power.)

WYC A smith wrouyte with a file; he fourmyde it in coolis, and in hameris, and he wrouyte with the arm of his strengthe. He schal be hungri, and he schal faile; he schal not drynke watre, and he schal be feynt.
  (A smith wrought/donee with a file; he fourmyde it in coolis, and in hameris, and he wrought/donee with the arm of his strengthe. He shall be hungri, and he shall faile; he shall not drink water, and he shall be feynt.)

LUT Es schmiedet einer das Eisen in der Zange, arbeitet in der Glut und bereitet es mit Hämmern und arbeitet daran mit ganzer Kraft seines Arms, leidet auch Hunger, bis er nimmer kann, trinket auch nicht Wasser, bis er matt wird.
  (It schmiedet einer the Eisen in the Zange, arbeitet in the Glut and bereitet it with Hämmern and arbeitet daran with ganzer Kraft seines Arms, leidet also Hunger, until he nimmer kann, trinket also not water, until he matt wird.)

CLV Faber ferrarius lima operatus est, in prunis et in malleis formavit illud, et operatus est in brachio fortitudinis suæ; esuriet et deficiet, non bibet aquam et lassescet.[fn]
  (Faber ferrarius lima operatus it_is, in prunis and in malleis formavit illud, and operatus it_is in brachio fortitudinis suæ; esuriet and deficiet, not/no bibet waterm and lassescet.)

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BRN For the artificer sharpens the iron; he fashions the idol with an axe, 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.

BrLXX Ὅτι ὤξυνε τέκτων σίδηρον· σκεπάρνῳ εἰργάσατο αὐτὸ, καὶ ἐν τερέτρῳ ἔστησεν αὐτὸ, καὶ εἰργάσατο αὐτὸ ἐν τῷ βραχίονι τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ, καὶ πεινάσει, καὶ ἀσθενήσει, καὶ οὐ μὴ πίῃ ὕδωρ.
  (Hoti ōxune tektōn sidaʸron; skeparnōi eirgasato auto, kai en teretrōi estaʸsen auto, kai eirgasato auto en tōi braⱪioni taʸs isⱪuos autou, kai peinasei, kai asthenaʸsei, kai ou maʸ piaʸ hudōr. )