Isaiah 41

NET

7 The craftsman encourages the metalsmith, the one who wields the hammer encourages the one who pounds on the anvil. He approves the quality of the welding, and nails it down so it won’t fall over.


Darby

7 And the artizan encouraged the founder, he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smiteth on the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it be not moved.


KJV

7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmithK4887, [and] he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smoteK4888the anvil, saying, It [is] ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, [that] it should not be moved.


KJV Bible Notes

goldsmith: Or, founder. him that smote: Or, the smiting. Saying, it [is] ready for the sodering: Or, saying of the soder, it is good.