19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
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As for an idol, a metalworker casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.
20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
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A person too poor to present such an offering selects wood that will not rot; they look for a skilled worker to set up an idol that will not topple.