40:19 A craftsman casts 1 an idol;
a metalsmith overlays it with gold
and forges silver chains for it.
46:6 Those who empty out gold from a purse
and weigh out silver on the scale 2
hire a metalsmith, who makes it into a god.
They then bow down and worship it.
1 tn Heb “pours out”; KJV “melteth.”
2 tn Heb “the reed,” probably referring to the beam of a scales. See BDB 889 s.v. קָנֶה 4.c.