[和合本] 穷乏献不起这样供物的,就拣选不能朽坏的树木,为自己寻找巧匠,立起不能摇动的偶像。
[新标点] 穷乏献不起这样供物的,就拣选不能朽坏的树木,为自己寻找巧匠,立起不能摇动的偶像。
[和合修] 没有能力捐献的人,就挑选不易朽坏的木头,为自己寻找巧匠,竖立不会倒的偶像。
[新译本] 贫穷献不起这供物的,就拣选不朽坏的树木,为自己寻找巧匠,立起不会动摇的偶像。
[当代修] 买不起这种偶像的人就选一块耐用的木头,找个精巧的工匠,雕出一个可以站立不倒的偶像。
[现代修] 那买不起金银的人就采用不腐烂的木头。他找来一个熟练的名匠,雕刻一个不倒的偶像。
[吕振中] 那豫备铸造偶像的(传统:穷乏,提献祭)拣选不能朽坏的树木,寻找巧匠,立起不能摇动的铸像来。
[思高本] 精于选料的人,再选择一块不朽的木头,再寻找一位精明的工匠,将铸像立定,不致倒下。
[文理本] 惟彼贫乏、不能取此以献、则选不朽之木、而觅巧工、俾作雕像、坚立不移、
[GNT] Anyone who cannot afford silver or gold chooses wood that will not rot. He finds a skillful worker to make an image that won't fall down.
[BBE] The wise workman makes selection of the mulberry-tree of the offering, a wood which will not become soft; so that the image may be fixed to it and not be moved.
[KJV] 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.
[NKJV] Whoever [is] too impoverished for [such] a contribution Chooses a tree [that] will not rot; He seeks for himself a skillful workman To prepare a carved image [that] will not totter.
[KJ21] He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a skillful workman to prepare a graven image that shall not be moved.
[NASB] He who is too impoverished for such an offering Selects a tree that does not rot; He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman To (Or set up)prepare (Or a carved image)an idol that will not totter.
[NRSV] As a gift one chooses mulberry wood-- wood that will not rot-- then seeks out a skilled artisan to set up an image that will not topple.
[WEB] He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up a carved image for him that will not be moved.
[ESV] He who is too impoverished for an offering chooses wood that will not rot; he seeks out a skillful craftsman to set up an idol that will not move.
[NIV] A man too poor to present such an offering selects wood that will not rot. He looks for a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.
[NIrV] But someone who is too poor to bring that kind of offering will choose some wood that won't rot. Then he looks for a skilled worker. He pays the worker to make a statue of a god that won't fall over.
[HCSB] To one who shapes a pedestal, choosing wood that does not rot? He looks for a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not fall over.
[CSB] To one who shapes a pedestal, choosing wood that does not rot? He looks for a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not fall over.
[AMP] He who is so impoverished that he has no offering or oblation or rich gift to give [to his god is constrained to make a wooden offering, an idol; so he] chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks out a skillful craftsman to carve and set up an image that will not totter or deteriorate.
[NLT] Or if people are too poor for that, they might at least choose wood that won't decay and a skilled craftsman to carve an image that won't fall down!
[YLT] He who is poor [by] heave-offerings, A tree not rotten doth choose, A skilful artisan he seeketh for it, To establish a graven image -- not moved.