[和合本] 木匠勉励银匠，用锤打光的勉励打砧的，论焊工说：“焊得好！”又用钉子钉稳，免得偶像动摇。
[新标点] 木匠勉励银匠，用锤打光的勉励打砧的，论焊工说，焊得好；又用钉子钉稳，免得偶像动摇。
[和合修] 木匠鼓励银匠，用锤子打光的鼓励打砧的，对焊工说：“焊得好！”又用钉子钉稳，免得它倒下。
[新译本] 木匠坚固金匠，用锤打光金属的，鼓励打砧的；论焊工说：“焊得好！”又用钉子钉稳了。使偶像不致动摇。
[当代修] 工匠鼓励银匠，打磨的勉励打砧的，说，‘打得好！’他们用钉子把偶像钉牢，免得摇晃。
[现代修] 木匠对金匠说：你的手艺不错；铸造偶像的工匠夸奖钉钉子的木匠，恭维说：你们做得好啊。他们用钉子把偶像钉牢，使它牢靠稳固。
[吕振中] 木匠鼓励（同词：刚强）银匠，用锤打光滑的、鼓励（同词：刚强）用锤打砧的，论焊工说：“焊得好”；他们使用钉子钉稳（同词：刚强），使偶像不动摇。
[思高本] 工匠鼓励金匠，抡大锤的鼓励使小锤的，夸赞焊工：“焊的好！”遂用钉子钉住，使偶像不致动摇。
[文理本] 木工勉金工、司锤磨光者、勉击砧者、论焊工曰、焊则善矣、遂钉之以钉、使不动摇、○
[GNT] The carpenter says to the goldsmith, 'Well done!' The one who beats the idol smooth encourages the one who nails it together. They say, 'The soldering is good'- and they fasten the idol in place with nails.
[BBE] So the metal-worker put heart into the gold-worker, and he who was hammering the metal smooth said kind words to the iron-worker, saying of the plate, It is ready: and he put it together with nails, so that there might be no slipping.
[KJV] So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
[NKJV] So the craftsman encouraged the goldsmith; He who smooths [with] the hammer [inspired] him who strikes the anvil, Saying, "It [is] ready for the soldering"; Then he fastened it with pegs, [That] it might not totter.
[KJ21] So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer, him that smote the anvil, saying, "It is ready for the soldering"; and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
[NASB] So the craftsman encourages the smelter, And he who smooths metal with the hammer encourages him who beats the anvil, Saying of the soldering, "It is good"; And he fastens it with nails, So that it will not totter.
[NRSV] The artisan encourages the goldsmith, and the one who smooths with the hammer encourages the one who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, "It is good"; and they fasten it with nails so that it cannot be moved.
[WEB] So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smoothes with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, "It is good;" and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.
[ESV] The craftsman strengthens the goldsmith, and he who smooths with the hammer him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, "It is good"; and they strengthen it with nails so that it cannot be moved.
[NIV] The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who smooths with the hammer spurs on him who strikes the anvil. He says of the welding, "It is good." He nails down the idol so it will not topple.
[NIrV] One skilled worker makes a statue of a god. Another covers it with gold. The first worker says to the second, "You have done a good job." Another worker smooths out the metal with a hammer. Still another gives the statue its final shape. The third worker says to the last one, "You have done a good job." Then they nail the statue down so it won't fall over.
[HCSB] The craftsman encourages the metalworker; the one who flattens with the hammer [supports] the one who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, "It is good." He fastens it with nails so that it will not fall over.
[CSB] The craftsman encourages the metalworker; the one who flattens with the hammer [supports] the one who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, "It is good." He fastens it with nails so that it will not fall over.
[AMP] So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith, and he who smooths [the metal] with the hammer [encourages] him who smites the anvil, saying of the soldering, That is good! And he fastens it with nails so that it cannot be moved.
[NLT] The carver encourages the goldsmith, and the molder helps at the anvil. "Good," they say. "It's coming along fine." Carefully they join the parts together, then fasten the thing in place so it won't fall over.
[YLT] And strengthen doth an artisan the refiner, A smoother [with] a hammer, Him who is beating [on] an anvil, Saying, 'For joining it [is] good,' And he strengtheneth it with nails, it is not moved!