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Isaiah 44:12

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 12 The metalsmith works the iron over the coals with his tool.*
  
  He forms it with hammers,
  Working it with his powerful arm.+
  
  Then he grows hungry and his strength fails;
  He drinks no water and grows tired.

Isaiah 44:12

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 12 The metalsmith works the iron over the coals with his tool.*
  
  He forms it with hammers,
  Working it with his powerful arm.+
  
  Then he grows hungry and his strength fails;
  He drinks no water and grows tired.

Isaiah 44:12

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 12 As for the carver of iron with the billhook, he has been busy [at it] with the coals; and with the hammers he proceeds to form it, and he keeps busy at it with his powerful arm.+ Also, he has become hungry, and so without power. He has not drunk water; so he gets tired.

Isaiah 44:12

The Bible in Living English
- 12 * A blacksmith takes a chunk of metal and works it with coals and shapes it with hammers, has worked it up with his strong arm, gone hungry and lost strength, not had a drink of water and grown faint.

Isaiah 44:12

American Standard Version
- 12 The smith maketh an axe, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint.

Isaiah 44:12

King James Version
- 12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.