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.
KJV
Hebrew original
חָרַ֤שׁ בַּרְזֶל֙ מַֽעֲצָ֔ד וּ/פָעַל֙ בַּ/פֶּחָ֔ם וּ/בַ/מַּקָּב֖וֹת יִצְּרֵ֑/הוּ וַ/יִּפְעָלֵ֨/הוּ֙ בִּ/זְר֣וֹעַ כֹּח֔/וֹ גַּם רָעֵב֙ וְ/אֵ֣ין כֹּ֔חַ לֹא שָׁ֥תָה מַ֖יִם וַ/יִּיעָֽף
Louis Segond 1910
Le forgeron fait une hache, Il travaille avec le charbon, Et il la façonne à coups de marteau; Il la forge d'un bras vigoureux; Mais a-t-il faim, le voilà sans force; Ne boit-il pas d'eau, le voilà épuisé.
KJV
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.
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)
o confirmat. Faber, adulator, ut in Isaia: «Faber ferrarius lima operatus est [Note: [Col. 0919] 13 Isa. XLIV, 12.] ,» id est, adulator durus * blandiendo locutus est. Faber, Christus, ut in Evangelio: «Nonne hic est faber [Note: [Col. 0919] 14 Marc. VI, 3.] ?» quod omnia ips…
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