Isaiah 41:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled.

Young's Literal Translation
And strengthen doth an artizan 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!

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
The craftsman
חָרָשׁ֙ (ḥā·rāš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2796: A fabricator, any material

encourages
וַיְחַזֵּ֤ק (way·ḥaz·zêq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

the goldsmith,
צֹרֵ֔ף (ṣō·rêp̄)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6884: To smelt, refine, test

[and] he who wields
מַחֲלִ֥יק (ma·ḥă·lîq)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2505: To be smooth, to apportion, separate

the hammer
פַּטִּ֖ישׁ (paṭ·ṭîš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6360: A forge hammer

[cheers] him who strikes
ה֣וֹלֶם (hō·w·lem)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1986: To strike down, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband

the anvil,
פָּ֑עַם (pā·‘am)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6471: A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence

saying
אֹמֵ֤ר (’ō·mêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

of the soldering,
לַדֶּ֙בֶק֙ (lad·de·ḇeq)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1694: A joining, soldering, appendage

“It
ה֔וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is good.”
ט֣וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

He nails it down
וַיְחַזְּקֵ֥הוּ (way·ḥaz·zə·qê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

so it will not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

be toppled.
יִמּֽוֹט׃ (yim·mō·wṭ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4131: To waver, to slip, shake, fall

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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