Translations
The carpenter stretches out a measuring line, traces it with a marking tool, shapes it with chisels, and inscribes it with a compass — fashioning it in the form of a man, with all the beauty of a human figure, to sit in a house.
The woodworker stretches a measuring line, marks it out with a stylus, shapes it with chisels, traces it with a compass, and fashions it in the likeness of a man — with the splendour of a human form — to sit enthroned in a house.
The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine.
