Isaiah:40 Parallel Bible - DRV YLT |
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| | The Douay Rheims Online Bible (DRV) | The Young's Literal Translation Online Bible (YLT) |
| Isaiah 40:1 | Be comforted, be comforted, my people, saith your God. | Comfort ye, comfort ye, My people, saith your God. |
| Isaiah 40:2 | Speak ye to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her: for her evil is come to an end, her iniquity is forgiven: she hath received of the hand of the Lord double for all her sins. | Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her, That her warfare hath been completed, That accepted hath been her punishment, That she hath received from the hand of Jehovah Double for all her sins. |
| Isaiah 40:3 | The voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the wilderness the paths of our God. | A voice is crying in a wilderness Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, Make straight in a desert a highway to our God. |
| Isaiah 40:4 | Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough ways plain. | Every valley is raised up, And every mountain and hill become low, And the crooked place hath become a plain, And the entangled places a valley. |
| Isaiah 40:5 | And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh together shall see, that the mouth of the Lord hath spoken. | And revealed hath been the honour of Jehovah, And seen [it] have all flesh together, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken. |
| Isaiah 40:6 | The voice of one, saying: Cry. And I said: What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory thereof as the flower of the held. | A voice is saying, `Call,` And he said, `What do I call?` All flesh [is] grass, and all its goodliness [is] As a flower of the field: |
| Isaiah 40:7 | The grass is withered, and the dower is fallen, because the spirit of the Lord hath blown upon it. Indeed the people is grass: | Withered hath grass, faded the flower, For the Spirit of Jehovah blew upon it, Surely the people [is] grass; |
| Isaiah 40:8 | The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen: but the word of our Lord endureth for ever. | Withered hath grass, faded the flower, But a word of our God riseth for ever. |
| Isaiah 40:9 | Get thee up upon a high mountain, thou that bringest good tidings to Sion: lift up thy voice with strength, thou that bringest good tidings to Jerusalem: lift it up, fear not. Say to the cities of Juda: Behold your God: | On a high mountain get thee up, O Zion, Proclaiming tidings, Lift up with power thy voice, O Jerusalem, proclaiming tidings, Lift up, fear not, say to cities of Judah, `Lo, your God.` |
| Isaiah 40:10 | Behold the Lord God shall come with strength, and his arm shall rule: Behold his reward is with him and his work is before him. | Lo, the Lord Jehovah with strength cometh, And His arm is ruling for Him, Lo, His hire [is] with Him, and His wage before Him. |
| Isaiah 40:11 | He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather together the lambs with his arm, and shall take them up in his bosom, and he himself shall carry them that are with young. | As a shepherd His flock He feedeth, With His arm He gathereth lambs, And in His bosom He carrieth [them]: Suckling ones He leadeth. |
| Isaiah 40:12 | Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and weighed the heavens with his palm? who hath poised with three fingers the bulk of the earth, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? | Who hath measured in the hollow of his hand the waters? And the heavens by a span hath meted out, And comprehended in a measure the dust of the earth, And hath weighed in scales the mountains, And the hills in a balance? |
| Isaiah 40:13 | Who hath forwarded the spirit of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor, and hath taught him? | Who hath meted out the Spirit of Jehovah, And, [being] His counsellor, doth teach Him! |
| Isaiah 40:14 | With whom hath he consulted, and who hath instructed him, and taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and shewed him the way of understanding? | With whom consulted He, That he causeth Him to understand? And teacheth Him in the path of judgment, And teacheth Him knowledge? And the way of understanding causeth Him to know? |
| Isaiah 40:15 | Behold the Gentiles are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the smallest grain of a balance: behold the islands are as a little dust. | Lo, nations as a drop from a bucket, And as small dust of the balance, have been reckoned, Lo, isles as a small thing He taketh up. |
| Isaiah 40:16 | And Libanus shall not be enough to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. | And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering. |
| Isaiah 40:17 | All nations are before him as if they had no being at all, and are counted to him as nothing, and vanity. | All the nations [are] as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him. |
| Isaiah 40:18 | To whom then have you likened God? or what image will you make for him? | And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him? |
| Isaiah 40:19 | Hath the workman cast a graven statue? or hath the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver? | The graven image poured out hath a artizan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining. |
| Isaiah 40:20 | He hath chosen strong wood, and that will not rot: the skilful workman seeketh how he may set up an idol that may not be moved. | He who is poor [by] heave-offerings, A tree not rotten doth choose, A skilful artizan he seeketh for it, To establish a graven image not moved. |
| Isaiah 40:21 | Do you not know? hath it not been heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood the foundations of the earth ? | Do ye not know do ye not hear? Hath it not been declared from the first to you? Have ye not understood [From] the foundations of the earth? |
| Isaiah 40:22 | It is he that sitteth upon the globe of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as locusts: he that stretcheth out the heavens as nothing, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. | He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants [are] as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out as a thin thing the heavens, And spreadeth them as a tent to dwell in. |
| Isaiah 40:23 | He that bringeth the searchers of secrets to nothing, that hath made the judges of the earth as vanity. | He who is making princes become nothing, Judges of earth as emptiness hath made; |
| Isaiah 40:24 | And surely their stock was neither planted, nor sown, nor rooted in the earth: suddenly he hath blown upon them, and they are withered, and a whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. | Yea, they have not been planted, Yea, they have not been sown, Yea, not taking root in the earth is their stock, And also He hath blown upon them, and they wither, And a whirlwind as stubble taketh them away. |
| Isaiah 40:25 | And to whom have ye likened me, or made me equal, saith the Holy One? | And unto whom do ye liken Me, And [am] I equal? saith the Holy One. |
| Isaiah 40:26 | Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these things: who bringeth out their host by number, and calleth them all by their names: by the greatness of his might, and strength, and power, not one of them was missing. | Lift up on high your eyes, And see who hath prepared these? He who is bringing out by number their host, To all of them by name He calleth, By abundance of strength (And [he is] strong in power) not one is lacking. |
| Isaiah 40:27 | Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel: My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God? | Why sayest thou, O Jacob? and speakest thou, O Israel? `My way hath been hid from Jehovah, And from my God my judgment passeth over.` |
| Isaiah 40:28 | Knowest thou not, or hast thou not heard? the Lord is the everlasting God, who hath created the ends of the earth: he shall not faint, nor labour, neither is there any searching out of his wisdom. | Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The God of the age Jehovah, Preparer of the ends of the earth, Is not wearied nor fatigued, There is no searching of His understanding. |
| Isaiah 40:29 | It is he that giveth strength to the weary, and increaseth force and might to them that are not. | He is giving power to the weary, And to those not strong He increaseth might. |
| Isaiah 40:30 | Youths shall faint, and labour, and young men shall fall by infirmity. | Even youths are wearied and fatigued, And young men utterly stumble, |
| Isaiah 40:31 | But they that hope in the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall take wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. | But those expecting Jehovah pass [to] power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint! |
| | The Douay Rheims Online Bible (DRV) | The Young's Literal Translation Online Bible (YLT) |
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