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| Isaiah 41:1 | Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. | Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then let them say what they have to say: let us put forward our cause against one another. | Keep silent towards Me, O isles, And the peoples pass on [to] power, They come nigh, then they speak, `Together to judgment we draw near.` | Let the islands keep silence before me, and the nations take new strength: let them come near, and then speak, let us come near to judgment together. |
| Isaiah 41:2 | Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. | Who sent out from the east one who is right wherever he goes? he gives the nations into his hands, and makes him ruler over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as dry stems before the wind to his bow. | Who stirred up from the east a righteous one? He calleth him to His foot, He giveth before him nations, And kings He causeth him to rule, He giveth [them] as dust [to] his sword, As driven stubble [to] his bow. | Who hath raised up the just one from the east, hath called him to follow him? he shall give the nations in his sight, and he shall rule over kings: he shall give them as the dust to his sword, as stubble driven by the wind, to his bow. |
| Isaiah 41:3 | He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. | He goes after them safely, not touching the road with his feet. | He pursueth them, he passeth over in safety A path with his feet he entereth not. | He shall pursue them, he shall pass in peace, no path shall appear after his feet. |
| Isaiah 41:4 | Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. | Whose purpose and work was it? His who sent out the generations from the start. I the Lord, the first, and with the last, I am he. | Who hath wrought and done, Calling the generations from the first? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last I [am] He. | Who hath wrought and done these things, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, I am the first and the last. |
| Isaiah 41:5 | The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. | The sea-lands saw it, and were in fear; the ends of the earth were shaking: they came near. | Seen have isles and fear, ends of the earth tremble, They have drawn near, yea, they come. | The islands saw it, and feared, the ends of the earth were astonished, they drew near, and came. |
| Isaiah 41:6 | They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. | They gave help everyone to his neighbour; and everyone said to his brother, Take heart! | Each his neighbour they help, And to his brother he saith, `Be strong.` | Every one shall help his neighbour, and shall say to his brother: Be of good courage. |
| Isaiah 41:7 | 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. | So the metal-worker put heart into the gold-worker, and he who was hammering the metal smooth said kind words to the iron-worker, saying of the plate, It is ready: and he put it together with nails, so that there might be no slipping. | 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! | The coppersmith striking with the hammer encouraged him that forged at that time, saying: It is ready for soldering: and he strengthened it with nails, that it should not be moved. |
| Isaiah 41:8 | But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. | But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend: | And thou, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham, My lover, | But thou Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend: |
| Isaiah 41:9 | Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. | You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and sent for from its farthest parts, saying to you, You are my servant, whom I have taken for myself, and whom I have not given up: | Whom I have taken hold of, from the ends of the earth, And from its near places I have called thee, And I say to thee, My servant Thou [art], I have chosen thee, and not rejected thee. | In whom I have taken thee from the ends of the earth, and from the remote parts thereof have called thee, and said to thee: Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee, and have not cast thee away. |
| Isaiah 41:10 | Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. | Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support. | Be not afraid, for with thee I [am], Look not around, for I [am] thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness. | Fear not, for I am with thee: turn not aside, for I am thy God: I have strengthened thee, and have helped thee, and the right hand of my just one hath upheld thee. |
| Isaiah 41:11 | Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. | Truly, all those who are angry with you will be made low and put to shame: those desiring to do you wrong will come to nothing and never again be seen. | Lo, all those displeased with thee, They are ashamed and blush, They are as nothing, yea, perish Do the men who strive with thee. | Behold all that fight against thee shall be confounded and ashamed, they shall be as nothing, and the men shall perish that strive against thee. |
| Isaiah 41:12 | Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. | You will make search for your haters but they will not be there; those who make war against you will be as nothing and will come to destruction. | Thou seekest them, and findest them not, The men who debate with thee, They are as nothing, yea, as nothing, The men who war with thee. | Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find the men that resist thee: they shall be as nothing: and as a thing consumed the men that war against thee. |
| Isaiah 41:13 | For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. | For I, the Lord your God, have taken your right hand in mine, saying to you, Have no fear; I will be your helper. | For I, Jehovah thy God, Am strengthening thy right hand, He who is saying to thee, `Fear not, I have helped thee.` | For I am the Lord thy God, who take thee by the hand, and say to thee: Fear not, I have helped thee. |
| Isaiah 41:14 | Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. | Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel. | Fear not, O worm Jacob, ye men of Israel, I helped thee, an affirmation of Jehovah, Even thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. | Fear not, thou worm of Jacob, you that are dead of Israel: I have helped thee, saith the Lord: and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel. |
| Isaiah 41:15 | Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. | See, I will make you like a new grain-crushing instrument with teeth, crushing the mountains small, and making the hills like dry stems. | Lo, I have set thee for a new sharp threshing instrument, Possessing teeth, thou threshest mountains, And beatest small, and hills as chaff thou makest. | I have made thee as a new thrashing wain, with teeth like a saw: thou shall thrash the mountains, and break them in pieces: and shalt make the hills as chaff. |
| Isaiah 41:16 | Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. | You will send the wind over them, and it will take them away; they will go in all directions before the storm-wind: you will have joy in the Lord, and be glad in the Holy One of Israel. | Thou winnowest them, and a wind lifteth them up, And a whirlwind scattereth them, And thou thou rejoicest in Jehovah, In the Holy One of Israel dost boast thyself. | Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, in the Holy One of Israel thou shalt be joyful. |
| Isaiah 41:17 | When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. | The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up. | The poor and the needy are seeking water, And there is none, Their tongue with thirst hath failed, I, Jehovah do answer them, The God of Israel I forsake them not. | The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst. I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. |
| Isaiah 41:18 | I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. | I will make rivers on the dry mountain-tops, and fountains in the valleys: I will make the waste land a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. | I open on high places rivers, And in midst of valleys fountains, I make a wilderness become a pond of water, And a dry land become springs of water. | I will open rivers in the high bills, and fountains in the midst of the plains: I will turn the desert into pools of waters, and the impassable land into streams of waters. |
| Isaiah 41:19 | I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: | I will put in the waste land the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive-tree; and in the lowland will be planted the fir-tree, the plane, and the cypress together: | I give in a wilderness the cedar, Shittah, and myrtle, and oil-tree, I set in a desert the fir-pine and box-wood together. | I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, and the thorn, and the myrtle, and the olive tree: I will set in the desert the fir tree, the elm, and the box tree together: |
| Isaiah 41:20 | That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. | So that they may see and be wise and give their mind to it, and that it may be clear to them all that the hand of the Lord has done this, and that the Holy One of Israel has made it. | So that they see, and know, And regard, and act wisely together, For the hand of Jehovah hath done this, And the Holy One of Israel hath prepared it. | That they may see and know, and consider, and understand together that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. |
| Isaiah 41:21 | Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. | Put forward your cause, says the Lord; let your strong argument come out, says the King of Jacob. | Bring near your cause, saith Jehovah, Bring nigh your mighty ones, saith the king of Jacob. | Bring your cause near, saith the Lord: bring hither, if you have any thing to allege, saith the King of Jacob. |
| Isaiah 41:22 | Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. | Let the future be made clear to us: give us news of the past things, so that we may give thought to them; or of the things to come, so that we may see if they are true. | They bring nigh, and declare to us that which doth happen, The first things what they [are] declare ye, And we set our heart, and know their latter end, Or the coming things cause us to hear. | Let them come, and tell us all things that are to come: tell us the former things what they were: and we will set our heart upon them, and shall know the latter end of them, and tell us the things that are to come. |
| Isaiah 41:23 | Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. | Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised. | Declare the things that are coming hereafter, And we know that ye [are] gods, Yea, ye may do good or do evil, And we look around and see [it] together. | Shew the things that are to come hereafter, and we shall know that ye are gods. Do ye also good or evil, if you can: and let us speak, and see together. |
| Isaiah 41:24 | Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you. | But you are nothing, and your work is of no value: foolish is he who takes you for his gods. | Lo, ye [are] of nothing, and your work of nought, An abomination it fixeth on you. | Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of that which hath no being: he that hath chosen you is an abomination. |
| Isaiah 41:25 | I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. | I have sent for one from the north, and from the dawn he has come; in my name he will get rulers together and go against them; they will be like dust, even as the wet earth is stamped on by the feet of the potter. | I have stirred up [one] from the north, And he cometh, From the rising of the sun he calleth in My name, And he cometh in [on] prefects as [on] clay, And as a potter treadeth down mire. | I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come from the rising of the sun: he shall call upon my name, and he shall make princes to be as dirt, and as the potter treading clay. |
| Isaiah 41:26 | Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words. | Who has given knowledge of it from the first, so that we may be certain of it? and from the start, so that we may say, His word is true? There is no one who gives news, or says anything, or who gives ear to your words. | Who hath declared from the first, and we know? And beforetime, and we say, `Righteous?` yea, there is none declaring, Yea, there is none proclaiming, Yea, there is none hearing your sayings. | Who bath declared from the beginning, that we may know: and from time of old, that we may say: Thou art just. There is none that sheweth, nor that foretelleth, nor that heareth your words. |
| Isaiah 41:27 | The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. | I was the first to give word of it to Zion, and I gave the good news to Jerusalem. | First to Zion, Behold, behold them, And to Jerusalem one proclaiming tidings I give, | The first shall say to Sion: Behold they are here, and to Jerusalem I will give an evangelist. |
| Isaiah 41:28 | For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counseller, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. | And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions. | And I see that there is no man, Yea, of these that there is no counsellor, And I ask them, and they return word: | And I saw, and there was no one even among them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word. |
| Isaiah 41:29 | Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion. | Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind. | `Lo, all of them [are] vanity, Nought [are] their works, Wind and emptiness their molten images!` | Behold they are all in the wrong, and their works are vain: their idols are wind and vanity. |
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