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| Isaiah 41:1 | Keep silence before me, islands; and let the peoples 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.` | |
| Isaiah 41:2 | Who has raised up one from the east, whom he calls in righteousness to his foot? he gives nations before him, and makes him rule over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as the 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. | |
| Isaiah 41:3 | He pursues them, and passes on safely, even by a 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. | |
| Isaiah 41:4 | Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, 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. | |
| Isaiah 41:5 | The isles have seen, and fear; the ends of the earth tremble; they draw near, and come. | 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. | |
| Isaiah 41:6 | They help everyone his neighbor; and [every one] says 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.` | |
| Isaiah 41:7 | So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith, [and] he who smoothes with the hammer him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fastens it with nails, that is 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! | |
| Isaiah 41:8 | But you, Israel, 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, | |
| Isaiah 41:9 | you whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners of it, and said to you, You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you 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. | |
| Isaiah 41:10 | Don't you be afraid, for I am with you; don't be dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you 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. | |
| Isaiah 41:11 | Behold, all those who are incensed against you shall be put to shame and confounded: those who strive with you shall be as nothing, and 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. | |
| Isaiah 41:12 | You shall seek them, and shall not find them, even those who contend with you: those who war against you shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nothing. | 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. | |
| Isaiah 41:13 | For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, Don't be afraid; I will help you. | 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.` | |
| Isaiah 41:14 | Don't be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will help you, says Yahweh, and your Redeemer is 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. | |
| Isaiah 41:15 | Behold, I have made you [to be] a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shall 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. | |
| Isaiah 41:16 | You shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and you shall rejoice in Yahweh, you shall 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. | |
| Isaiah 41:17 | The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst; I, Yahweh, will answer 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. | |
| Isaiah 41:18 | I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs 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. | |
| Isaiah 41:19 | I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, 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. | |
| Isaiah 41:20 | that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Yahweh has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has 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. | |
| Isaiah 41:21 | Produce your cause, says Yahweh; bring forth your strong reasons, says 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. | |
| Isaiah 41:22 | Let them bring forth, and declare to us what shall happen: declare you the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things 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. | |
| Isaiah 41:23 | Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods: yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see 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. | |
| Isaiah 41:24 | Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is of nothing; an abomination is he who chooses 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. | |
| Isaiah 41:25 | I have raised up one from the north, and he has come; from the rising of the sun one who calls on my name: and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads 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. | |
| Isaiah 41:26 | Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and before, that we may say, [He is] right? yes, there is none who declares, yes, there is none who shows, yes, there is none who hears 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. | |
| Isaiah 41:27 | [I am the] first [who says] to Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good news. | 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, | |
| Isaiah 41:28 | When I look, there is no man: even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask of them, can 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: | |
| Isaiah 41:29 | Behold, all of them, their works are vanity [and] 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!` | |
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