Isaiah:40 Parallel Bible - YLT DRV |
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| | The Young's Literal Translation Online Bible (YLT) | The Douay Rheims Online Bible (DRV) |
| Isaiah 40:1 | Comfort ye, comfort ye, My people, saith your God. | Be comforted, be comforted, my people, saith your God. |
| Isaiah 40:2 | 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. | 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. |
| Isaiah 40:3 | A voice is crying in a wilderness Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, Make straight in a desert a highway to our God. | 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. |
| Isaiah 40:4 | 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. | 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. |
| Isaiah 40:5 | And revealed hath been the honour of Jehovah, And seen [it] have all flesh together, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken. | And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh together shall see, that the mouth of the Lord hath spoken. |
| Isaiah 40:6 | 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: | 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. |
| Isaiah 40:7 | Withered hath grass, faded the flower, For the Spirit of Jehovah blew upon it, Surely the people [is] grass; | The grass is withered, and the dower is fallen, because the spirit of the Lord hath blown upon it. Indeed the people is grass: |
| Isaiah 40:8 | Withered hath grass, faded the flower, But a word of our God riseth for ever. | The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen: but the word of our Lord endureth for ever. |
| Isaiah 40:9 | 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.` | 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: |
| Isaiah 40:10 | 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. | 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. |
| Isaiah 40:11 | As a shepherd His flock He feedeth, With His arm He gathereth lambs, And in His bosom He carrieth [them]: Suckling ones He leadeth. | 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. |
| Isaiah 40:12 | 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? | 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? |
| Isaiah 40:13 | Who hath meted out the Spirit of Jehovah, And, [being] His counsellor, doth teach Him! | Who hath forwarded the spirit of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor, and hath taught him? |
| Isaiah 40:14 | 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? | 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? |
| Isaiah 40:15 | 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. | 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. |
| Isaiah 40:16 | And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering. | And Libanus shall not be enough to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. |
| Isaiah 40:17 | All the nations [are] as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him. | All nations are before him as if they had no being at all, and are counted to him as nothing, and vanity. |
| Isaiah 40:18 | And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him? | To whom then have you likened God? or what image will you make for him? |
| Isaiah 40:19 | The graven image poured out hath a artizan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining. | Hath the workman cast a graven statue? or hath the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver? |
| Isaiah 40:20 | 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. | 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. |
| Isaiah 40:21 | 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? | 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 ? |
| Isaiah 40:22 | 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. | 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. |
| Isaiah 40:23 | He who is making princes become nothing, Judges of earth as emptiness hath made; | He that bringeth the searchers of secrets to nothing, that hath made the judges of the earth as vanity. |
| Isaiah 40:24 | 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. | 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. |
| Isaiah 40:25 | And unto whom do ye liken Me, And [am] I equal? saith the Holy One. | And to whom have ye likened me, or made me equal, saith the Holy One? |
| Isaiah 40:26 | 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. | 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. |
| Isaiah 40:27 | 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.` | 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? |
| Isaiah 40:28 | 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. | 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. |
| Isaiah 40:29 | He is giving power to the weary, And to those not strong He increaseth might. | It is he that giveth strength to the weary, and increaseth force and might to them that are not. |
| Isaiah 40:30 | Even youths are wearied and fatigued, And young men utterly stumble, | Youths shall faint, and labour, and young men shall fall by infirmity. |
| Isaiah 40:31 | 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! | 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. |
| | The Young's Literal Translation Online Bible (YLT) | The Douay Rheims Online Bible (DRV) |
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