Isaiah:40 Parallel Bible - YLT WLD |
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| | The Young's Literal Translation Online Bible (YLT) | The World English Online Bible (WLD) |
| Isaiah 40:1 | Comfort ye, comfort ye, My people, saith your God. | Comfort you, comfort you my people, says 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 comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry to her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh's hand 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 who cries, Prepare you in the wilderness the way of Yahweh; make level in the desert a highway for 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 uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a 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 Yahweh shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it. |
| 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. One said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory of it is as the flower of the field. |
| Isaiah 40:7 | Withered hath grass, faded the flower, For the Spirit of Jehovah blew upon it, Surely the people [is] grass; | The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of Yahweh blows on it; surely the people is grass. |
| Isaiah 40:8 | Withered hath grass, faded the flower, But a word of our God riseth for ever. | The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God shall stand forever. |
| 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.` | You who tell good news to Zion, get you up on a high mountain; you who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength; lift it up, don't be afraid; say to the cities of Judah, 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 Yahweh will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense 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 will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, [and] will gently lead those who have their 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 has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the sky with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, 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 has directed the Spirit of Yahweh, or being his counselor has 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 took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed to 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 nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he takes up the isles as a very little thing. |
| Isaiah 40:16 | And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering. | Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the animals of it 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 the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity. |
| Isaiah 40:18 | And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him? | To whom then will you liken God? or what likeness will you compare to 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. | The image, a workman has cast [it], and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts [for it] silver chains. |
| 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 who is too impoverished for [such] an offering chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks to him a skillful workman to set up an engraved image, that shall 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? | Have you not known? have yet not heard? has it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood from 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 who sits above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants of it are as grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads 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; | who brings princes to nothing; who makes 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. | Yes, they have not been planted; yes, they have not been sown; yes, their stock has not taken root in the earth: moreover he blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble. |
| Isaiah 40:25 | And unto whom do ye liken Me, And [am] I equal? saith the Holy One. | To whom then will you liken me, that I should be equal [to him]? says 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 has created these, who brings out their host by number; he calls them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking. |
| 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 say you, Jacob, and speak, Israel, My way is hid from Yahweh, and the justice [due] to me is passed away 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. | Have you not known? have you not heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn't faint, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding. |
| Isaiah 40:29 | He is giving power to the weary, And to those not strong He increaseth might. | He gives power to the faint; and to him who has no might he increases strength. |
| Isaiah 40:30 | Even youths are wearied and fatigued, And young men utterly stumble, | Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: |
| 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 those who wait for Yahweh shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with 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 World English Online Bible (WLD) |
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