Isaiah 41 - Compare Translations
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Isaiah 41:1
KJVKeep 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.
WEB“Keep silent before me, islands,
YLTKeep 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
KJVWho 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.
WEBWho has raised up one from the east?
YLTWho 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
KJVHe pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.
WEBHe pursues them,
YLTHe pursueth them, he passeth over in safety A path with his feet he entereth not.
Isaiah 41:4
KJVWho hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.
WEBWho has worked and done it,
YLTWho hath wrought and done, Calling the generations from the first? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last I [am] He.
Isaiah 41:5
KJVThe isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
WEBThe islands have seen, and fear.
YLTSeen have isles and fear, ends of the earth tremble, They have drawn near, yea, they come.
Isaiah 41:6
KJVThey helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
WEBEveryone helps his neighbor.
YLTEach his neighbour they help, And to his brother he saith, `Be strong.'
Isaiah 41:7
KJVSo 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.
WEBSo the carpenter encourages the goldsmith.
YLTAnd 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
KJVBut thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
WEB“But you, Israel, my servant,
YLT-- And thou, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham, My lover,
Isaiah 41:9
KJVThou 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.
WEBYou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth,
YLTWhom 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
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Isaiah 41:11
KJVBehold, 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.
WEBBehold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded.
YLTLo, 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
KJVThou 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.
WEBYou will seek them, and won’t find them,
YLTThou 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
KJVFor I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
WEBFor I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand,
YLTFor I, Jehovah thy God, Am strengthening thy right hand, He who is saying to thee, `Fear not, I have helped thee.'
Isaiah 41:14
KJVFear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
WEBDon’t be afraid, you worm Jacob,
YLTFear 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
KJVBehold, 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.
WEBBehold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth.
YLTLo, 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
KJVThou 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.
WEBYou will winnow them,
YLTThou 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
KJVWhen 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.
WEBThe poor and needy seek water, and there is none.
YLTThe 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
KJVI 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.
WEBI will open rivers on the bare heights,
YLTI 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
KJVI 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:
WEBI will put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness.
YLTI 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
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Isaiah 41:21
KJVProduce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
WEBProduce your cause,” says Yahweh.
YLTBring near your cause, saith Jehovah, Bring nigh your mighty ones, saith the king of Jacob.
Isaiah 41:22
KJVLet 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.
WEB“Let them announce, and declare to us what shall happen.
YLTThey 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
KJVShew 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.
WEBDeclare the things that are to come hereafter,
YLTDeclare 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
KJVBehold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
WEBBehold, you are of nothing,
YLTLo, ye [are] of nothing, and your work of nought, An abomination -- it fixeth on you.
Isaiah 41:25
KJVI 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.
WEB“I have raised up one from the north, and he has come;
YLTI 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
KJVWho 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.
WEBWho has declared it from the beginning, that we may know?
YLTWho 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
KJVThe first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
WEBI am the first to say to Zion, ‘Behold, look at them;’
YLTFirst to Zion, Behold, behold them, And to Jerusalem one proclaiming tidings I give,
Isaiah 41:28
KJVFor I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
WEBWhen I look, there is no man;
YLTAnd 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
KJVBehold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
WEBBehold, all of them, their deeds are vanity and nothing.
YLT`Lo, all of them [are] vanity, Nought [are] their works, Wind and emptiness their molten images!'
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