Isaiah 42 - Compare Translations
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Isaiah 42:1
KJVBehold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
WEB“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold;
YLTLo, My servant, I take hold on him, My chosen one -- My soul hath accepted, I have put My Spirit upon him, Judgment to nations he bringeth forth.
Isaiah 42:2
KJVHe shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
WEBHe will not shout,
YLTHe doth not cry, nor lift up, Nor cause his voice to be heard, in the street.
Isaiah 42:3
KJVA bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
WEBHe won’t break a bruised reed.
YLTA bruised reed he breaketh not, And dim flax he quencheth not, To truth he bringeth forth judgment.
Isaiah 42:4
KJVHe shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
WEBHe will not fail nor be discouraged,
YLTHe doth not become weak nor bruised, Till he setteth judgment in the earth, And for his law isles wait with hope.
Isaiah 42:5
KJVThus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
WEBThus says God Yahweh,
YLTThus said God, Jehovah, preparing The heavens, and stretching them out, Spreading out the earth and its productions, Giving breath to the people on it, And spirit to those walking in it.
Isaiah 42:6
KJVI the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
WEB“I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness,
YLTI, Jehovah, did call thee in righteousness, And I lay hold on thy hand, and keep thee, And I give thee for a covenant of a people, And a light of nations.
Isaiah 42:7
KJVTo open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
WEBto open the blind eyes,
YLTTo open the eyes of the blind, To bring forth from prison the bound one, From the house of restraint those sitting in darkness.
Isaiah 42:8
KJVI am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
WEB“I am Yahweh.
YLTI [am] Jehovah, this [is] My name, And Mine honour to another I give not, Nor My praise to graven images.
Isaiah 42:9
KJVBehold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
WEBBehold, the former things have happened,
YLTThe former things, lo, have come, And new things I am declaring, Before they spring up I cause you to hear.
Isaiah 42:10
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Isaiah 42:11
KJVLet the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
WEBLet the wilderness and its cities raise their voices,
YLTThe wilderness and its cities do lift up [the voice], The villages Kedar doth inhabit, Sing do the inhabitants of Sela, From the top of mountains they cry.
Isaiah 42:12
KJVLet them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands.
WEBLet them give glory to Yahweh,
YLTThey ascribe to Jehovah honour, And His praise in the isles they declare.
Isaiah 42:13
KJVThe Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
WEBYahweh will go out like a mighty man.
YLTJehovah as a mighty one goeth forth. As a man of war He stirreth up zeal, He crieth, yea, He shrieketh, Against His enemies He showeth Himself mighty.
Isaiah 42:14
KJVI have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
WEB“I have been silent a long time.
YLTI have kept silent from of old, I keep silent, I refrain myself, As a travailing woman I cry out, I desolate and swallow up together.
Isaiah 42:15
KJVI will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
WEBI will destroy mountains and hills,
YLTI make waste mountains and hills, And all their herbs I dry up, And I have made rivers become isles, And ponds I dry up.
Isaiah 42:16
KJVAnd I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
WEBI will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know.
YLTAnd I have caused the blind to go, In a way they have not known, In paths they have not known I cause them to tread, I make a dark place before them become light, And unlevelled places become a plain, These [are] the things I have done to them, And I have not forsaken them.
Isaiah 42:17
KJVThey shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
WEB“Those who trust in engraved images,
YLTRemoved backward -- utterly ashamed, Are those trusting in a graven image, Those saying to a molten image, `Ye [are] our gods.'
Isaiah 42:18
KJVHear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
WEB“Hear, you deaf,
YLTYe deaf, hear; and ye blind, look to see.
Isaiah 42:19
KJVWho is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord's servant?
WEBWho is blind, but my servant?
YLTWho [is] blind but My servant? And deaf as My messenger I send? Who [is] blind as he who is at peace, Yea, blind, as the servant of Jehovah?
Isaiah 42:20
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Isaiah 42:21
KJVThe Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
WEBIt pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law,
YLTJehovah hath delight for the sake of His righteousness, He magnifieth law, and maketh honourable.
Isaiah 42:22
KJVBut this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
WEBBut this is a robbed and plundered people.
YLTAnd this [is] a people seized and spoiled, Snared in holes -- all of them, And in houses of restraint they were hidden, They have been for a prey, And there is no deliverer, A spoil, and none is saying, `Restore.'
Isaiah 42:23
KJVWho among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?
WEBWho is there among you who will give ear to this?
YLTWho among you giveth ear [to] this? Attendeth, and heareth afterwards.
Isaiah 42:24
KJVWho gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the Lord, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
WEBWho gave Jacob as plunder,
YLTWho hath given Jacob for a spoil, And Israel to the spoilers? Is it not Jehovah -- He against whom we sinned? Yea, they have not been willing in His ways to walk, Nor have they hearkened to His law.
Isaiah 42:25
KJVTherefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
WEBTherefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him,
YLTAnd He poureth on him fury, His anger, and the strength of battle, And it setteth him on fire round about, And he hath not known, And it burneth against him, and he layeth it not to heart!
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