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World English Bible

Isaiah 41 (WEBP)

[1] “Keep silent before me, islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let’s meet together for judgment.
[2] Who has raised up one from the east? Who called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands over nations to him and makes him rule over kings. He gives them like the dust to his sword, like the driven stubble to his bow.
[3] He pursues them and passes by safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
[4] Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.”
[5] The islands have seen, and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach, and come.
[6] Everyone helps his neighbor. They say to their brothers, “Be strong!”
[7] So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smooths with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It is good;” and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.
[8] “But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham my friend,
[9] you whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from its corners, and said to you, ‘You are my servant. I have chosen you and have not cast you away.’
[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.
[11] Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.
[12] You will seek them, and won’t find them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a nonexistent thing.
[13] For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’
[14] Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
[15] Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth. You will thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and will make the hills like chaff.
[16] You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in Yahweh. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
[17] The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
[18] I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the middle of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
[19] I will put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness. I will set cypress trees, pine, and box trees together in the desert;
[20] that they may see, know, consider, and understand together, that Yahweh’s hand has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
[21] Produce your cause,” says Yahweh. “Bring out your strong reasons!” says the King of Jacob.
[22] “Let them announce and declare to us what will happen! Declare the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.
[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.
[24] Behold, you are nothing, and your work is nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.
[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.
[26] Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and before, that we may say, ‘He is right’? Surely, there is no one who declares. Surely, there is no one who shows. Surely, there is no one who hears your words.
[27] I am the first to say to Zion, ‘Behold, look at them;’ and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.
[28] When I look, there is no man, even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask, can answer a word.
[29] Behold, all of their deeds are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 41 (KJVS)

[1] Keep 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.
[2] Who 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.
[3] He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.
[4] Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.
[5] The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
[6] They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
[7] So 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.
[8] But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
[9] Thou 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.
[10] Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
[11] Behold, 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.
[12] Thou 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.
[13] For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
[14] Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
[15] Behold, 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.
[16] Thou 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.
[17] When 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.
[18] I 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.
[19] I 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:
[20] that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
[21] Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
[22] Let 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.
[23] Shew 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.
[24] Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
[25] I 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.
[26] Who 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.
[27] The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
[28] For 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.
[29] Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

Isaiah 41:2 Heb. righteousness
Isaiah 41:3 Heb. in peace
Isaiah 41:6 Heb. be strong
Isaiah 41:7a Or, founder
Isaiah 41:7b Or, the smiting
Isaiah 41:7c It is ready for the sodering: Or, saying of the soder, it is good
Isaiah 41:11 Heb. the men of thy strife
Isaiah 41:12a Heb. the men of thy contention
Isaiah 41:12b Heb. the men of thy war
Isaiah 41:14 Or, few men
Isaiah 41:15 Heb. mouths
Isaiah 41:21 Heb. cause to come near
Isaiah 41:22 Heb. set our heart upon them
Isaiah 41:24 Or, worse than nothing
Isaiah 41:28 Heb. return

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 41 (BYZ)

[1] Ἐγκαινίζεσθε () πρός () με, () νῆσοι, () οἱ () γὰρ () ἄρχοντες () ἀλλάξουσιν () ἰσχύν· () ἐγγισάτωσαν () καὶ () λαλησάτωσαν () ἅμα, () τότε () κρίσιν () ἀναγγειλάτωσαν. ()
[2] Τίς () ἐξήγειρεν () ἀπὸ () ἀνατολῶν () δικαιοσύνην, () ἐκάλεσεν () αὐτὴν () κατὰ () πόδας () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () πορεύσεται; () Δώσει () ἐναντίον () ἐθνῶν () καὶ () βασιλεῖς () ἐκστήσει () καὶ () δώσει () εἰς () γῆν () τὰς () μαχαίρας () αὐτῶν () καὶ () ὡς () φρύγανα () ἐξωσμένα () τὰ () τόξα () αὐτῶν· ()
[3] καὶ () διώξεται () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () διελεύσεται () ἐν () εἰρήνῃ () ἡ () ὁδὸς () τῶν () ποδῶν () αὐτοῦ. ()
[4] Τίς () ἐνήργησεν () καὶ () ἐποίησεν () ταῦτα; () Ἐκάλεσεν () αὐτὴν () ὁ () καλῶν () αὐτὴν () ἀπὸ () γενεῶν () ἀρχῆς, () ἐγὼ () θεὸς () πρῶτος, () καὶ () εἰς () τὰ () ἐπερχόμενα () ἐγώ () εἰμι. ()
[5] Εἴδοσαν () ἔθνη () καὶ () ἐφοβήθησαν, () τὰ () ἄκρα τῆς () γῆς () ἤγγισαν () καὶ () ἤλθοσαν () ἅμα ()
[6] κρίνων () ἕκαστος () τῷ () πλησίον () καὶ () τῷ () ἀδελφῷ () βοηθῆσαι () καὶ () ἐρεῖ ()
[7] Ἴσχυσεν () ἀνὴρ () τέκτων () καὶ () χαλκεὺς () τύπτων () σφύρῃ ἅμα () ἐλαύνων· () ποτὲ () μὲν () ἐρεῖ () Σύμβλημα καλόν () ἐστιν· () ἰσχύρωσαν αὐτὰ () ἐν () ἥλοις, () θήσουσιν () αὐτὰ () καὶ () οὐ () κινηθήσονται. ()
[8] Σὺ () δέ, () Ισραηλ, () παῖς () μου () Ιακωβ, () ὃν () ἐξελεξάμην, () σπέρμα () Αβρααμ, () ὃν () ἠγάπησα, ()
[9] οὗ () ἀντελαβόμην () ἀπ’ () ἄκρων () τῆς () γῆς () καὶ () ἐκ () τῶν () σκοπιῶν αὐτῆς () ἐκάλεσά () σε () καὶ () εἶπά () σοι () Παῖς () μου () εἶ, () ἐξελεξάμην () σε () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐγκατέλιπόν () σε, ()
[10] μὴ () φοβοῦ, () μετὰ () σοῦ () γάρ () εἰμι· () μὴ () πλανῶ, () ἐγὼ () γάρ () εἰμι () ὁ () θεός () σου () ὁ () ἐνισχύσας () σε () καὶ () ἐβοήθησά () σοι () καὶ () ἠσφαλισάμην () σε () τῇ () δεξιᾷ () τῇ () δικαίᾳ () μου. ()
[11] Ἰδοὺ () αἰσχυνθήσονται () καὶ () ἐντραπήσονται () πάντες () οἱ () ἀντικείμενοί () σοι· () ἔσονται () γὰρ () ὡς () οὐκ () ὄντες () καὶ () ἀπολοῦνται () πάντες () οἱ () ἀντίδικοί () σου. ()
[12] Ζητήσεις () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () εὕρῃς () τοὺς () ἀνθρώπους, () οἳ () παροινήσουσιν εἰς () σέ· () ἔσονται () γὰρ () ὡς () οὐκ () ὄντες () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔσονται () οἱ () ἀντιπολεμοῦντές σε. ()
[13] Ὅτι () ἐγὼ () ὁ () θεός () σου () ὁ () κρατῶν () τῆς () δεξιᾶς () σου, () ὁ () λέγων () σοι () Μὴ () φοβοῦ, ()
[14] Ιακωβ, () ὀλιγοστὸς Ισραηλ· () ἐγὼ () ἐβοήθησά () σοι, () λέγει () ὁ () θεὸς () ὁ () λυτρούμενός () σε, () Ισραηλ. ()
[15] Ἰδοὺ () ἐποίησά () σε () ὡς () τροχοὺς () ἁμάξης ἀλοῶντας () καινοὺς () πριστηροειδεῖς, καὶ () ἀλοήσεις () ὄρη () καὶ () λεπτυνεῖς βουνοὺς () καὶ () ὡς () χνοῦν θήσεις· ()
[16] καὶ () λικμήσεις, () καὶ () ἄνεμος () λήμψεται () αὐτούς, () καὶ () καταιγὶς διασπερεῖ () αὐτούς, () σὺ () δὲ () εὐφρανθήσῃ () ἐν () τοῖς () ἁγίοις () Ισραηλ. () Καὶ () ἀγαλλιάσονται ()
[17] οἱ () πτωχοὶ () καὶ () οἱ () ἐνδεεῖς· () ζητήσουσιν () γὰρ () ὕδωρ, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔσται, () ἡ () γλῶσσα () αὐτῶν () ἀπὸ () τῆς () δίψης ἐξηράνθη· () ἐγὼ () κύριος () ὁ () θεός, () ἐγὼ () ἐπακούσομαι, () ὁ () θεὸς () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐγκαταλείψω () αὐτούς, ()
[18] ἀλλὰ () ἀνοίξω () ἐπὶ () τῶν () ὀρέων () ποταμοὺς () καὶ () ἐν () μέσῳ () πεδίων πηγάς, () ποιήσω () τὴν () ἔρημον () εἰς () ἕλη καὶ () τὴν () διψῶσαν () γῆν () ἐν () ὑδραγωγοῖς,
[19] θήσω () εἰς () τὴν () ἄνυδρον () γῆν () κέδρον καὶ () πύξον καὶ () μυρσίνην καὶ () κυπάρισσον καὶ () λεύκην,
[20] ἵνα () ἴδωσιν () καὶ () γνῶσιν () καὶ () ἐννοηθῶσιν καὶ () ἐπιστῶνται () ἅμα () ὅτι () χεὶρ () κυρίου () ἐποίησεν () ταῦτα () πάντα () καὶ () ὁ () ἅγιος () τοῦ () Ισραηλ () κατέδειξεν.
[21] Ἐγγίζει () ἡ () κρίσις () ὑμῶν, () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () θεός· () ἤγγισαν () αἱ () βουλαὶ () ὑμῶν, () λέγει () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () Ιακωβ. ()
[22] Ἐγγισάτωσαν () καὶ () ἀναγγειλάτωσαν () ὑμῖν () ἃ () συμβήσεται, () ἢ () τὰ () πρότερα τίνα () ἦν () εἴπατε, () καὶ () ἐπιστήσομεν () τὸν () νοῦν () καὶ () γνωσόμεθα () τί () τὰ () ἔσχατα, () καὶ () τὰ () ἐπερχόμενα () εἴπατε () ἡμῖν. ()
[23] Ἀναγγείλατε () ἡμῖν () τὰ () ἐπερχόμενα () ἐπ’ () ἐσχάτου, () καὶ () γνωσόμεθα () ὅτι () θεοί () ἐστε· () εὖ () ποιήσατε () καὶ () κακώσατε, () καὶ () θαυμασόμεθα () καὶ () ὀψόμεθα () ἅμα· ()
[24] ὅτι () πόθεν () ἐστὲ () ὑμεῖς () καὶ () πόθεν () ἡ () ἐργασία () ὑμῶν; () Ἐκ () γῆς· () βδέλυγμα () ἐξελέξαντο () ὑμᾶς. ()
[25] Ἐγὼ () δὲ () ἤγειρα () τὸν () ἀπὸ () βορρᾶ () καὶ () τὸν () ἀφ’ () ἡλίου () ἀνατολῶν, () κληθήσονται () τῷ () ὀνόματί () μου· () ἐρχέσθωσαν () ἄρχοντες, () καὶ () ὡς () πηλὸς () κεραμέως () καὶ () ὡς () κεραμεὺς () καταπατῶν () τὸν () πηλόν, () οὕτως () καταπατηθήσεσθε. ()
[26] Τίς () γὰρ () ἀναγγελεῖ () τὰ () ἐξ () ἀρχῆς, () ἵνα () γνῶμεν, () καὶ () τὰ () ἔμπροσθεν, () καὶ () ἐροῦμεν () ὅτι () ἀληθῆ () ἐστιν; () Οὐκ () ἔστιν () ὁ () προλέγων οὐδὲ () ὁ () ἀκούων () ὑμῶν () τοὺς () λόγους. ()
[27] Ἀρχὴν () Σιων () δώσω () καὶ () Ιερουσαλημ () παρακαλέσω () εἰς () ὁδόν. ()
[28] Ἀπὸ () γὰρ () τῶν () ἐθνῶν () ἰδοὺ () οὐδείς, () καὶ () ἀπὸ () τῶν () εἰδώλων () αὐτῶν () οὐκ () ἦν () ὁ () ἀναγγέλλων· () καὶ () ἐὰν () ἐρωτήσω () αὐτούς () Πόθεν () ἐστέ, () οὐ () μὴ () ἀποκριθῶσίν () μοι. ()
[29] Εἰσὶν () γὰρ () οἱ () ποιοῦντες () ὑμᾶς, () καὶ () μάτην () οἱ () πλανῶντες () ὑμᾶς. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.