Isaiah 41:5 The islands have seen it and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward;

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
The islands have seen it and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward;

English Standard Version
The coastlands have seen and are afraid; the ends of the earth tremble; they have drawn near and come.

New American Standard Bible
The coastlands have seen and are afraid; The ends of the earth tremble; They have drawn near and have come.

King James Bible
The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The islands see and are afraid, the whole earth trembles. They approach and arrive.

International Standard Version
"The coastlands have looked and are afraid; the ends of the earth have drawn near together and come forward.

American Standard Version
The isles have seen, and fear; the ends of the earth tremble; they draw near, and come.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The islands saw it, and feared, the ends of the earth were astonished, they drew near, and came.

Darby Bible Translation
The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth trembled: they drew near, and came.

Young's Literal Translation
Seen have isles and fear, ends of the earth tremble, They have drawn near, yea, they come.

Cross References

Joshua 5:1
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

Psalm 67:7
God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

Isaiah 41:1
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.

Isaiah 41:6
They helped every one his neighbor; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.

Ezekiel 26:15
Thus said the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the middle of you?

Ezekiel 26:16
Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit on the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at you.

Ezekiel 26:18
Now shall the isles tremble in the day of your fall; yes, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at your departure.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

41:1-9 Can any heathen god raise up one in righteousness, make what use of him he pleases, and make him victorious over the nations? The Lord did so with Abraham, or rather, he would do so with Cyrus. Sinners encourage one another in the ways of sin; shall not the servants of the living God stir up one another in his service? God's people are the seed of Abraham his friend. This is certainly the highest title ever given to a mortal. It means that Abraham, by Divine grace, was made like to God, and that he was admitted to communion with Him. Happy are the servants of the Lord, whom he has called to be his friends, and to walk with him in faith and holy obedience. Let not such as have thus been favoured yield to fear; for the contest may be sharp, but the victory shall be sure.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

5. feared—that they would be subdued.

drew near, and came—together, for mutual defense.