Isaiah 40 Parallel Bible

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1	“Be consoled, be consoled, O my people!” says your God.	Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.	Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
2	Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call out to her! For her malice has reached its end. Her iniquity has been forgiven. She has received double for all her sins from the hand of the Lord.	Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.	Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.
3	The voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight the paths of our God, in a solitary place.	A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.	A voice of one calling: “In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4	Every valley will be exalted, and every mountain and hill will be brought low. And the crooked will be straightened, and the uneven will become level ways.	Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain.	Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain.
5	And the glory of the Lord will be revealed. And all flesh together will see that the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”	And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”	And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it together. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
6	The voice of one saying, “Cry out!” And I said, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.	A voice says, “Cry!” And I said, “What shall I cry?” All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.	A voice says, “Cry out.” And I said, “What shall I cry?” “All people are like grass, and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.
7	The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. For the Spirit of the Lord has blown over it. Truly, the people are like grass.	The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the LORD blows on it; surely the people are grass.	The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass.
8	The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. But the Word of our Lord remains for eternity.”	The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.	The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.”
9	You who evangelize Zion, climb a high mountain! You who evangelize Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it up! Do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah: “Behold, your God!”	Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, “Behold your God!”	You who bring good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who bring good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, “Here is your God!”
10	Behold, the Lord God will arrive in strength, and his arm will rule. Behold, his reward is with him, and his work is before him.	Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.	See, the Sovereign LORD comes with power, and he rules with a mighty arm. See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him.
11	He will pasture his flock like a shepherd. He will gather together the lambs with his arm, and he will lift them up to his bosom, and he himself will carry the very young.	He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.	He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.
12	Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and who has weighed the heavens with his palm? Who has suspended the mass of the earth with three fingers, and who has weighed the mountains on a balance and the hills on a scale?	Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?	Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance?
13	Who has assisted the Spirit of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor and has revealed things to him?	Who has measured the Spirit of the LORD, or what man shows him his counsel?	Who can fathom the Spirit of the LORD, or instruct the LORD as his counselor?
14	With whom has he consulted? And who has instructed him, and taught him the path of justice, and guided him to knowledge, and revealed the way of understanding to him?	Whom did he consult, and who made him understand? Who taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?	Whom did the LORD consult to enlighten him, and who taught him the right way? Who was it that taught him knowledge, or showed him the path of understanding?
15	Behold, the nations are like a drop of water in a bucket, and they are considered as the smallest grain on a balance. Behold, the islands are like a little dust.	Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are accounted as the dust on the scales; behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust.	Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales; he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.
16	And Lebanon will not be sufficient to start a fire, and its animals will not be sufficient for a burnt offering.	Lebanon would not suffice for fuel, nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering.	Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires, nor its animals enough for burnt offerings.
17	All the nations in his sight are as if they did not exist, and they are considered by him as if they were nothingness and emptiness.	All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.	Before him all the nations are as nothing; they are regarded by him as worthless and less than nothing.
18	Therefore, to whom would you liken God? Or with what image would you replace him?	To whom then will you liken God, or what likeness compare with him?	With whom, then, will you compare God? To what image will you liken him?
19	Should the workman cast a statue? Or has the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?	An idol! A craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts for it silver chains.	As for an idol, a metalworker casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.
20	He has chosen strong wood that will not decay. The skillful artisan seeks a way to set up an idol that cannot be moved.	He who is too impoverished for an offering chooses wood that will not rot; he seeks out a skillful craftsman to set up an idol that will not move.	A person too poor to present such an offering selects wood that will not rot; they look for a skilled worker to set up an idol that will not topple.
21	Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been announced to you from the beginning? Have you not understood the foundations of the earth?	Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?	Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded?
22	He is the One who sits upon the globe of the earth, and its inhabitants are like locusts. He extends the heavens as if they were nothing, and he spreads them out like a tent, in which to dwell.	It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;	He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
23	He has brought those who examine what is secret to nothingness. He has brought the judges of the earth to emptiness.	who brings princes to nothing, and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.	He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.
24	And certainly, their stalk was neither planted, nor sown, nor rooted in the ground. He has suddenly blown them across them, and they have withered, and a whirlwind will carry them away like chaff.	Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown, scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth, when he blows on them, and they wither, and the tempest carries them off like stubble.	No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
25	“And to whom would you compare me or equate me?” says the Holy One.	To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One.	“To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
26	Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things. He leads forth their army by number, and he calls them all by name. Because of the fullness of his strength and robustness and virtue, not one of them was left behind.	Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name; by the greatness of his might and because he is strong in power, not one is missing.	Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
27	Why do you say this, O Jacob, and why do you speak this way, O Israel? “My way has been hidden from the Lord, and my judgment escaped notice by my God.”	Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my right is disregarded by my God”?	Why do you complain, Jacob? Why do you say, Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God\|?
28	Do you not know, or have you not heard? The Lord is the eternal God, who has created the limits of the earth. He does not diminish, and he does not struggle. Neither is his wisdom searchable.	Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.	Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.
29	It is he who gives strength to the weary, and it is he who increases fortitude and strength in those who are failing.	He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.	He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
30	Servants will struggle and fail, and young men will fall into infirmity.	Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted;	Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
31	But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will take up wings like eagles. They will run and not struggle. They will walk and not tire.	but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.	but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
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