Isaiah 41 Parallel Bible

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	SEP Brenton Septuagint Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	Hold a feast to me, ye islands: for the princes shall renew their strength: let them draw nigh and speak together: then let them declare judgement.	Listen to me in silence, O coastlands; let the peoples renew their strength; let them approach, then let them speak; let us together draw near for judgment.	“Be silent before me, you islands! Let the nations renew their strength! Let them come forward and speak; let us meet together at the place of judgment.
2	Who raised up righteousness from the east, and called it to his feet, so that it should go? shall appoint it an adversary of Gentiles, and shall dismay kings, and bury their swords in the earth, and cast forth their bows and arrows as sticks?	Who stirred up one from the east whom victory meets at every step? He gives up nations before him, so that he tramples kings underfoot; he makes them like dust with his sword, like driven stubble with his bow.	“Who has stirred up one from the east, calling him in righteousness to his service? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.
3	And he shall pursue them; the way of his feet shall proceed in peace.	He pursues them and passes on safely, by paths his feet have not trod.	He pursues them and moves on unscathed, by a path his feet have not traveled before.
4	Who has wrought and done these things? he has called it who called it from the generations of old; I God, the first and to all futurity, I AM.	Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.	Who has done this and carried it through, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—with the first of them and with the last—I am he.”
5	The nations saw, and feared; the ends of the earth drew nigh, and came together,	The coastlands have seen and are afraid; the ends of the earth tremble; they have drawn near and come.	The islands have seen it and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward;
6	every one judging for his neighbor and that to assist his brother: and one will say,	Everyone helps his neighbor and says to his brother, “Be strong!”	they help each other and say to their companions, “Be strong!”
7	The artificer has become strong, and the coppersmith that smites with the hammer, and forges also: sometimes he will say, It is a piece well joined: they have fastened them with nails; they will fix them, and they shall not be moved.	The craftsman strengthens the goldsmith, and he who smooths with the hammer him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It is good”; and they strengthen it with nails so that it cannot be moved.	The metalworker encourages the goldsmith, and the one who smooths with the hammer spurs on the one who strikes the anvil. One says of the welding, “It is good.” The other nails down the idol so it will not topple.
8	But thou, Israel, art my servant Jacob, and he whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraam, whom I have loved:	But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend;	“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, you descendants of Abraham my friend,
9	whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and from the high places of it I have called thee, and said to thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and I have not forsaken thee.	you whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, “You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off”;	I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said, ‘You are my servant’; I have chosen you and have not rejected you.
10	Fear not; for I am with thee: wander not; for I am thy God, who have strengthened thee; and I have helped thee, and have established thee with my just right hand.	fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.	So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
11	Behold, all thine adversaries shall be ashamed and confounded; for they shall be as if they were not: and all thine opponents shall perish.	Behold, all who are incensed against you shall be put to shame and confounded; those who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish.	“All who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish.
12	Thou shalt seek them, and thou shalt not find the men who shall insolently rage against thee: for they shall be as if they were not, and they that war against thee shall not be.	You shall seek those who contend with you, but you shall not find them; those who war against you shall be as nothing at all.	Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing at all.
13	For I am thy God, who holdeth thy right hand, who saith to thee,	For I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I am the one who helps you.”	For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.
14	Fear not, Jacob, and thou Israel few in number; I have helped thee, saith thy God, he that redeems thee, O Israel.	Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I am the one who helps you, declares the LORD; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.	Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob, little Israel, do not fear, for I myself will help you,” declares the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15	Behold, I have made thee as new saw-shaped threshing wheels of a waggon; and thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat the hills to powder, and make them as chaff:	Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge, new, sharp, and having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and crush them, and you shall make the hills like chaff;	“See, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.
16	and thou shalt winnow them , and the wind shall carry them away, and a tempest shall scatter them: but thou shalt rejoice in the holy ones of Israel.	you shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the tempest shall scatter them. And you shall rejoice in the LORD; in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.	You will winnow them, the wind will pick them up, and a gale will blow them away. But you will rejoice in the LORD and glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17	And the poor and the needy shall exult; for when they shall seek water, and there shall be none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord God, I the God of Israel will hear, and will not forsake them:	When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the LORD will answer them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them.	“The poor and needy search for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. But I the LORD will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
18	but I will open rivers on the mountains, and fountains in the midst of plains: I will make the desert pools of water, and a thirsty land watercourses.	I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.	I will make rivers flow on barren heights, and springs within the valleys. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the parched ground into springs.
19	I will plant in the dry land the cedar and box, the myrtle and cypress, and white poplar:	I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive. I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane and the pine together,	I will put in the desert the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive. I will set junipers in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together,
20	that they may see, and know, and perceive, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord has wrought these works , and the Holy One of Israel has displayed them .	that they may see and know, may consider and understand together, that the hand of the LORD has done this, the Holy One of Israel has created it.	so that people may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.
21	Your judgement draws nigh, saith the Lord God; your counsel have drawn nigh, saith the King of Jacob.	Set forth your case, says the LORD; bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob.	“Present your case,” says the LORD. “Set forth your arguments,” says Jacob’s King.
22	Let them draw nigh, and declare to you what things shall come to pass; or tell us what things were of old, and we will apply our understanding, and we shall know what are the last and the future things:	Let them bring them, and tell us what is to happen. Tell us the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, that we may know their outcome; or declare to us the things to come.	“Tell us, you idols, what is going to happen. Tell us what the former things were, so that we may consider them and know their final outcome. Or declare to us the things to come,
23	tell us, declare ye to us the things that are coming on at the last time , and we shall know that ye are gods: do good, and do evil, and we shall wonder, and see at the same time	Tell us what is to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods; do good, or do harm, that we may be dismayed and terrified.	tell us what the future holds, so we may know that you are gods. Do something, whether good or bad, so that we will be dismayed and filled with fear.
24	whence ye are, and whence is your works: they have chosen you an abomination out of the earth.	Behold, you are nothing, and your work is less than nothing; an abomination is he who chooses you.	But you are less than nothing and your works are utterly worthless; whoever chooses you is detestable.
25	But I have raised up him that comes from the north, and him that comes from the rising of the sun: they shall be called by my name: let the princes come, and as potter's clay, and as a potter treading clay, so shall ye be trodden down.	I stirred up one from the north, and he has come, from the rising of the sun, and he shall call upon my name; he shall trample on rulers as on mortar, as the potter treads clay.	“I have stirred up one from the north, and he comes— one from the rising sun who calls on my name. He treads on rulers as if they were mortar, as if he were a potter treading the clay.
26	For who will declare the things from the beginning, that we may know also the former things, and we will say that they are true? there is no one that speaks beforehand, nor anyone that hears your words.	Who declared it from the beginning, that we might know, and beforehand, that we might say, “He is right”? There was none who declared it, none who proclaimed, none who heard your words.	Who told of this from the beginning, so we could know, or beforehand, so we could say, ‘He was right’? No one told of this, no one foretold it, no one heard any words from you.
27	I will give dominion to Sion, and will comfort Jerusalem by the way.	I was the first to say to Zion, “Behold, here they are!” and I give to Jerusalem a herald of good news.	I was the first to tell Zion, ‘Look, here they are!’ I gave to Jerusalem a messenger of good news.
28	For from among the nations, behold, there was no one; and of their idols there was none to declare anything : and if I should ask them, Whence are ye? they could not answer me.	But when I look, there is no one; among these there is no counselor who, when I ask, gives an answer.	I look but there is no one— no one among the gods to give counsel, no one to give answer when I ask them.
29	For these are your makers, as ye think , and they that cause you to err in vain.	Behold, they are all a delusion; their works are nothing; their metal images are empty wind.	See, they are all false! Their deeds amount to nothing; their images are but wind and confusion.
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