Isaiah 41 Parallel Bible

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	SLT Smith's Literal Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	Be silent to me, ye islands; and the people shall change strength: they shall draw near; then shall they speak: together we will come near for judgment.	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 justice from the sunrising? he shall call him to his foot; he will give the nations before him; and he will bring down kings: he will give as the dust of his sword, as driven straw, his bow.	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	He will pursue them, he will pass over in peace; the path he will not come in with his feet.	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 made and did, calling the generations from the beginning? I Jehovah, the first, and with the last; I am he.	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 isles saw, and they will be afraid; the extremities of the earth will tremble; they drew near and they will come.	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	They will help a man his neighbor, and he will say to his brother, Be strong.	Everyone helps his neighbor and says to his brother, “Be strong!”	they help each other and say to their companions, “Be strong!”
7	And the artificer will strengthen the founder, he making smooth with the hammer, he beating the anvil, saying, It is good for the welding; he will strengthen it with nails; it shall not totter.	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	And thou, Israel, my servant Jacob whom I chose thee, the seed of Abraham my beloved:	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 held thee fast from the extremities of the earth, and I called thee from its sides, and saying to thee, Thou my servant; I chose thee, and I rejected thee not.	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	Thou shalt not fear, for I am with thee: thou shalt not look around for help for I thy God will strengthen thee; also I helped thee; also I held thee up with the right hand of my justice.	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 they burning with anger against thee shall be ashamed and disgraced: they shall be as nothing; and the men of thy strife shall be destroyed.	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 shalt not find them; the man of thy contention, the men of thy war, shall be as nothing and as no more.	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 Jehovah thy God holding thy right hand, saying to thee, Thou shalt not fear; I helped 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	Thou shalt not fear, thou worm Jacob, ye men of Israel; I helped thee, says Jehovah, and thy redeemer the Holy One of 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 set thee to a new cutting threshing sledge having mouths: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat small, and the hills thou shalt set 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	Thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall lift them up, and the storm shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, and glory in the Holy One 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	The poor and the needy seeking water, and none; their tongue failing in thirst, I Jehovah will answer them; the God of Israel, I 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	I will open rivers upon naked hills, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will set the desert for a pool of water, and the dry land for goings forth of water.	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 give in the desert the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the tree of oil; I will set in the sterile region the the elm and the box tree together.	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	So that they shall see and know and attend, and consider together that the hand of Jehovah did this, and the Holy One of Israel created it.	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	Bring near your cause, Will say Jehovah; draw near your strong defences, will the king of Jacob say:	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	They shall draw near and announce to us what shall happen: shewed they the former things, what they were, and we will set our heart, and we shall know their latter state; or did we hear things coming?	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	Announce the things coming hereafter, and we shall know that ye are God: also will ye do good or will ye do evil, and we shall look around for help and see together.	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	Behold, ye are from nothing, and your work no more: an abomination he will choose in you.	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	I roused up from the north, and he will come: from the rising of the sun he shall call upon my name: and he shall come upon prefects as clay, and as the potter will tread down the mud.	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	Who announced from the beginning, and we shall know? and before, and we shall say, He is just; also none announcing; also none hearing; also none heard 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	The first to Zion, Behold, behold them: and to Jerusalem I will give him announcing good news.	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	And I shall see, and no man; and from these, and no counselor; and I shall ask them, and they will not turn back a word.	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	Behold, all of them, nothing; their works are no more: wind and emptiness are their libations.	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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