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Links to all Books and Chapters Today's Date: ======= Isaiah 40:1 ============ Isa 40:1 "Comfort, O comfort My people," says your God. (nasb) Isa 40:1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.(kjv) Isa 40:1 "Comfort, yes, comfort My people!" Says your God.(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:2 ============ Isa 40:2 "Speak kindly to Jerusalem; And call out to her, that her warfare has ended, That her iniquity has been removed, That she has received of the Lord's hand Double for all her sins."(nasb) Isa 40:2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.(kjv) Isa 40:2 "Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the Lord's hand Double for all her sins."(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:3 ============ Isa 40:3 A voice is calling, "Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God. (nasb) Isa 40:3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.(kjv) Isa 40:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God.(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:4 ============ Isa 40:4 "Let every valley be lifted up, And every mountain and hill be made low; And let the rough ground become a plain, And the rugged terrain a broad valley; (nasb) Isa 40:4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:(kjv) Isa 40:4 Every valley shall be exalted And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough places smooth;(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:5 ============ Isa 40:5 Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, And all flesh will see it together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken."(nasb) Isa 40:5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.(kjv) Isa 40:5 The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken."(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:6 ============ Isa 40:6 A voice says, "Call out." Then he answered, "What shall I call out?" All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field. (nasb) Isa 40:6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:(kjv) Isa 40:6 The voice said, "Cry out!" And he said, "What shall I cry?" "All flesh is grass, And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:7 ============ Isa 40:7 The grass withers, the flower fades, When the breath of the Lord blows upon it; Surely the people are grass. (nasb) Isa 40:7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.(kjv) Isa 40:7 The grass withers, the flower fades, Because the breath of the Lord blows upon it; Surely the people are grass.(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:8 ============ Isa 40:8 The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever. (nasb) Isa 40:8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.(kjv) Isa 40:8 The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever."(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:9 ============ Isa 40:9 Get yourself up on a high mountain, O Zion, bearer of good news, Lift up your voice mightily, O Jerusalem, bearer of good news; Lift it up, do not fear. Say to the cities of Judah, "Here is your God!"(nasb) Isa 40:9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!(kjv) Isa 40:9 O Zion, You who bring good tidings, Get up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, You who bring good tidings, Lift up your voice with strength, Lift it up, be not afraid; Say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!"(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:10 ============ Isa 40:10 Behold, the Lord God will come with might, With His arm ruling for Him. Behold, His reward is with Him And His recompense before Him. (nasb) Isa 40:10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.(kjv) Isa 40:10 Behold, the Lord God shall come with a strong hand, And His arm shall rule for Him; Behold, His reward is with Him, And His work before Him.(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:11 ============ Isa 40:11 Like a shepherd He will tend His flock, In His arm He will gather the lambs And carry them in His bosom; He will gently lead the nursing ewes. (nasb) Isa 40:11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.(kjv) Isa 40:11 He will feed His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs with His arm, And carry them in His bosom, And gently lead those who are with young.(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:12 ============ Isa 40:12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And marked off the heavens by the span, And calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, And weighed the mountains in a balance And the hills in a pair of scales? (nasb) Isa 40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?(kjv) Isa 40:12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, Measured heaven with a span And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure? Weighed the mountains in scales And the hills in a balance?(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:13 ============ Isa 40:13 Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, Or as His counselor has informed Him? (nasb) Isa 40:13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?(kjv) Isa 40:13 Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, Or as His counselor has taught Him?(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:14 ============ Isa 40:14 With whom did He consult and who gave Him understanding? And who taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge And informed Him of the way of understanding? (nasb) Isa 40:14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?(kjv) Isa 40:14 With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, And taught Him in the path of justice? Who taught Him knowledge, And showed Him the way of understanding?(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:15 ============ Isa 40:15 Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, And are regarded as a speck of dust on the scales; Behold, He lifts up the islands like fine dust. (nasb) Isa 40:15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.(kjv) Isa 40:15 Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket, And are counted as the small dust on the scales; Look, He lifts up the isles as a very little thing.(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:16 ============ Isa 40:16 Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, Nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering. (nasb) Isa 40:16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.(kjv) Isa 40:16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt offering.(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:17 ============ Isa 40:17 All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless. (nasb) Isa 40:17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.(kjv) Isa 40:17 All nations before Him are as nothing, And they are counted by Him less than nothing and worthless.(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:18 ============ Isa 40:18 To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare with Him? (nasb) Isa 40:18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?(kjv) Isa 40:18 To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to Him?(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:19 ============ Isa 40:19 As for the idol, a craftsman casts it, A goldsmith plates it with gold, And a silversmith fashions chains of silver. (nasb) Isa 40:19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.(kjv) Isa 40:19 The workman molds an image, The goldsmith overspreads it with gold, And the silversmith casts silver chains.(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:20 ============ Isa 40:20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering Selects a tree that does not rot; He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman To prepare an idol that will not totter. (nasb) Isa 40:20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.(kjv) Isa 40:20 Whoever is too impoverished for such a contribution Chooses a tree that will not rot; He seeks for himself a skillful workman To prepare a carved image that will not totter.(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:21 ============ Isa 40:21 Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? (nasb) Isa 40:21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?(kjv) Isa 40:21 Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:22 ============ Isa 40:22 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 out like a tent to dwell in. (nasb) Isa 40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:(kjv) Isa 40:22 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 out like a tent to dwell in.(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:23 ============ Isa 40:23 He it is who reduces rulers to nothing, Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless. (nasb) Isa 40:23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.(kjv) Isa 40:23 He brings the princes to nothing; He makes the judges of the earth useless.(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:24 ============ Isa 40:24 Scarcely have they been planted, Scarcely have they been sown, Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth, But He merely blows on them, and they wither, And the storm carries them away like stubble. (nasb) Isa 40:24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.(kjv) Isa 40:24 Scarcely shall they be planted, Scarcely shall they be sown, Scarcely shall their stock take root in the earth, When He will also blow on them, And they will wither, And the whirlwind will take them away like stubble.(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:25 ============ Isa 40:25 "To whom then will you liken Me That I would be his equal?" says the Holy One. (nasb) Isa 40:25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.(kjv) Isa 40:25 "To whom then will you liken Me, Or to whom shall I be equal?" says the Holy One.(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:26 ============ Isa 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high And see who has created these stars, The One who leads forth their host by number, He calls them all by name; Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power, Not one of them is missing. (nasb) Isa 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.(kjv) Isa 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, And see who has created these things, Who brings out their host by number; He calls them all by name, By the greatness of His might And the strength of His power; Not one is missing.(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:27 ============ Isa 40:27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel, "My way is hidden from the Lord, And the justice due me escapes the notice of my God"? (nasb) Isa 40:27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?(kjv) Isa 40:27 Why do you say, O Jacob, And speak, O Israel: "My way is hidden from the Lord, And my just claim is passed over by my God"?(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:28 ============ Isa 40:28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable. (nasb) Isa 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.(kjv) Isa 40:28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:29 ============ Isa 40:29 He gives strength to the weary, And to him who lacks might He increases power. (nasb) Isa 40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.(kjv) Isa 40:29 He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength.(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:30 ============ Isa 40:30 Though youths grow weary and tired, And vigorous young men stumble badly, (nasb) Isa 40:30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:(kjv) Isa 40:30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall,(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 40:31 ============ Isa 40:31 Yet those who wait for the Lord Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary. (nasb) Isa 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.(kjv) Isa 40:31 But those who wait on 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.(nkjv) ======= Isaiah 41:1 ============ Isa 41:1 "Coastlands, listen to Me in silence, And let the peoples gain new strength; Let them come forward, then let them speak; Let us come together for judgment. (nasb) Isa 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.(kjv) Isa 41:1 "Keep silence before Me, O coastlands, And let the people renew their strength! Let them come near, then let them speak; Let us come near together for judgment.(nkjv) |
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