Isaiah 41 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Israel Encouraged

Isa 41:1Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then let them say what they have to say: let us put forward our cause against one another.

Isa 41:2

Isa 41:2Who sent out from the east one who is right wherever he goes? he gives the nations into his hands, and makes him ruler over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as dry stems before the wind to his bow.

Isa 41:3

Isa 41:3He goes after them safely, not touching the road with his feet.

Isa 41:4

Isa 41:4Whose purpose and work was it? His who sent out the generations from the start. I the Lord, the first, and with the last, I am he.

Isa 41:5

Isa 41:5The sea-lands saw it, and were in fear; the ends of the earth were shaking: they came near.

Isa 41:6

Isa 41:6They gave help everyone to his neighbour; and everyone said to his brother, Take heart!

Isa 41:7

Isa 41:7So the metal-worker put heart into the gold-worker, and he who was hammering the metal smooth said kind words to the iron-worker, saying of the plate, It is ready: and he put it together with nails, so that there might be no slipping.

Isa 41:8

Isa 41:8But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend:

Isa 41:9

Isa 41:9You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and sent for from its farthest parts, saying to you, You are my servant, whom I have taken for myself, and whom I have not given up:

Isa 41:10

Isa 41:10Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.

Isa 41:11

Isa 41:11Truly, all those who are angry with you will be made low and put to shame: those desiring to do you wrong will come to nothing and never again be seen.

Isa 41:12

Isa 41:12You will make search for your haters but they will not be there; those who make war against you will be as nothing and will come to destruction.

Isa 41:13

Isa 41:13For I, the Lord your God, have taken your right hand in mine, saying to you, Have no fear; I will be your helper.

Isa 41:14

Isa 41:14Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel.

Isa 41:15

Isa 41:15See, I will make you like a new grain-crushing instrument with teeth, crushing the mountains small, and making the hills like dry stems.

Isa 41:16

Isa 41:16You will send the wind over them, and it will take them away; they will go in all directions before the storm-wind: you will have joy in the Lord, and be glad in the Holy One of Israel.

Isa 41:17

Isa 41:17The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.

Isa 41:18

Isa 41:18I will make rivers on the dry mountain-tops, and fountains in the valleys: I will make the waste land a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

Isa 41:19

Isa 41:19I will put in the waste land the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive-tree; and in the lowland will be planted the fir-tree, the plane, and the cypress together:

Isa 41:20

Isa 41:20So that they may see and be wise and give their mind to it, and that it may be clear to them all that the hand of the Lord has done this, and that the Holy One of Israel has made it.

Isa 41:21

Isa 41:21Put forward your cause, says the Lord; let your strong argument come out, says the King of Jacob.

Isa 41:22

Isa 41:22Let the future be made clear to us: give us news of the past things, so that we may give thought to them; or of the things to come, so that we may see if they are true.

Isa 41:23

Isa 41:23Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised.

Isa 41:24

Isa 41:24But you are nothing, and your work is of no value: foolish is he who takes you for his gods.

Isa 41:25

Isa 41:25I have sent for one from the north, and from the dawn he has come; in my name he will get rulers together and go against them; they will be like dust, even as the wet earth is stamped on by the feet of the potter.

Isa 41:26

Isa 41:26Who has given knowledge of it from the first, so that we may be certain of it? and from the start, so that we may say, His word is true? There is no one who gives news, or says anything, or who gives ear to your words.

Isa 41:27

Isa 41:27I was the first to give word of it to Zion, and I gave the good news to Jerusalem.

Isa 41:28

Isa 41:28And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions.

Isa 41:29

Isa 41:29Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.

The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

Pericope

Isaiah Chapter 41 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras

Isaiah 41 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Israel Encouraged

Pericope

Isaiah Chapter 41 — Additional Translations:

Did You Know BLB Is User Supported?