Comfort ye, comfort ye ,
My people, saith your God.
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
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Isaiah 40
31 aligned verses; 31 with wording or punctuation differences .
Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
Speak to the
heart
of
Jerusalem, and call
to
her, That her warfare hath
been
completed
, That accepted
hath
been
her punishment,
That
she hath received from
the hand of
Jehovah
Double for all her sins.
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.
A
voice is
crying
--
in a
wilderness --
Prepare ye the way of Jehovah
, Make straight in a
desert a highway to
our God.
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.
Every valley is
raised
up
, And every mountain and hill become
low ,
And the crooked place
hath
become
a
plain
, And the entangled
places a
valley.
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:
And revealed
hath
been
the honour
of Jehovah
, And seen
`it'
have
all flesh together ,
For the mouth of Jehovah
hath spoken.
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
.
A
voice is
saying,
`Call
, '
And he said, `
What do
I call
? '
All flesh `
is '
grass, and all its
goodliness `
is '
As a
flower of the field:
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:
Withered
hath
grass, faded
the flower ,
For
the Spirit of Jehovah
blew
upon it ,
Surely the people `
is '
grass ;
The
grass withereth
, the flower fadeth:
because
the spirit of the
LORD
bloweth
upon it :
surely the people is grass .
Withered
hath
grass, faded
the flower ,
But a
word of our God riseth
for ever.
The
grass withereth
, the flower fadeth:
but the
word of our God shall
stand
for ever.
On
a
high
mountain
get
thee
up,
O Zion, Proclaiming
tidings, Lift
up with
power
thy
voice,
O Jerusalem, proclaiming
tidings, Lift up, fear
not ,
say to
cities of Judah, `Lo,
your God .'
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 !
Lo
, the Lord Jehovah
with strength
cometh
, And His arm is
ruling
for Him ,
Lo
, His hire
`
is '
with Him, and His wage
before Him.
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.
As
a
shepherd
His flock He feedeth,
With His arm He
gathereth
lambs
, And in His bosom He
carrieth
`them':
Suckling
ones
He
leadeth
.
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
.
Who hath measured in the hollow of his hand the
waters?
And the
heavens
by
a
span
hath
meted out, And comprehended in
a
measure
the dust of the earth, And hath
weighed in
scales
the mountains, And the hills in a balance?
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?
Who hath meted
out
the Spirit of Jehovah,
And
, `
being '
His counsellor ,
doth
teach
Him !
Who hath directed
the Spirit of the
LORD
, or
being his counsellor hath
taught
him ?
With whom consulted
He, That
he
causeth
Him to
understand?
And teacheth
Him in the path of judgment, And teacheth
Him knowledge ?
And the way of understanding causeth
Him
to
know
?
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?
Lo
, nations as a drop from
a bucket, And as small dust of the balance ,
have
been
reckoned,
Lo
, isles as a small
thing He
taketh
up
.
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.
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its
beasts sufficient for a burnt -
offering.
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the
beasts thereof
sufficient for a burnt offering.
All the
nations `
are '
as nothing before
Him ,
Less than nothing and
emptiness
, They
have
been
reckoned
to
Him
.
All nations before
him
are as nothing ;
and
they
are
counted
to
him less than nothing, and
vanity
.
And
unto
whom do
ye liken God ,
And
what likeness do
ye compare to
Him?
To
whom then
will
ye liken God ?
or
what likeness will
ye compare unto
him?
The graven image poured
out
hath
a
artizan
, And a
refiner
with
gold
spreadeth it over, And chains
of
silver he
is
refining
.
The workman
melteth
a
graven image, and the
goldsmith
spreadeth it over with
gold
, and casteth
silver chains
.
He who
is poor
`by'
heave-offerings,
A tree not rotten
doth
choose,
A
skilful
artizan
he seeketh for
it,
To establish
a graven image --
not moved.
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.
Do
ye not know
--
do
ye not hear
? Hath it not been declared
from the first
to
you
? Have ye not understood `
From '
the foundations of the earth?
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?
He
who
is sitting
on
the circle of the earth, And its
inhabitants `
are '
as grasshoppers ,
He
who
is
stretching
out as
a
thin
thing
the heavens, And spreadeth them as a tent to dwell in .
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 :
He
who
is
making
princes become
nothing ,
Judges of earth as emptiness
hath
made;
That
bringeth
the
princes to
nothing ;
he
maketh
the
judges of the
earth as vanity.
Yea, they have
not been
planted ,
Yea, they have
not been
sown ,
Yea, not taking
root in the earth is
their
stock,
And also
He hath
blown
upon them, and they wither, And a
whirlwind as
stubble
taketh
them away.
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
.
And
unto
whom do
ye liken Me, And
`am'
I equal? saith the Holy One.
To
whom then
will
ye liken me, or
shall
I be
equal? saith the Holy One.
Lift up on
high
your eyes, And see
--
who hath prepared
these ?
He
who
is
bringing
out by
number
their host ,
To
all
of
them
by name
He calleth ,
By abundance
of strength
(And
`
he is '
strong in power )
not one is
lacking
.
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
.
Why sayest thou, O Jacob ?
and speakest thou
, O Israel ?
`
My way hath
been
hid from Jehovah
, And from
my God
my
judgment passeth
over .'
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?
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard ?
The God of
the age
--
Jehovah
, Preparer
of the ends of the earth, Is
not wearied
nor
fatigued
, There is no searching of His understanding.
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.
He is
giving
power to the weary,
And to those
not
strong
He increaseth might
.
He giveth
power to the faint;
and to them
that
have
no
might
he increaseth strength
.
Even youths are
wearied
and fatigued
, And young men utterly stumble,
Even the
youths shall
faint
and be
weary
, and the
young men shall
utterly fall:
But those
expecting
Jehovah
pass
`to'
power,
They raise
up
the pinion
as eagles ,
They run and are
not fatigued,
They go
on
and do
not faint !
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 .
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