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Isaiah 41

29 aligned verses; 29 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Keep silent towards Me, O isles , And the peoples pass on `to' power, They come nigh, then they speak, ` Together -- to judgment we draw near. '
“Be silent before Me, O islands , and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment .
Who stirred up from the east a righteous one? He calleth him to His foot, He giveth before him nations , And kings He causeth him to rule, He giveth ` them ' as dust ` to ' his sword, As driven stubble ` to ' his bow.
Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness ? 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.
He pursueth them, he passeth over in safety A path with his feet he entereth not .
He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.
Who hath wrought and done , Calling the generations from the first ? I, Jehovah, the first , and with the last I ` am ' He.
Who has performed this and carried it out , calling forth the generations from the beginning ? I, the LORD—the first and the last I am He.
Seen have isles and fear , ends of the earth tremble , They have drawn near, yea, they come.
The islands see and fear ; the ends of the earth tremble . They approach and come forward .
Each his neighbour they help, And to his brother he saith , ` Be strong .'
Each one helps the other and says to his brother, Be strong !”
And strengthen doth an artizan the refiner , A smoother `with' a hammer , Him who is beating `on' an anvil, Saying, `For joining it ` is ' good ,' And he strengtheneth it with nails , it is not moved!
The craftsman encourages the goldsmith , and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding , It is good .” He nails it down so it will not be toppled.
-- And thou , O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham , My lover,
“But you , O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
Whom I have taken hold of, from the ends of the earth , And from its near places I have called thee, And I say to thee , My servant Thou `art', I have chosen thee, and not rejected thee .
I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said , ‘You are My servant .’ I have chosen and not rejected you .
Be not afraid , for with thee I ` am ', Look not around , for I ` am ' thy God , I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.
Do not fear , for I am with you; do not be afraid , for I am your God . I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
Lo , all those displeased with thee, They are ashamed and blush, They are as nothing, yea, perish Do the men who strive with thee .
Behold , all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish .
Thou seekest them, and findest them not , The men who debate with thee, They are as nothing, yea, as nothing, The men who war with thee .
You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing .
For I , Jehovah thy God, Am strengthening thy right hand , He who is saying to thee, `Fear not, I have helped thee . '
For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear , I will help you .
Fear not, O worm Jacob, ye men of Israel , I helped thee, an affirmation of Jehovah , Even thy redeemer , the Holy One of Israel.
Do not fear , O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel . I will help you , declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Lo , I have set thee for a new sharp threshing instrument , Possessing teeth , thou threshest mountains , And beatest small , and hills as chaff thou makest .
Behold , 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.
Thou winnowest them, and a wind lifteth them up, And a whirlwind scattereth them , And thou -- thou rejoicest in Jehovah, In the Holy One of Israel dost boast thyself .
You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them . But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
The poor and the needy are seeking water, And there is none , Their tongue with thirst hath failed, I, Jehovah do answer them, The God of Israel -- I forsake them not .
The poor and needy seek water, but there is none ; their tongues are parched with thirst . I, the LORD, will answer them ; I , the God of Israel , will not forsake them.
I open on high places rivers, And in midst of valleys fountains, I make a wilderness become a pond of water, And a dry land become springs of water .
I will open rivers on the barren heights , and fountains in the middle of the valleys . I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.
I give in a wilderness the cedar , Shittah , and myrtle , and oil-tree, I set in a desert the fir-pine and box-wood together .
I will plant cedars in the wilderness , acacias , myrtles , and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together ,
So that they see , and know, And regard, and act wisely together , For the hand of Jehovah hath done this , And the Holy One of Israel hath prepared it.
so that all may see and know, may consider and understand , that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
Bring near your cause, saith Jehovah , Bring nigh your mighty ones , saith the king of Jacob.
“Present your case , says the LORD. “Submit your arguments , says the King of Jacob.
They bring nigh, and declare to us that which doth happen , The first things -- what they `are' declare ye , And we set our heart, and know their latter end, Or the coming things cause us to hear .
“Let them come and tell us what will happen . Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming .
Declare the things that are coming hereafter , And we know that ye ` are ' gods , Yea , ye may do good or do evil, And we look around and see `it' together.
Tell us the things that are to come , so that we may know that you are gods . Yes , do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay .
Lo , ye ` are ' of nothing , and your work of nought, An abomination -- it fixeth on you.
Behold , you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable .
I have stirred up ` one ' from the north, And he cometh, From the rising of the sun he calleth in My name , And he cometh in `on' prefects as `on' clay , And as a potter treadeth down mire .
I have raised up one from the north, and he has come— one from the east who calls on My name . He will march over rulers as if they were mortar , like a potter who treads the clay .
Who hath declared from the first , and we know ? And beforetime , and we say , `Righteous ? ' yea, there is none declaring, Yea, there is none proclaiming , Yea , there is none hearing your sayings .
Who has declared this from the beginning , so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say : ‘He was right’ ? No one announced it , no one foretold it , no one heard your words .
First to Zion , Behold, behold them , And to Jerusalem one proclaiming tidings I give,
I was the first to tell Zion : ‘Look , here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
And I see that there is no man, Yea, of these that there is no counsellor, And I ask them, and they return word:
When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.
`Lo, all of them `are' vanity , Nought ` are ' their works , Wind and emptiness their molten images !'
See , they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.

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