Isaiah 40

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

WEB KJV

1
WEB“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.
KJVComfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
2
WEB“Speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh’s hand double for all her sins.”
KJVSpeak 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.
3
WEBThe voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.
KJVThe 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.
4
WEBEvery valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.
KJVEvery 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:
5
WEBYahweh’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”
KJVAnd the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
6
WEBThe voice of one saying, “Cry out!” One said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
KJVThe 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:
7
WEBThe grass withers, the flower fades, because Yahweh’s breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.
KJVThe grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
8
WEBThe grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”
KJVThe grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
9
WEBYou who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it up! Don’t be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”
KJVO 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!
10
WEBBehold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
KJVBehold, 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.
11
WEBHe will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
KJVHe 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.
12
WEBWho has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
KJVWho 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?
13
WEBWho has directed Yahweh’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor?
KJVWho hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
14
WEBWho did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?
KJVWith 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?
15
WEBBehold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.
KJVBehold, 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.
16
WEBLebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.
KJVAnd Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
17
WEBAll the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
KJVAll nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
18
WEBTo whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
KJVTo whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
19
WEBA workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
KJVThe workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
20
WEBHe who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up a carved image for him that will not be moved.
KJVHe 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.
21
WEBHaven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? Haven’t you been told from the beginning? Haven’t you understood from the foundations of the earth?
KJVHave 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?
22
WEBIt 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,
KJVIt 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:
23
WEBwho brings princes to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
KJVThat bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
24
WEBThey are planted scarcely. They are sown scarcely. Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground. He merely blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
KJVYea, 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.
25
WEB“To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
KJVTo whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
26
WEBLift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. He calls them all by name. By the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
KJVLift 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.
27
WEBWhy do you say, Jacob, and speak, Israel, “My way is hidden from Yahweh, and the justice due me is disregarded by my God”?
KJVWhy sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
28
WEBHaven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
KJVHast 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.
29
WEBHe gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.
KJVHe giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
30
WEBEven the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;
KJVEven the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
31
WEBbut those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
KJVBut 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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