KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Isaiah 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“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.
WEB World English Bible
“Keep silent before me, islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let’s meet together for judgment.
ASV American Standard Version
Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.’
Surrounding context — Isaiah 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.
2 Who raised up the righteous [man] from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made [him] rule over kings? he gave [them] as the dust to his sword, [and] as driven stubble to his bow.
3 He pursued them, [and] passed safely; [even] by the way [that] he had not gone with his feet.
4 Who hath wrought and done [it], calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I [am] he.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הַחֲרִ֤ישׁוּH2790 · cha.rashto plow/plotאֵלַי֙H413 · elto(wards)אִיִּ֔יםH339 · icoastlandוּלְאֻמִּ֖יםH3816 · le.ompeopleיַחֲלִ֣יפוּH2498 · cha.laphto passכֹ֑חַH3581 · ko.achreptileיִגְּשׁוּ֙H5066 · na.gashto approach: approachאָ֣זH227 · azthenיְדַבֵּ֔רוּH1696 · da.varto speak: speakיַחְדָּ֖וH3162 · ya.chadunitednessלַמִּשְׁפָּ֥טH4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementנִקְרָֽבָה׃H7126 · qa.ravto present: come
Cross-references
Isaiah 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.Habakkuk 2:20But the LORD [is] in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.Zechariah 2:13Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.Psalm 46:10Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.Isaiah 41:6-7They helped every one his neighbour; and [every one] said to his brother, Be of good courage.Job 40:7-10Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.Job 38:3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.Isaiah 34:1Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.Joel 3:10-11Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I [am] strong.Isaiah 49:1Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.Isaiah 8:9-10Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.Job 23:3-7Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!Isaiah 48:16Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there [am] I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.Isaiah 41:21-22Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong [reasons], saith the King of Jacob.Micah 6:1-3Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.Isaiah 50:8[He is] near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who [is] mine adversary? let him come near to me.Job 31:35-36Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is, that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] mine adversary had written a book.
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