WHAT IT MEANS
Do Not Fear
God’s command not to fear is grounded in His presence, help, strength, and sustaining hand.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Isaiah 41:10
Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
CONTEXT
What is happening here?
Isaiah speaks comfort to God’s people in the shadow of powerful nations and uncertain circumstances.
APPLY IT
For today
Name what you fear, then answer that fear with what this verse says about who is with you.
Read it in 5 translations
KJV King James Version
Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
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 righteous right hand.
WEB World English Bible
Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
ASV American Standard Version
fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 41
7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, [and] he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It [is] ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, [that] it should not be moved.
8 But thou, Israel, [art] my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
9 [Thou] whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou [art] my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
10 Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, [even] them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אַל־H408 · alnotתִּירָא֙H3372 · ya.reto fearכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforעִמְּךָ־H5973 · imwithאָ֔נִיH589 · a.niIאַל־H408 · alnotתִּשְׁתָּ֖עH8159 · sha.ahto gazeכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforאֲנִ֣יH589 · a.niIאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָH430 · e.lo.himGodאִמַּצְתִּ֙יךָ֙H553 · a.matsto strengthenאַף־H637 · aphalsoעֲזַרְתִּ֔יךָH5826 · a.zarto helpאַף־H637 · aphalsoתְּמַכְתִּ֖יךָH8551 · ta.makhto graspבִּימִ֥יןH3225 · ya.minrightצִדְקִֽי׃H6664 · tse.deqrighteousness
Cross-references
Joshua 1:9Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God [is] with thee whithersoever thou goest.Isaiah 43:1-2But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called [thee] by thy name; thou [art] mine.Romans 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?Deuteronomy 31:6-8Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he [it is] that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.Isaiah 40:29-31He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] no might he increaseth strength.2 Corinthians 12:9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.Isaiah 41:13-14For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.Psalm 27:1[A Psalm] of David. The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?Psalm 63:8My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.2 Chronicles 20:17Ye shall not [need] to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves, stand ye [still], and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD [will be] with you.Isaiah 12:2Behold, God [is] my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH [is] my strength and [my] song; he also is become my salvation.Psalm 145:14The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all [those that be] bowed down.Isaiah 60:19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.Deuteronomy 20:1When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, [and] a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God [is] with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It [is] my people: and they shall say, The LORD [is] my God.Isaiah 51:12-13I, [even] I, [am] he that comforteth you: who [art] thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man [that] shall die, and of the son of man [which] shall be made [as] grass;Psalm 29:11The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
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