Isaiah 40:1
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
2 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.
3 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.
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Compare
- BSB
- “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
- KJV
- Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
- WEB
- “Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.
- ASV
- Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
- DARBY
- Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
- BLB
- “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your⁺ God.
- ÅB
- Trøst, trøst mitt folk, sier deres Gud.
- OTB
- "Trøst, trøst mitt folk," sier deres Gud.
- B1930
- Trøst, trøst mitt folk, sier eders Gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 1:4
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
Read in contextIsaiah 51:12
I, 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;
Read in contextIsaiah 51:3
For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Read in contextZephaniah 3:14–17
Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
Read in contextZechariah 1:13
And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.
Read in contextJeremiah 31:10–14
Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 4:18
Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
Read in contextIsaiah 49:13–16
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
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