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Isaiah 40:27

Israel
DoubtDiscouragement and depression

25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

26 Lift 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.

Why 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 Hast 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 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

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BSB
Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
KJV
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
WEB
Why do you say, Jacob, and speak, Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and the justice due me is disregarded by my God”?
ASV
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice [due] to me is passed away from my God?
DARBY
Why sayest thou, Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and my right is passed away from my God?
BLB
Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way Is hidden from YHWH, and my claim is passed over by my God”?
ÅB
Hvorfor vil du si, Jakob, og tale så, Israel: Min vei er skjult for Herren, og min rett går min Gud forbi?
OTB
Hvorfor klager du, Jakob? Hvorfor sier du, Israel, "Min vei er skjult for Herren; min sak er oversett av min Gud"?
B1930
Hvorfor vil du si, Jakob, og tale så, Israel: Min vei er skjult for Herren, og min rett går min Gud forbi?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 49:4

    Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

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  • Luke 18:7–8

    And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

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  • Isaiah 49:14

    But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.

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  • Job 27:2

    As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

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