Isaiah 41:29
27 I was the first to tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
28 When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.
See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
- KJV
- Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
- WEB
- Behold, all of their deeds are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion.
- ASV
- Behold, all of them, their works are vanity [and] nought; their molten images are wind and confusion.
- DARBY
- Behold, they are all vanity, their works are nought, their molten images are wind and emptiness.
- BLB
- Behold, all of them [are] delusion; their works [are] nothing, their molten images are wind and emptiness.
- ÅB
- Se dem alle! Deres gjerninger er intet, ingenting; deres bilder er vind og tomhet.
[^1]: Kyros; JES 45, 1.
[^2]: Kyros.
[^3]: avgudene. JES 43, 9; 44, 7. - OTB
- Se, de er alle bedragerske! Deres gjerninger utgjør intet; deres bilder er bare vind og forvirring.
- B1930
- Se dem alle! Deres gjerninger er intet, ingenting; deres billeder er vind og tomhet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 5:13
The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”
Read in contextIsaiah 41:24
Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
Read in contextIsaiah 44:9–20
All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.
Read in contextPsalms 115:4–8
Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
Read in contextHabakkuk 2:18
What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
Read in contextPsalms 135:15–18
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:2–16
This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them.
Read in context