Isaiah 41:29
27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
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
And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
Read in contextIsaiah 41:24
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
Read in contextIsaiah 44:9–20
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
Read in contextPsalms 115:4–8
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
Read in contextHabakkuk 2:18
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
Read in contextPsalms 135:15–18
The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:2–16
Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
Read in context