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Isaiah 41:5

3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.

4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.

The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.

6 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.

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.

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BSB
The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.
KJV
The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
WEB
The islands have seen, and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach, and come.
ASV
The isles have seen, and fear; the ends of the earth tremble; they draw near, and come.
DARBY
The isles saw [it], and feared; the ends of the earth trembled: they drew near, and came.
BLB
The islands have seen [it] and feared; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward:
ÅB
Øyene ser det og frykter, jordens ender bever; de rykker fram og kommer.
OTB
Kystlandene har sett det og er redde; jordens ender skjelver. De nærmer seg og kommer fram;
B1930
Øene ser det og frykter, jordens ender bever; de rykker frem og kommer.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 26:15–16

    Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?

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  • Psalms 67:7

    God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

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  • Joshua 5:1

    And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

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  • Psalms 65:8

    They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

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  • Psalms 66:3

    Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

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  • Exodus 15:14

    The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.

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  • Joshua 2:10

    For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

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  • Genesis 10:5

    By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

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