Isaiah 41:6
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.
5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
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.
8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
- KJV
- They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
- WEB
- Everyone helps his neighbor. They say to their brothers, “Be strong!”
- ASV
- They help every one his neighbor; and [every one] saith to his brother, Be of good courage.
- DARBY
- They helped every one his neighbour, and [each] said to his brother, Take courage.
- BLB
- Each man helps his neighbor and says to his brother, “Be strong.”
- ÅB
- Den ene hjelper den andre, og til sin bror sier han: Vær frimodig!
- OTB
- Hver hjelper den andre og sier til sin følgesvenn, "Vær sterk!"
- B1930
- Den ene hjelper den andre, og til sin bror sier han: Vær frimodig!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 4:7–9
And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
Read in contextIsaiah 35:4
Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:19
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
Read in contextIsaiah 44:12
The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
Read in contextDaniel 3:1–7
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Read in contextActs 19:24–28
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
Read in contextJoel 3:9–11
Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
Read in context1 Samuel 5:3–5
And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
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