Isaiah 51:12
10 Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
11 So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
13 But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?
14 The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
- KJV
- I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
- WEB
- “I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who will be made as grass?
- ASV
- I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou art afraid of man that shall die, and of the son of man that shall be made as grass;
- DARBY
- I, [even] I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou fearest a man that shall die, and the son of man that shall become as grass;
- BLB
- “I—I [am] He, the One comforting you⁺. Who [are] you that you should be afraid of a man—he will die—and of son of man; he will be set as grass.
- ÅB
- Jeg, jeg er den som trøster dere; hvem er du, at du frykter for et menneske, som skal dø, for et menneskebarn, som skal bli lik gress,
- OTB
- “Jeg, ja jeg, er den som trøster deg. Hvem er du som frykter dødelige mennesker, menneskelige vesener som er som gress,
- B1930
- Jeg, jeg er den som trøster eder; hvem er du, at du frykter for et menneske, som skal dø, for et menneskebarn, som skal bli lik gress,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 118:6
The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Read in contextIsaiah 2:22
Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
Read in context1 Peter 1:24
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
Read in contextJohn 14:26–27
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
Read in contextJohn 14:18
I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:3–5
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
Read in contextJames 1:10–11
But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
Read in contextIsaiah 66:13
As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”
Read in context