Isaiah 59:1
Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
2 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
- KJV
- Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
- WEB
- Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save; nor his ear dull, that it can’t hear.
- ASV
- Behold, Jehovah`s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
- DARBY
- Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened that it cannot save, neither his ear heavy that it cannot hear;
- BLB
- Behold, the hand of YHWH is not shortened from saving, and his ear is not heavy from hearing.
- ÅB
- Se, Herrens hånd er ikke for kort til å frelse, og hans øre er ikke for tunghørt til å høre.
- OTB
- Se, Herrens hånd er ikke for kort til å frelse, og hans øre er ikke for tungt til å høre.
- B1930
- Se, Herrens hånd er ikke for kort til å frelse, og hans øre er ikke for tunghørt til å høre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 32:17
“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
Read in contextIsaiah 50:2
Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
Read in contextNumbers 11:23
The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”
Read in contextIsaiah 65:24
Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
Read in contextGenesis 18:14
Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
Read in contextHebrews 7:25
Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
Read in contextMatthew 13:15
For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
Read in contextIsaiah 58:9
Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,
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