Isaiah 44:1
What does Isaiah 44:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 44:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, who I have chosen:
KJV
King James Version · 1611Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, who I have chosen:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And now, give ear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And now, hear, O Jacob, My servant, And Israel, whom I have fixed on:
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And now hear, O Jacob, my servant, and Israel whom I have chosen.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And now hear, Jacob, my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen:
Context
v.1This passage
v.2Thus saith Jehovah that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her own brood under her wings, and ye would not!
- Isaiah 42:23
Who is there among you that will give ear to this? that will hearken and hear for the time to come?
- Isaiah 43:1
But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine.
- Jeremiah 46:27
But fear not thou, O Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
- Jeremiah 4:7
A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.
- Deuteronomy 7:6
For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
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