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Isaiah 41:21
21The Lord, Israel's King, says, ‘Come and show me what you can do! Tell me clearly what power you have!
Isaiah 41:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
- New International Version (NIV)“Present your case,” says the Lord. “Set forth your arguments,” says Jacob’s King.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Set forth your case, says the Lord; bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Present your case,” says the Lord. “Bring forth your strong reasons,” says the King of Jacob.
Context of Isaiah 41:21
19Many trees will grow in the wilderness. Cedar, acacia, myrtle and olive trees will grow there. In the dry valleys there will be pine, fir and cypress trees. 20I will do this so that people see it happen. They will watch carefully and they will understand. They will know that the Lord's power has caused it to happen. They will know that the Holy God of Israel has created it.’ The Lord, Israel's King, says, ‘Come and show me what you can do! Tell me clearly what power you have! 22Bring your idols into court. Let them tell us what will happen in future years. Let them tell us what happened in the past. Then we can think about those things. We will understand what happened in the end. Or ask them to tell us about future events! 23If they can tell us what will happen in future years, we will know that they really are gods. Tell them to do something, a good thing or a bad thing. That would really surprise us, or even frighten us!
Read all of Isaiah 41Isaiah 41:21 word by word
קָרְב֥וּ רִֽיבְכֶ֖ם יֹאמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה הַגִּ֙ישׁוּ֙ עֲצֻמ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם יֹאמַ֖ר מֶ֥לֶךְ יַעֲקֹֽב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 41:21
- Job 23:3I would like to know where to find him. Then I could go to the place where he lives.
- Job 31:37I would explain to God everything that I have done. I would stand in front of him without fear, like a ruler.
- Job 38:3Prepare yourself for a difficult job! I will ask you some questions and you must answer them.
- Job 40:7‘Prepare yourself for a difficult job! I will ask you some more questions and you must answer them.
- Micah 6:1Now listen to what the Lord says: ‘Stand up! Explain in front of the mountains what I want to say. Speak loud so that the hills can hear your voice.
Commentaries on Isaiah 41:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Bring forth your strong reasons "Produce these your mighty powers" - "Let your idols come forward which you consider to be so very strong. "Hieron. in loc. I prefer this to all other interpretations of this place; and to Jerome's own translation of it, which he adds immediately after, Afferte, si quid forte habetis. "Bring it forward, if haply ye have any thing." The false gods are called upon to come forth and appear in person; and to give evident…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Produce your cause - This address is made to the same persons who are referred to in Isaiah 41:1 - the worshippers of idols; and the prophet here returns to the subject with reference to a further argument on the comparative power of Yahweh and idols. In the former part of the chapter, God had urged his claims to confidence from the fact that he had raised up Cyrus; that the idols were weak and feeble compared with him; and from the fact that it was his…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-29Verses 21-29 There needs no more to show the folly of sin, than to bring to notice the reasons given in defence of it. There is nothing in idols worthy of regard. They are less than nothing, and worse than nothing. Let the advocates of other doctrines than that of salvation through Christ, bring their arguments. Can they tell of a cure for human depravity? Jehovah has power which cannot be withstood; this he will make appear. But the certain knowledge of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21the King of Jacob: See Isaiah 6:5; 43:15; 44:6.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. A new challenge to the idolaters (see Is 41:1, 7) to say, can their idols predict future events as Jehovah can (Is 41:22-25, &c.)? your strong reasons--the reasons for idol-worship which you think especially strong.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 41
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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