Isaiah 41:3

Isaiah 41:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.
• New International Version (NIV)He pursues them and moves on unscathed, by a path his feet have not traveled before.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He pursues them and passes on safely, by paths his feet have not trod.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Who pursued them, and passed safely By the way that he had not gone with his feet?

Context of Isaiah 41:3

1‘You islands, be quiet as you listen to me. The nations need to come and stand in front of me. So they must be brave and speak to me. We must meet together to decide who is right. 2Tell me, who has woken up that king in the east? Who has chosen that king to serve him? He has given that king power over many nations, so that the kings of those nations must obey him. He uses that king's weapons to destroy other nations. He blows them away like dust or straw. That king chases quickly after them, and nothing hurts him. His feet do not seem to touch the ground! 4Tell me, who has caused these things to happen? Who has decided what should happen, from the beginning, century after century? It is I, the Lord! I was there at the beginning, and I will always be there, through to the end. 5The people on the islands see what I am doing, and they are afraid. People all over the world shake with fear. They join together and they come near.

Isaiah 41:3 word by word

יִרְדְּפֵ֖ם יַעֲב֣וֹר שָׁל֑וֹם אֹ֥רַח בְּרַגְלָ֖יו לֹ֥א יָבֽוֹא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He pursuedרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• passedעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• safelyשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peace: well-beingH7965
• by the wayאֹ֫רַח'ôrach · wayH734
• he had not goneבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• with his feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272

Commentaries on Isaiah 41:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3And passed safely "He passeth in safety" - The preposition seems to have been omitted in the text by mistake; the Septuagint and Vulgate seem to have had it in their copies; ͅ, to pace, בשלום beshalom, "prosperously." It is so in one of De Rossi's MSS.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3He pursued them - When they were driven away. He followed on, and devoted them to discomfiture and ruin. And passed safely - Margin, as Hebrew, In peace.‘ That is, he followed them uninjured; they had no power to rally, he was not led into ambush, and he was safe as far as he chose to pursue them. Even by the way that he had not gone with his feet - By a way that he had not been accustomed to march; in an unusual journey; in a land of strangers. Cyrus had…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-7The Lord invited the nations to a trial to show that he alone is God. They could not defend themselves as he announced that a king from the east (Isaiah 41:2) would defeat Babylon, allowing Israel to return.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Cyrus had not visited the regions of the Euphrates and westward until he visited them for conquest. So the gospel conquests penetrated regions where the name of God was unknown before.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