Isaiah 40:27

Isaiah 40:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
• New International Version (NIV)Why do you complain, Jacob? Why do you say, Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord; my cause is disregarded by my God”?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, "My way is hidden from the Lord, and my right is disregarded by my God"?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Why do you say, O Jacob, And speak, O Israel: “My way is hidden from the Lord, And my just claim is passed over by my God”?

Context of Isaiah 40:27

25“To whom, then, can you compare me? Who is my equal?” asks the Holy One. 26Look at the sky and see. Who created these things? Who brings out the stars one by one? He calls them all by name. Because of the greatness of his might and the strength of his power, not one of them is missing. Jacob, why do you complain? Israel, why do you say, “My way is hidden from the Lord, and my rights are ignored by my God”? 28Don’t you know? Haven’t you heard? The eternal God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t grow tired or become weary. His understanding is beyond reach. 29He gives strength to those who grow tired and increases the strength of those who are weak.

Isaiah 40:27 word by word

לָ֤מָּה תֹאמַר֙ יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וּתְדַבֵּ֖ר יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל נִסְתְּרָ֤ה דַרְכִּי֙ מֵֽיְהוָ֔ה וּמֵאֱלֹהַ֖י מִשְׁפָּטִ֥י יַעֲבֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Why sayestאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• thou, O Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• and speakestדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• O Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• My wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• is hidסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
• from the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and my judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
• is passed overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• from my Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Isaiah 40:27

• Isaiah 49:14But Zion said, “The Lord has abandoned me. My Lord has forgotten me.”
• Isaiah 54:6“The Lord has called you as if you were a wife who was abandoned and in grief, a wife who married young and was rejected,” says your God.
• Isaiah 60:15“You have been abandoned and hated; no one has passed through you. But now I will make you a source of everlasting pride, a joy for all generations.
• 1 Samuel 12:22For the sake of his great name, the Lord will not abandon his people, because the Lord wants to make you his people.
• Job 3:23Why give light to those whose paths have been hidden, to those whom God has fenced in?
• Psalms 31:22When I was panic-stricken, I said, “I have been cut off from your sight.” But you heard my pleas for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
• Psalms 77:7Will the Lord reject ⌞me⌟ for all time? Will he ever accept me?
• Jeremiah 33:24“Haven’t you noticed what these people have said? They have said that the Lord has rejected the two families he has chosen. They despise my people, and they no longer consider them a nation.
• Ezekiel 37:11The Lord also said to me, “Son of man, all the people of Israel are like these bones. The people say, ‘Our bones are dry, and our hope has vanished. We are completely destroyed.’
• Romans 11:1So I ask, “Has God rejected his people Israel?” That’s unthinkable! Consider this. I’m an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham from the tribe of Benjamin.
• Isaiah 49:4But I said, “I have worked hard for nothing. I have used my strength, but I didn’t accomplish anything. Yet, certainly my case is in the Lord’s hands, and my reward is with my God.”
• Job 27:2“I swear an oath by God, the one who has taken away my rights, by the Almighty, who has made my life bitter:
• Job 34:5because Job has said, ‘I’m righteous, but God has taken away my rights.
• Malachi 2:17You have tried the patience of the Lord with your words. But you ask, “How have we tried his patience?” When you say, “Everyone who does evil is considered good by the Lord. He is pleased with them,” or “Where is the God of justice?”
• Luke 18:7Won’t God give his chosen people justice when they cry out to him for help day and night? Is he slow to help them?

Commentaries on Isaiah 40:27

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Why sayest thou? - This verse is designed to reprove the people for their want of confidence in God. The idea is, If God is so great; if be arranges the hosts of heaven with such unerring skill, causing all the stars to observe their proper place and their exact times, the interests of his people are safe in his hands.‘ Piety may always find security in the assurance that He who preserves the unbroken order of the heavens will not fail to keep and save…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-31Verses 27-31 The people of God are reproved for their unbelief and distrust of God. Let them remember they took the names Jacob and Israel, from one who found God faithful to him in all his straits. And they bore these names as a people in covenant with Him. Many foolish frets, and foolish fears, would vanish before inquiry into the causes. It is bad to have evil thoughts rise in our minds, but worse to turn them into evil words. What they had known, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27My way is hidden … ignored by my God: The coming exile, a time when God's powerful presence and rescue would not be visible, would prompt questions (see also Isaiah 49:14; 54:7; Lamentations 5:20–22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. Since these things are so, thou hast no reason to think that thine interest ("way," that is, condition, Psa 37:5; Jr 12:1) is disregarded by God. judgment is passed over from--rather, "My cause is neglected by my God; He passes by my case in my bondage and distress without noticing it." my God--who especially might be expected to care for me.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 40

• 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