God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 41:3
3He chases them, marching by safely on a path his feet have never traveled before.
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“Be silent and listen to me, you coastlands. Let the people gain new strength. Let them come near and speak. Let us come together for judgment. 2“Who has raised up from the east someone to whom the Lord gives victory with every step he takes? Nations are handed over to him. He defeats kings. With his sword he turns them into dust. With his bow he turns them into straw blown by the wind. He chases them, marching by safely on a path his feet have never traveled before. 4Who has accomplished this? Who has determined the course of history from the beginning? I, the Lord, was there first, and I will be there to the end. I am the one!” 5The coastlands have seen him and are afraid. The ends of the earth tremble. They have come near and gathered together.
Read all of Isaiah 41Isaiah 41:3 word by word
יִרְדְּפֵ֖ם יַעֲב֣וֹר שָׁל֑וֹם אֹ֥רַח בְּרַגְלָ֖יו לֹ֥א יָבֽוֹא׃Read the interlinear
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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
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