New American Standard Bible 2020
Isaiah 40:21-26
211Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood 2from the foundations of the earth?22It is He who 3sits above the 45circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are like 6grasshoppers, Who 7stretches out the heavens like a 8curtain And spreads them out like a 9tent to live in.23It is He who reduces 10rulers to nothing, Who 11makes the judges of the earth 12meaningless.2413Scarcely have they been planted, 14Scarcely have they been sown, 15Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth, But He merely blows on them, and they wither, And the 16storm carries them away like stubble.25“17To whom then will you compare Me That I would be his equal?” says the Holy One.2618Raise your eyes on high And see 19who has created these stars, The 20One who brings out their 21multitude by number, He calls them all by name; Because of the 22greatness of His might and the 23strength of His power, 24Not one of them is missing.
Notes
- 1. Isaiah 40:21 Ps 19:1; 50:6; Is 37:26; Acts 14:17; Rom 1:19 ↩
- 2. Isaiah 40:21 Is 48:13; 51:13 ↩
- 3. Isaiah 40:22 Or is enthroned ↩
- 4. Isaiah 40:22 Or vault ↩
- 5. Isaiah 40:22 Job 22:14; Prov 8:27 ↩
- 6. Isaiah 40:22 Num 13:33 ↩
- 7. Isaiah 40:22 Job 9:8; Is 37:16; 42:5; 44:24 ↩
- 8. Isaiah 40:22 Ps 104:2 ↩
- 9. Isaiah 40:22 Job 36:29; Ps 18:11; 19:4 ↩
- 10. Isaiah 40:23 Job 12:21; Ps 107:40; Is 34:12 ↩
- 11. Isaiah 40:23 Is 5:21; Jer 25:18-27 ↩
- 12. Isaiah 40:23 Or void ↩
- 13. Isaiah 40:24 Or Not even ↩
- 14. Isaiah 40:24 Or Not even ↩
- 15. Isaiah 40:24 Or Not even ↩
- 16. Isaiah 40:24 Is 17:13; 41:16 ↩
- 17. Isaiah 40:25 Is 40:18 ↩
- 18. Isaiah 40:26 Is 51:6 ↩
- 19. Isaiah 40:26 Is 42:5; 48:12, 13 ↩
- 20. Isaiah 40:26 Ps 147:4 ↩
- 21. Isaiah 40:26 Lit host ↩
- 22. Isaiah 40:26 Ps 89:11-13 ↩
- 23. Isaiah 40:26 As in DSS and ancient versions; MT strong ↩
- 24. Isaiah 40:26 Is 34:16; 48:13 ↩
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
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