Isaiah 42:14

Isaiah 42:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
• New International Version (NIV)“For a long time I have kept silent, I have been quiet and held myself back. But now, like a woman in childbirth, I cry out, I gasp and pant.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For a long time I have held my peace; I have kept still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in labor; I will gasp and pant.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“I have held My peace a long time, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will cry like a woman in labor, I will pant and gasp at once.

Context of Isaiah 42:14

12Let them give the Lord the honor he deserves; let them praise his deeds in the coastlands. 13The Lord emerges like a hero, like a warrior he inspires himself for battle; he shouts, yes, he yells, he shows his enemies his power. “I have been inactive for a long time; I kept quiet and held back. Like a woman in labor I groan; I pant and gasp. 15I will make the trees on the mountains and hills wither up; I will dry up all their vegetation. I will turn streams into islands, and dry up pools of water. 16I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.

Isaiah 42:14 word by word

הֶחֱשֵׁ֙יתִי֙ מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם אַחֲרִ֖ישׁ אֶתְאַפָּ֑ק כַּיּוֹלֵדָ֣ה אֶפְעֶ֔ה אֶשֹּׁ֥ם וְאֶשְׁאַ֖ף יָֽחַד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I have long timeעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: antiquityH5769
• holden my peaceחָשָׁהchâshâh · be silentH2814
• I have been stillחָרֵשׁchârash · be quietH2790
• refrainedאָפַק'âphaq · to refrainH662
• will I cryפָּעָהpâ‛âh · to groanH6463
• like a travailing womanיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• I will destroyשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
• I will destroyנָשַׁםnâsham · to pantH5395
• and devourשָׁאַףshâ'aph · to long forH7602
• at onceיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162

Cross-references for Isaiah 42:14

• Job 32:18For I am full of words, and the spirit within me constrains me.
• Psalms 50:2From Zion, the most beautiful of all places, God comes in splendor.
• Psalms 83:1O God, do not be silent! Do not ignore us! Do not be inactive, O God!
• Ecclesiastes 8:11When a sentence is not executed at once against a crime, the human heart is encouraged to do evil.
• Jeremiah 15:6I, the Lord, say: ‘You people have deserted me! You keep turning your back on me.’ So I have unleashed my power against you and have begun to destroy you. I have grown tired of feeling sorry for you!”
• Jeremiah 44:22Finally the Lord could no longer endure your wicked deeds and the disgusting things you did. That is why your land has become the desolate, uninhabited ruin that it is today. That is why it has become a proverbial example used in curses.
• Luke 18:7Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?
• 2 Peter 3:9The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not wish for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

Commentaries on Isaiah 42:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14I have been still "Shall I keep silence for ever" - After מעולם meolam, in the copy which the Septuagint had before them, followed the word הלעולם , heleolam, ' · · according to MSS. Pachom. and 50. D. 2 and Edit. Complut., which word, הלעולם haleolam, has been omitted in the text by an easy mistake of a transcriber, because of the similitude of the word preceding. Shall I always keep silences like that of Juvenal: Semper ego auditor tantum? Shall I…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14I have long time holden my peace - This is the language of Yahweh, and it means that he had for a long time been patient and forbearing; but that now he would go forth as a warrior to overpower and destroy his foes. I will destroy - The word used here (from נשׁם nâsham ) denotes properly to breathe hard, to pant, as a woman in travail; and then to breathe hard in any manner. It here denotes the hard breathing which is indicative of anger, or a purpose to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-17Verses 13-17 The Lord will appear in his power and glory. He shall cry, in the preaching of his word. He shall cry aloud in the gospel woes, which must be preached with gospel blessings, to awaken a sleeping world. He shall conquer by the power of his Spirit. And those that contradict and blaspheme his gospel, he shall put to silence and shame; and that which hinders its progress shall be taken out of the way. To those who by nature were blind, God will…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14I have kept silent … and restrained: Israel felt God's absence during the exile in Babylon, which happened due to their idol worship (Isaiah 57:11–13; 2 Kings 17:6–24). The faithful will pray for God's presence and renewed involvement in their lives (Isaiah 64:12), and the Lord will answer their prayers because he is committed to their redemption (62:1, 6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1613-16. Jehovah will no longer restrain His wrath: He will go forth as a mighty warrior (Ex 15:3) to destroy His people's and His enemies, and to deliver Israel (compare Psa 45:3). stir up jealousy--rouse His indignation. roar--image from the battle cry of a warrior.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 42:14

• God Continued...

In the dictionaries

• Ashamed
• Elect
• Isle
• Prison
• Servant
• Travailing
• Trust
• Cry, Crying
• God
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Isaiah 42

• 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