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Isaiah 41:29
29See, they are all false! Their deeds amount to nothing; their images are but wind and confusion.
Isaiah 41:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, they are all a delusion; their works are nothing; their metal images are empty wind.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Indeed they are all worthless; Their works are nothing; Their molded images are wind and confusion.
- New Living Translation (NLT)See, they are all foolish, worthless things. All your idols are as empty as the wind.
Context of Isaiah 41:29
27I was the first to tell Zion, ‘Look, here they are!’ I gave to Jerusalem a messenger of good news. 28I look but there is no one— no one among the gods to give counsel, no one to give answer when I ask them. See, they are all false! Their deeds amount to nothing; their images are but wind and confusion.
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הֵ֣ן כֻּלָּ֔ם אָ֥וֶן אֶ֖פֶס מַעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם ר֥וּחַ וָתֹ֖הוּ נִסְכֵּיהֶֽם׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 41:29
- Isaiah 41:24But you are less than nothing and your works are utterly worthless; whoever chooses you is detestable.
- Isaiah 44:9All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Those who would speak up for them are blind; they are ignorant, to their own shame.
- Psalms 115:4But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.
- Psalms 135:15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by human hands.
- Jeremiah 10:2This is what the Lord says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the heavens, though the nations are terrified by them.
- Habakkuk 2:18“Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman? Or an image that teaches lies? For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
- Jeremiah 5:13The prophets are but wind and the word is not in them; so let what they say be done to them.”
Commentaries on Isaiah 41:29
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Behold, they are all vanity - They are unable to predict future events; they are unable to defend their friends, or to injure their enemies. This is the conclusion of the trial or debate (notes, Isaiah 41:1), and that conclusion is, that they were utterly destitute of strength, and that they were entirely unworthy of confidence and regard. Their molten images - (See the note at Isaiah 40:19). Are wind - Have no solidity or power. The doctrine of the whole…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-29Verses 21-29 There needs no more to show the folly of sin, than to bring to notice the reasons given in defence of it. There is nothing in idols worthy of regard. They are less than nothing, and worse than nothing. Let the advocates of other doctrines than that of salvation through Christ, bring their arguments. Can they tell of a cure for human depravity? Jehovah has power which cannot be withstood; this he will make appear. But the certain knowledge of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-29This trial scene develops the Lord’s case against idolatry. Idols are nothing but a human creation, whereas God is the Creator of all things. Idols cannot speak, act, accomplish anything, or save their worshipers.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. confusion--"emptiness" [Barnes].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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