Isaiah 41:5

Isaiah 41:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
• New International Version (NIV)The islands have seen it and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward;
• English Standard Version (ESV)The coastlands have seen and are afraid; the ends of the earth tremble; they have drawn near and come.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The coastlands saw it and feared, The ends of the earth were afraid; They drew near and came.

Context of Isaiah 41:5

3He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. 4Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I Yhwh, the first, and with the last; I am he. The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. 6They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. 7So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

Isaiah 41:5 word by word

רָא֤וּ אִיִּים֙ וְיִירָ֔אוּ קְצ֥וֹת הָאָ֖רֶץ יֶחֱרָ֑דוּ קָרְב֖וּ וַיֶּאֱתָיֽוּן׃Read the interlinear

• The islesאִי'îy · coastlandH339
• sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• and fearedיָרֵאyârê' · to fearH3372
• the endsקָצָהqâtsâh · endH7098
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• were afraidחָרַדchârad · to trembleH2729
• drew nearקָרַבqârab · to present: comeH7126
• and cameאָתָה'âthâh 'âthâ' · to comeH857

Cross-references for Isaiah 41:5

• Genesis 10:5By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
• Ezekiel 26:15Thus saith the Lord Yhwh to Tyre; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?
• Exodus 15:14The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
• Joshua 2:10For we have heard how Yhwh dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
• Joshua 5:1And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that Yhwh had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
• Psalms 65:8They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
• Psalms 66:3Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
• Psalms 67:7God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

Commentaries on Isaiah 41:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Were afraid "And they were terrified" - Three MSS. have ויחרדו vaiyecheridu, adding the conjunction ו vau, which restores the second member of the sentence to its true poetical form.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The isles saw it - The distant nations (see the note at Isaiah 41:1). They saw what was done in the conquests of the man whom God in this remarkable manner had raised up; and they had had demonstration, therefore, of the mighty power of Yahweh above the power of idols. And feared - Were alarmed, and trembled. All were apprehensive that they would be subdued, and driven away as with the tempest. The ends of the earth - Distant nations occupying the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7This taunt against idol worship responded to God's raising up Cyrus. The nations hoped their idols would protect them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. feared--that they would be subdued. drew near, and came--together, for mutual defense.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