Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 41:8
8“But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham, My friend—
Isaiah 41:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
- New International Version (NIV)“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, you descendants of Abraham my friend,
- English Standard Version (ESV)But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend;
- New King James Version (NKJV)“But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My friend.
Context of Isaiah 41:8
6Each one helps his neighbor and says to his brother, “Be strong!” 7The craftsman encourages the smith, who smooths with the hammer, who strikes with the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It’s good!” as he fastens it with nails so that it will not totter. “But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham, My friend— 9I took hold of you from the ends of the earth, and called from its uttermost parts, and said to you, ‘You are My servant— I have chosen you, not rejected you. 10Fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Surely I will help you. I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
Read all of Isaiah 41Isaiah 41:8 word by word
וְאַתָּה֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל עַבְדִּ֔י יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּחַרְתִּ֑יךָ זֶ֖רַע אַבְרָהָ֥ם אֹהֲבִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 41:8
- Isaiah 43:1But now, thus says Adonai— the One who created you, O Jacob, the One who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you, I have called you by name, you are Mine.
- Isaiah 44:1“But now listen, Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.”
- Isaiah 48:12Listen to Me, Jacob, Israel whom I called: I am He; I am the first; I am also the last.
- Isaiah 49:3He said to Me, “You are My servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
- Exodus 19:5Now then, if you listen closely to My voice, and keep My covenant, then you will be My own treasure from among all people, for all the earth is Mine.
- Leviticus 25:42For they are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. They are not to be sold in a slave sale.
- Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a holy people to Adonai your God—from all the peoples on the face of the earth, Adonai your God has chosen you to be His treasured people.
- Deuteronomy 10:15Only on your fathers did Adonai set His affection to love them, and He chose their descendants after them—you—from all the peoples, as is the case this day.
- Deuteronomy 14:2For you are a holy people to Adonai your God—from all the peoples on the face of the earth, Adonai has chosen you to be His treasured people.
- Psalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is Adonai, the people He chose for His own inheritance.
- Psalms 105:6O seed of Abraham, His servant, O children of Jacob, His chosen ones.
- Psalms 135:4For Adonai has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel as His treasured possession.
- Jeremiah 33:24“Have you not noticed what this people have spoken, saying: ‘The two families which Adonai did choose, He has rejected them’? Thus they despise My people—no longer a nation before them.”
- Matthew 3:9and do not think that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’! For I tell you that from these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
- John 8:33They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s children and have never been slaves to anyone! How can you say, ‘You will become free’?”
- Romans 4:12Also he is the father of the circumcised, to those not only circumcised but also walking in the footsteps of the trust of our father Abraham before his circumcision.
Commentaries on Isaiah 41:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8But thou, Israel, art my servant - This is an address directly to the Jews, and is designed to show them, in view of the truths which had just been urged, that God was their protector and friend. Those who relied on idols were trusting to that which could not aid them. But those who trusted in him were safe. For their protection he had raised up Cyrus, for this purpose he had subdued the nations before him. God now expresses to them the assurance that…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The servant, representing the nation of Israel, was God's chosen one, with a purpose based on God's plans. Abraham My friend: In Hebrew, this phrase could mean Abraham who loves me or Abraham whom I love. (See also James 2:23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Contrast between the idolatrous nations whom God will destroy by Cyrus, and Israel whom God will deliver by the same man for their forefathers' sake. servant--so termed as being chosen by God to worship Him themselves, and to lead other peoples to do the same (Is 45:4). Jacob ... chosen--(Psa 135:4). my friend--literally, "loving me."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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