Isaiah 42
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
2He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
3A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
4He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
5Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
6I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
7To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
8I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
9Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
10Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
11Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.
13The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
14I 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.
15I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
16And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
17They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
18Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
19Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?
20Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
21The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
22But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
23Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?
24Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
25Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- לֹאlôʼH380818× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30689× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- עִוֵּרʻivvêrH57876× in this chapter
blind (literally or figuratively)
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻH80856× in this chapter
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- נָתַןnâthanH54145× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- עַלʻalH59215× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- שׂוּםsûwmH77605× in this chapter
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
- יָצָאyâtsâʼH33184× in this chapter
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- אִיʼîyH3394× in this chapter
properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island
- יָשַׁבyâshabH34274× in this chapter
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- מִיmîyH43104× in this chapter
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
- הָלַךְhâlakH19803× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- יָדַעyâdaʻH30453× in this chapter
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭH49413× in this chapter
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
- אָמַרʼâmarH5593× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- עֶבֶדʻebedH56503× in this chapter
a servant
- אֲנִיʼănîyH5893× in this chapter
I
- עַםʻamH59713× in this chapter
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7763× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- תְּהִלָּהtᵉhillâhH84163× in this chapter
laudation; specifically (concretely) a hymn
- תּוֹרָהtôwrâhH84513× in this chapter
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
- בַּיִתbayithH10042× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- גּוֹיgôwyH14712× in this chapter
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18702× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- הוּאhûwʼH19312× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- הַרharH20222× in this chapter
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
- אוֹרʼôwrH2162× in this chapter
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
- חָדָשׁchâdâshH23192× in this chapter
new
- אָחוֹרʼâchôwrH2682× in this chapter
the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West
- חֵרֵשׁchêrêshH27952× in this chapter
deaf (whether literally or spiritual)
- יָבֵשׁyâbêshH30012× in this chapter
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
- כָּבוֹדkâbôwdH35192× in this chapter
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
- כֹּלkôlH36052× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- כֶּלֶאkeleʼH36082× in this chapter
a prison
- אַיִןʼayinH3692× in this chapter
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
- מִלְחָמָהmilchâmâhH44212× in this chapter
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
- מְשִׁסָּהmᵉshiççâhH49332× in this chapter
plunder
- נָגַדnâgadH50462× in this chapter
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
- נָשָׂאnâsâʼH53752× in this chapter
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- פָּקַחpâqachH64912× in this chapter
to open (the senses, especially the eyes); figuratively, to be observant