Isaiah 41:12 Parallel Translations

You will search for your enemies, but you will not find them. Those who are at war with you will be reduced to nothing and no longer exist.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

ASV:

Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contend with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

BBE:

You will make search for your haters but they will not be there; those who make war against you will be as nothing and will come to destruction.

DBY:

Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them them that contend with thee; they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

ERV:

Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contend with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

JPS:

Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee; they that warred against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

WBS:

Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of naught.

WEB:

You will seek them, and won't find them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a non-existent thing.

YLT:

Thou seekest them, and findest them not, The men who debate with thee, They are as nothing, yea, as nothing, The men who war with thee.

Isaiah 41:12 Cross References

XREF:

Job 20:7 He perishes forever like his refuse; Those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'

Psalm 37:35 I have seen a wicked, violent man Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

Psalm 37:36 Then he passed away, and lo, he was no more; I sought for him, but he could not be found.

Isaiah 17:14 At evening time, behold, there is terror! Before morning they are no more. Such will be the portion of those who plunder us And the lot of those who pillage us. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

41:12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not {l} find them, [even] them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of naught.
(l) Because they will be destroyed.

MHC:

41:10-20 God speaks with tenderness; Fear thou not, for I am with thee: not only within call, but present with thee. Art thou weak? I will strengthen thee. Art thou in want of friends? I will help thee in the time of need. Art thou ready to fall? I will uphold thee with that right hand which is full of righteousness, dealing forth rewards and punishments. There are those that strive with God's people, that seek their ruin. Let not God's people render evil for evil, but wait God's time. It is the worm Jacob; so little, so weak, so despised and trampled on by every body. God's people are as worms, in humble thoughts of themselves, and in their enemies' haughty thoughts of them; worms, but not vipers, not of the serpent's seed. Every part of God's word is calculated to humble man's pride, and to make him appear little in his own eyes. The Lord will help them, for he is their Redeemer. The Lord will make Jacob to become a threshing instrument. God will make him fit for use, new, and having sharp spikes. This has fulfilment in the triumphs of the gospel of Christ, and of all faithful followers of Christ, over the power of darkness. God has provided comforts to supply all their wants, and to answer all their prayers. Our way to heaven lies through the wilderness of this world. The soul of man is in want, and seeks for satisfaction; but becomes weary of seeking that in the world, which is not to be had in it. Yet they shall have a constant supply, where one would least expect it. I will open rivers of grace, rivers of living water, which Christ spake of the Spirit, Joh 7:38,39. When God sets up his church in the Gentile wilderness, there shall be a great change, as if thorns and briers were turned into cedars, and fir-trees, and myrtles. These blessings are kept for the poor in spirit, who long for Divine enlightening, pardon, and holiness. And God will render their barren souls fruitful in the grace of his Spirit, that all who behold may consider it.

CONC:

Contend Contended Debate Destruction Enemies Findest Haters Naught Non-existent Nothing Nought Quarrel Search Seek Seekest Wage War Warred Won't Yea

Contend Contended Debate Destruction Enemies Find Findest Haters Naught Nought Quarrel Search Seek Seekest Wage War Warred Won't

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