They lift it to their shoulders; they carry it; they set it in its place, and it stands there; it cannot move from its place. If one cries out to it, it does not answer or save anyone from trouble.
Isaiah 41:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But when I look there is no one; among these there is no counselor who, when I ask, gives an answer. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For I look [upon the heathen prophets and the priests of pagan practices] and there is no man among them [who could predict these events], and among these [idols] there is no counselor who, when I ask of him, can answer a word. American Standard Version (1901) And when I look, there is no man: even among them there is no counsellor, that, when I ask of them, can answer a word. Common English Bible But I look, and there’s no one among them, no counselor; and when I ask, no one can answer. Catholic Public Domain Version And I saw, and there was no one among any of them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I saw: and there was no one even among them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word. |
They lift it to their shoulders; they carry it; they set it in its place, and it stands there; it cannot move from its place. If one cries out to it, it does not answer or save anyone from trouble.
Why was no one there when I came? Why did no one answer when I called? Is my arm powerless to redeem? Or have I no strength to deliver? By my rebuke I dry up the sea; I make the rivers a desert, so that their fish stink for lack of water and die of thirst.
He saw that there was no one and was appalled that there was no one to intervene, so his own arm brought him victory, and his righteousness upheld him.
I looked, but there was no helper; I was abandoned, and there was no one to sustain me, so my own arm brought me victory, and my wrath sustained me.
I will destine you to the sword, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter; because, when I called, you did not answer, when I spoke, you did not listen, but you did what was evil in my sight and chose what I did not delight in.
Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or tell the king the interpretation.