Isaiah 41:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham My friend, [Heb. 2:16; James 2:23.] American Standard Version (1901) But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend, Common English Bible But you, Israel my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham, whom I love, Catholic Public Domain Version But you, O Israel, are my servant, O Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of my friend Abraham. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But thou Israel art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend: |
Didst not thou, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
O ye seed of Abraham his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, And Israel for his peculiar treasure.
Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: For his mercy endureth for ever.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the stranger shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgement to the Gentiles.
Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I send? who is blind as he that is at peace with me, and blind as the LORD'S servant?
But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine.
Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he; before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
Remember these things, O Jacob; and Israel, for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
and he said unto me, Thou art my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.
For thou art our father, though Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us: thou, O LORD, art our father; our redeemer from everlasting is thy name.
Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD did choose, he hath cast them off? thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob;
and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; and it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.
Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
and the scripture was fulfilled which saith, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God.