Isaiah 59:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ BEHOLD, THE Lord's hand is not shortened at all, that it cannot save, nor His ear dull with deafness, that it cannot hear.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Behold, Jehovah’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

Common English Bible

¹ Look! The LORD does not lack the power to save, nor are his ears too dull to hear,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Behold, the hand of the Lord has not been shortened, so that it cannot save, and his ear has not been blocked, so that it cannot hear.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ BEHOLD, the hand of the Lord is not shortened that it cannot save: neither is his ear heavy that it cannot hear.

Isaiah 59:1 Cross References

Genesis 18:14

Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, in the spring, and Sarah shall have a son.”

Psalm 94:9

He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says the Lord: “Where is your mother's bill of divorce, with which I put her away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you were sold, and for your transgressions your mother was put away.

Isaiah 50:2

Why, when I came, was there no man? When I called, was there no one to answer? Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a desert; their fish stink for lack of water, and die of thirst.

Isaiah 58:9

Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am. “If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,

Isaiah 6:10

Make the heart of this people fat, and their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”

Isaiah 63:1

Who is this that comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he that is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I, announcing vindication, mighty to save.”

Isaiah 65:24

Before they call I will answer, while they are yet speaking I will hear.

Jeremiah 14:9

Why shouldst thou be like a man confused, like a mighty man who cannot save? Yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.”

Jeremiah 32:17

‘Ah Lord God! It is thou who hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thy outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for thee,

Ezekiel 8:18

Therefore I will deal in wrath; my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.”

Micah 2:7

Should this be said, O house of Jacob? Is the Spirit of the Lord impatient? Are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him who walks uprightly?

Numbers 11:23

And the Lord said to Moses, “Is the Lord's hand shortened? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not.”

Matthew 13:15

For this people's heart has grown dull, and their ears are heavy of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should perceive with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn for me to heal them.’

Hebrews 7:25

Consequently he is able for all time to save those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

1 Samuel 4:3

And when the troops came to the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the Lord put us to rout today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord here from Shiloh, that he may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies.”

1 Samuel 8:18

And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves; but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”