Gird up your loins like a man; I will question you, and you shall declare to me.
Isaiah 41:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Listen to me in silence, O coastlands; let the peoples renew their strength; let them approach, then let them speak; let us together draw near for judgment. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition LISTEN IN silence before Me, O islands and regions bordering on the sea! And let the people gather and renew their strength [for the argument; let them offer their strongest arguments]! Let them come near, then let them speak; let us come near together for judgment [and decide the point at issue between us concerning the enemy advancing from the east]. American Standard Version (1901) Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment. Common English Bible Be quiet before me, coastlands. Let the nations renew their strength. Let them approach and speak. Let’s draw near for a judgment. Catholic Public Domain Version Let the islands be silent before me, and let the nations take new strength. Let them draw near, and then speak. Let us apply for judgment together. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version LET the islands keep silence before me, and the nations take new strength. Let them come near, and then speak: let us come near to judgment together. |
Gird up your loins like a man; I will question you, and you shall declare to me.
“Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations; I am exalted in the earth.”
Come now, let us argue it out, says the Lord: If your sins are like scarlet, will they become like snow? If they are red like crimson, will they become like wool?
On that day the Lord will again raise his hand to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
Draw near, O nations, to hear; O peoples, give heed! Let the earth hear and all that fills it, the world and all that comes from it.
but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
The coastlands have seen and are afraid; the ends of the earth tremble; they have drawn near and come.
Accuse me; let us go to trial; set forth your case, so that you may be proved right.
Let all the nations gather together, and let the peoples assemble. Who among them declared this and foretold to us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses to justify them, and let them hear and say, “It is true.”
Draw near to me; hear this! From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it came to be I have been there. And now the Lord God has sent me and his spirit.
Listen to me, O coastlands; pay attention, you peoples from far away! The Lord called me before I was born; while I was in my mother’s womb he named me.
he who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand in court together. Who are my adversaries? Let them confront me.
But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him!
Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.