Isaiah 41:8-9

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁸But you, Israel, My servant,^(A)
Jacob, whom I have chosen,^(B)
descendant of Abraham, My friend^(C)—
⁹I brought^[a] you from the ends of the earth
and called you from its farthest corners.
I said to you: You are My servant;
I have chosen you and not rejected you.^(D)

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Isaiah 41:9 Or seized

Isaiah 41:8-9

New International Version

⁸“But you, Israel, my servant,^(A)
    Jacob, whom I have chosen,^(B)
    you descendants of Abraham^(C) my friend,^(D)
⁹I took you from the ends of the earth,^(E)
    from its farthest corners I called^(F) you.
I said, ‘You are my servant’;^(G)
    I have chosen^(H) you and have not rejected you.

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Isaiah 41:8-9

King James Version

⁸But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

⁹Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

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Isaiah 42:1

Holman Christian Standard Bible

The Servant’s Mission

42 “This^(A) is My Servant;^(B) I strengthen Him,
this is My Chosen One;^(C) I delight in Him.^(D)
I have put My Spirit on Him;^(E)
He will bring justice^[a] to the nations.^(F)

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Isaiah 42:1 DSS read His justice

Isaiah 42:1

New International Version

The Servant of the Lord

42 “Here is my servant,^(A) whom I uphold,
my chosen one^(B) in whom I delight;^(C)
I will put my Spirit^(D) on him,
and he will bring justice^(E) to the nations.^(F)

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Isaiah 42:1

King James Version

42 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

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Isaiah 43:10

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁰“You are My witnesses”^(A)—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and My servant whom I have chosen,^(B)
so that you may know and believe Me
and understand that I am He.^(C)
No god was formed before Me,
and there will be none after Me.^(D)

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Isaiah 43:10

New International Version

¹⁰“You are my witnesses,^(A)” declares the Lord,
    “and my servant^(B) whom I have chosen,
so that you may know^(C) and believe me
    and understand that I am he.
Before me no god^(D) was formed,
    nor will there be one after me.^(E)

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Isaiah 43:10

King James Version

¹⁰Ye 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.

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Isaiah 43:20

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²⁰The animals of the field will honor Me,
jackals and ostriches,
because I provide water in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert,^(A)
to give drink to My chosen people.

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Isaiah 43:20

New International Version

²⁰The wild animals^(A) honor me,
the jackals^(B) and the owls,
because I provide water^(C) in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,

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Isaiah 43:20

King James Version

²⁰The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

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Isaiah 45:4

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁴I call you by your name,
because of Jacob My servant^(A)
and Israel My chosen one.
I give a name to you,
though you do not know Me.

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Isaiah 45:4

New International Version

⁴For the sake of Jacob my servant,^(A)
    of Israel my chosen,
I summon you by name
    and bestow on you a title of honor,
    though you do not acknowledge^(B) me.

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Isaiah 45:4

King James Version

⁴For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

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Isaiah 49:7

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁷This is what the Lord,
the Redeemer^(A) of Israel, his Holy One, says
to one who is despised,
to one abhorred by people,^[a]^(B)
to a servant of rulers:
“Kings will see and stand up,
and princes^[b] will bow down,
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel^(C)—and He has chosen you.”^(D)

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Isaiah 49:7 Or by the nation
Isaiah 49:7 Lit princes and they

Isaiah 49:7

New International Version

⁷This is what the Lord says—
    the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel^(A)—
to him who was despised^(B) and abhorred by the nation,
    to the servant of rulers:
“Kings^(C) will see you and stand up,
    princes will see and bow down,^(D)
because of the Lord, who is faithful,^(E)
    the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen^(F) you.”

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Isaiah 49:7

King James Version

⁷Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

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Isaiah 65:9

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁹I will produce descendants from Jacob,^(A)
and heirs to My mountains from Judah;
My chosen^(B) ones will possess it,
and My servants will dwell there.^(C)

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Isaiah 65:9

New International Version

⁹I will bring forth descendants^(A) from Jacob,
and from Judah those who will possess^(B) my mountains;
my chosen^(C) people will inherit them,
and there will my servants live.^(D)

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Isaiah 65:9

King James Version

⁹And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

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Isaiah 65:15

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁵You will leave your name behind
as a curse for My chosen ones,^(A)
and the Lord God will kill you;
but He will give His servants another name.^(B)

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Isaiah 65:15

New International Version

¹⁵You will leave your name
for my chosen ones to use in their curses;^(A)
the Sovereign Lord will put you to death,
but to his servants he will give another name.^(B)

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Isaiah 65:15

King James Version

¹⁵And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:

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Isaiah 65:22

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²²They will not build and others live in them;
they will not plant and others eat.
For My people’s lives will be
like the lifetime of a tree.^(A)
My chosen ones will fully enjoy
the work of their hands.

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Isaiah 65:22

New International Version

²²No longer will they build houses and others live in them,^(A)
    or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,^(B)
    so will be the days^(C) of my people;
my chosen^(D) ones will long enjoy
    the work of their hands.

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Isaiah 65:22

King James Version

²²They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

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