Isaiah 41:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

You will search for your enemies, but you will not find them. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing, as non-existent.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    You shall seek them, and shall not find them, even those who contended with you: those who war against you shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contend with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    So that who so seketh after them, shal not fynde them. Thy destroyers shal perish, & so shall they that vndertake to make batell agaynst the.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Thou shalt seeke them and shalt not finde them: to wit, the men of thy strife, for they shall be as nothing, and the men that warre against thee, as a thing of nought.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    So that who so seeketh after them, shall not finde them, thy destroyers shall perishe: and so shall they that vndertake to make battayle against thee be as that is not, & as a thing of naught.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, [even] them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    You shall seek them, and shall not find them, even those who contend with you: those who war against you shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nothing.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Thou seekest them, and findest them not, The men who debate with thee, They are as nothing, yea, as nothing, The men who war with thee.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contend with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contend with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    You will make search for your haters but they will not be there; those who make war against you will be as nothing and will come to destruction.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    You will seek them, and won't find them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a non-existent thing.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    When you will look for your opponents, you will not find them; your enemies will be reduced to absolutely nothing.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree. 36 Yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched for him, he could not be found.
  • Job 20:7-9 : 7 he will perish forever like his own waste; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?' 8 Like a dream he flies away and is no more; he is chased away like a vision of the night. 9 The eye that saw him will see him no longer, and his place will behold him no more.
  • Isa 17:14 : 14 In the evening, sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more. This is the fate of those who plunder us and the lot of those who pillage us.

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