Isaiah 41:28

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For I beheld, and [there was] no man; even among them, and [there was] no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

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  • Isa 63:5 : 5 And I looked, and [there was] none to help; and I wondered that [there was] none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
  • Dan 2:10-11 : 10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore [there is] no king, lord, nor ruler, [that] asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean. 11 And [it is] a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
  • Dan 4:7-8 : 7 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof. 8 But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name [was] Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom [is] the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, [saying],
  • Dan 5:8 : 8 Then came in all the king's wise [men]: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
  • Isa 40:13-14 : 13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or [being] his counsellor hath taught him? 14 With whom took he counsel, and [who] instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
  • Isa 50:2 : 2 Wherefore, when I came, [was there] no man? when I called, [was there] none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because [there is] no water, and dieth for thirst.
  • Isa 59:16 : 16 ¶ And he saw that [there was] no man, and wondered that [there was] no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.

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  • 25 I beheld, and, lo, [there was] no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

  • 42 They looked, but [there was] none to save; [even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

  • 28 For they [are] a nation void of counsel, neither [is there any] understanding in them.

  • 29 Behold, they [are] all vanity; their works [are] nothing: their molten images [are] wind and confusion.

  • 41 They cried, but [there was] none to save [them: even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

  • 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

  • 4 ¶ I looked on [my] right hand, and beheld, but [there was] no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

  • 10 ¶ But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.

  • 12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, [there was] none of you that convinced Job, [or] that answered his words:

  • 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

  • 2 Wherefore, when I came, [was there] no man? when I called, [was there] none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because [there is] no water, and dieth for thirst.

  • Isa 41:26-27
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    26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, [He is] righteous? yea, [there is] none that sheweth, yea, [there is] none that declareth, yea, [there is] none that heareth your words.

    27 The first [shall say] to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

  • 7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for [there is] no answer of God.

  • 12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none [shall be] there, and all her princes shall be nothing.

  • 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he [was] not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

  • 12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

  • 25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and [there shall be] none.

  • 18 [There is] none to guide her among all the sons [whom] she hath brought forth; neither [is there any] that taketh her by the hand of all the sons [that] she hath brought up.

  • 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs.

  • 28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

  • 16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, [and] answered no more;)

  • 21 Unto me [men] gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

  • Isa 59:15-16
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    70%

    15 Yea, truth faileth; and he [that] departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw [it], and it displeased him that [there was] no judgment.

    16 ¶ And he saw that [there was] no man, and wondered that [there was] no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.

  • 23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, [it was] without form, and void; and the heavens, and they [had] no light.

  • 10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore [there is] no king, lord, nor ruler, [that] asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.

  • 20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked [for some] to take pity, but [there was] none; and for comforters, but I found none.

  • 9 We see not our signs: [there is] no more any prophet: neither [is there] among us any that knoweth how long.

  • 2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were [any] that did understand, that did seek God.

  • 22 ¶ Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

  • 14 ¶ Where no counsel [is], the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.

  • 9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? [is there] no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.

  • 3 How hast thou counselled [him that hath] no wisdom? and [how] hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

  • 30 ¶ [There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

  • 24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

  • 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but [there is] no judgment.

  • 7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.

  • 6 I hearkened and heard, [but] they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

  • 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

  • 11 When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:

  • 11 There is [one] come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.

  • 14 [There was] a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

  • 16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image [was] before mine eyes, [there was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying],

  • 8 There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This [is] also vanity, yea, it [is] a sore travail.

  • 2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, [and] seek God.

  • 5 And I looked, and [there was] none to help; and I wondered that [there was] none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.

  • 15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

  • 9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not [one] be cast down even at the sight of him?