Isaiah 41:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַחֲרִ֤ישׁוּ אֵלַי֙ אִיִּ֔ים וּלְאֻמִּ֖ים יַחֲלִ֣יפוּ כֹ֑חַ יִגְּשׁוּ֙ אָ֣ז יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ יַחְדָּ֖ו לַמִּשְׁפָּ֥ט נִקְרָֽבָה׃

Transliteration

hăḥărîšû to-me ʾiyyîm wələ'ummîm yaḥălîpû kōaḥ yiggəšû then yədabbērû together to-the-mišpāṭ niqrāḇâ

Grammar Details

• *hăḥărîšû*: verb, hiphil imperative masculine plural - be silent/keep silent
• *ʾiyyîm*: noun, masculine plural - islands/coastlands
• *wələ'ummîm*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural - and peoples/nations
• *yaḥălîpû*: verb, hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - renew/change/replace
• *kōaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - strength/power
• *yiggəšû*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - approach/come near
• *yədabbērû*: verb, piel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - speak
• *mišpāṭ*: noun, masculine singular - judgment/justice/legal case
• *niqrāḇâ*: verb, qal cohortative 1st person plural - let us come near/approach

Word Meanings

• *hăḥărîšû*: be silent/keep quiet/listen in silence
• *ʾiyyîm*: islands/coastlands/coastal regions
• *yaḥălîpû*: renew/exchange/replace/strengthen
• *kōaḥ*: strength/power/might
• *mišpāṭ*: judgment/justice/legal case/trial
• *niqrāḇâ*: let us approach/draw near together for judgment

Referenced Verses

• Isa 1:18 : 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
• Hab 2:20 : 20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
• Zech 2:13 : 13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
• Joel 3:10-11 : 10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. 11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
• Isa 41:6-7 : 6 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. 7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
• Isa 11:11 : 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
• Isa 34:1 : 1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
• Isa 8:9-9 : 9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
• Job 23:3-7 : 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. 6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
• Job 31:35-36 : 35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. 36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
• Job 38:3 : 3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
• Job 40:7-9 : 7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? 9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? 10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
• Ps 46:10 : 10 Be still{H8685)}, and know{H8798)} that I am God: I will be exalted{H8799)} among the heathen, I will be exalted{H8799)} in the earth.
• Isa 41:21-22 : 21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. 22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
• Isa 48:16 : 16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
• Isa 49:1 : 1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
• Isa 50:8 : 8 He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
• Mic 6:1-3 : 1 Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. 2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. 3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.