Isaiah 40:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נַחֲמ֥וּ נַחֲמ֖וּ עַמִּ֑י יֹאמַ֖ר אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

naḥămû naḥămû ʿammî yōʾmar ʾĕlōhêkem

Grammar Details

• *naḥămû*: piel imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - repeated for emphasis
• *ʿammî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular possessive suffix - 'my people'
• *yōʾmar*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'he says/will say'
• *ʾĕlōhêkem*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine plural possessive suffix - 'your God'

Word Meanings

• *naḥămû*: comfort/console
• *ʿammî*: my people/my nation
• *yōʾmar*: says/will say/is saying
• *ʾĕlōhêkem*: your God/your deity [plural form with singular meaning]

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Comfort{H5162} ye, comfort{H5162} ye my people,{H5971} saith{H559} your God.{H430}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Comfort{H5162}{(H8761)} ye, comfort{H5162}{(H8761)} ye my people{H5971}, saith{H559}{(H8799)} your God{H430}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Be of good chere my people, be of good chere (saieth youre God)

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, will your God say.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Comfort my people O ye prophetes comfort my people, saith your God,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Comfort you, comfort you my people, says your God.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Comfort ye, comfort ye, My people, saith your God.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Give comfort, give comfort, to my people, says your God.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Comfort, comfort my people," says your God.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Lord Returns to Jerusalem“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 51:12 : 12 I, even I, am he who comforts you: who are you, that you should be afraid of a man who will die, and of the son of man who will be made like grass;
• Zeph 3:14-17 : 14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 15 The LORD has taken away your judgments, he has cast out your enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of you: you shall see evil no more. 16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear not: and to Zion, Let not your hands be weak. 17 The LORD your God in the midst of you is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over you with joy; he will rest in his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.
• 2 Cor 1:4 : 4 Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, by the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
• Jer 31:10-14 : 10 Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, and declare it in the distant isles, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock. 11 For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he. 12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they shall not sorrow anymore at all. 13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. 14 And I will satisfy the soul of the priests with abundance, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says the LORD.
• Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King comes to you: he is just, and endowed with salvation; lowly, and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt the foal of a donkey.
• Isa 51:3 : 3 For the LORD will comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness will be found in it, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
• Isa 49:13-16 : 13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD has comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. 14 But Zion said, The LORD has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me. 15 Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, they may forget, yet I will not forget you. 16 Behold, I have engraved you upon the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
• Isa 66:10-14 : 10 Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you that love her: rejoice with joy with her, all you that mourn for her: 11 That you may nurse and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that you may drink deeply, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. 12 For thus says the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall you nurse, you shall be carried on her sides, and be dandled on her knees. 13 As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 14 And when you see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
• 1 Thess 4:18 : 18 Therefore, comfort one another with these words.
• Zech 1:13 : 13 And the LORD answered the angel who talked with me with good and comforting words.
• Isa 65:13-14 : 13 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be ashamed; 14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and wail for vexation of spirit.
• Isa 62:11-12 : 11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the world, Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. 12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and you shall be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
• Isa 52:9 : 9 Break forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.
• Neh 8:10 : 10 Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord; do not be sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
• Ps 85:8 : 8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak, for He will speak peace unto His people and to His saints, but let them not turn again to folly.
• Isa 12:1 : 1 And in that day you shall say, O LORD, I will praise you: though you were angry with me, your anger is turned away, and you comforted me.
• Isa 35:3-4 : 3 Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. 4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; He will come and save you.
• Isa 41:10-14 : 10 Fear not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness. 11 Behold, all those who were incensed against you shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and those who strive with you shall perish. 12 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. 13 For I the LORD your God will hold your right hand, saying to you, Fear not; I will help you. 14 Fear not, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will help you, says the LORD, and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 41:27 : 27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that brings good tidings.
• Isa 3:10 : 10 Say to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
• Isa 50:10 : 10 Who among you fears the LORD, who obeys the voice of his servant, who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD, and rely upon his God.
• Isa 57:15-19 : 15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. 16 For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry and struck him; I hid myself and was angry, and he went on stubbornly in the way of his heart. 18 I have seen his ways and will heal him; I will lead him also and restore comforts to him and to his mourners. 19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace to him who is far off and to him who is near, says the LORD, and I will heal him.
• Isa 60:1-61:3 : 1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. 2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the people; but the LORD shall arise upon you, and His glory shall be seen upon you. 3 And the Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. 4 Lift up your eyes all around and see; they all gather together, they come to you; your sons shall come from afar, and your daughters shall be carried at your side. 5 Then you shall see and become radiant, and your heart shall fear and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall turn to you, the wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you. 6 The multitude of camels shall cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and incense, and they shall proclaim the praises of the LORD. 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to you, the rams of Nebaioth shall serve you; they shall come up with acceptance on My altar, and I will glorify the house of My glory. 8 Who are these who fly like a cloud, and like doves to their windows? 9 Surely the isles shall wait for Me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of the LORD your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because He has glorified you. 10 And the sons of foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you; for in My wrath I struck you, but in My favor I have had mercy on you. 11 Therefore your gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day or night, that men may bring to you the wealth of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. 12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish, yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted. 13 The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress, the pine, and the box tree together, to beautify the place of My sanctuary; and I will make the place of My feet glorious. 14 Also the sons of those who afflicted you shall come bending to you; and all those who despised you shall fall prostrate at the soles of your feet, and they shall call you, The City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel. 15 Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no one went through you, I will make you an eternal excellence, a joy of many generations. 16 You shall also drink the milk of the Gentiles, and shall nurse at the breast of kings; and you shall know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. 17 For bronze I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood bronze, and for stones iron. I will also make your officers peace, and your magistrates righteousness. 18 Violence shall no longer be heard in your land, neither wasting nor destruction within your borders; but you shall call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise. 19 The sun shall no longer be your light by day, nor shall the moon give light to you by night; but the LORD shall be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory. 20 Your sun shall no longer go down, nor shall your moon withdraw itself; for the LORD shall be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended. 21 Also your people shall all be righteous; they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, that I may be glorified. 22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation. I, the LORD, will hasten it in its time. 1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; 3 To appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified.
• Heb 6:17-18 : 17 In this way, God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable nature of His purpose, confirmed it with an oath: 18 That by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us: