Isaiah 40:27
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Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
In other translations
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
Hebrew words
לָמָּהlamah<to> why?H4100תֹאמַרtomardo you sayH559יַעֲקֹבya'akoO JacobH3290וּתְדַבֵּרutedaberso you may declare?H1696יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elO IsraelH3478נִסְתְּרָהnisterahit is hiddenH5641דַרְכִּיdarkiway myH1870מֵיְהוָהmeyahwehfrom YahwehH3068וּמֵאֱלֹהַיume'elohaiand from God myH430מִשְׁפָּטִיmishpatijustice myH4941יַעֲבוֹר׃ya'avorit passes awayH5674
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Isaiah 49:4Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”
- Luke 18:7-87 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? 8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?7 Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help? 8 I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”
- Isaiah 49:14But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”
- Job 27:2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
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People: Jacob