Isaiah 41:12
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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.You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.
In other translations
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.You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.
Hebrew words
תְּבַקְשֵׁםtevakshemyou will seek themH1245וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808תִמְצָאֵםtimtza'emyou will find themH4672אַנְשֵׁי'anshei[the] people ofH582מַצֻּתֶךָmatzutekhastrife yourH4695יִהְיוּyihyuthey will beH1961כְאַיִןkhe'ayinas nothingH369וּכְאֶפֶסukhe'efesand as nothingH657אַנְשֵׁי'anshei[the] people ofH582מִלְחַמְתֶּךָ׃milchamtekhawarfare yourH4421
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Psalm 37:35-3635 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.35 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree, 36 yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.
- Job 20:7-97 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? 8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. 9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.7 he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’ 8 He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night. 9 The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
- Isaiah 17:14And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.
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