Isaiah 41:28
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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.When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.
In other translations
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.When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.
Hebrew words
וְאֵרֶאve'ere'and [when] I may lookH7200וְאֵיןve'einand there notH369אִישׁ'ish[is] a personH376וּמֵאֵלֶּהume'elehand from theseH428וְאֵיןve'einand there notH369יוֹעֵץyo'etz[is] a counselorH3289וְאֶשְׁאָלֵםve'esh'alemand I will ask themH7592וְיָשִׁיבוּveyashivuand they may bring backH7725דָבָר׃davara wordH1697
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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