From Gary... Bible Reading and Study November 8

Bible Reading and Study  

November 8

The World English Bible

Nov. 8

Isaiah 49-52

Isa 49:1 Listen, islands, to me; and listen, you peoples, from far: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name:

Isa 49:2 and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand has he hid me: and he has made me a polished shaft; in his quiver has he kept me close:

Isa 49:3 and he said to me, "You are my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified."

Isa 49:4 But I said, "I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice due to me is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God."

Isa 49:5 Now says Yahweh who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered to him (for I am honorable in the eyes of Yahweh, and my God is become my strength);

Isa 49:6 yes, he says, "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth."

Isa 49:7 Thus says Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you."

Isa 49:8 Thus says Yahweh, "In an acceptable time have I answered you, and in a day of salvation have I helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage:

Isa 49:9 saying to those who are bound, 'Come out!'; to those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves!' "They shall feed in the ways, and on all bare heights shall be their pasture.

Isa 49:10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water he will guide them.

Isa 49:11 I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

Isa 49:12 Behold, these shall come from far; and behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim."

Isa 49:13 Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break forth into singing, mountains: for Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.

Isa 49:14 But Zion said, "Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me."

Isa 49:15 "Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!

Isa 49:16 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.

Isa 49:17 Your children make haste; your destroyers and those who made you waste shall go forth from you.

Isa 49:18 Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live," says Yahweh, "you shall surely clothe you with them all as with an ornament, and gird yourself with them, like a bride.

Isa 49:19 "For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, surely now you shall be too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up shall be far away.

Isa 49:20 The children of your bereavement shall yet say in your ears, The place is too small for me; give place to me that I may dwell.

Isa 49:21 Then you will say in your heart, 'Who has conceived these for me, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?' "

Isa 49:22 Thus says the Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.

Isa 49:23 Kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed."

Isa 49:24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?

Isa 49:25 But thus says Yahweh, "Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.

Isa 49:26 I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob."

Isa 50:1 Thus says Yahweh, "Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.

Isa 50:2 Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can't redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.

Isa 50:3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering."

Isa 50:4 The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary: he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

Isa 50:5 The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.

Isa 50:6 I gave my back to the strikers, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair; I didn't hide my face from shame and spitting.

Isa 50:7 For the Lord Yahweh will help me; therefore I have not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be disappointed.

Isa 50:8 He is near who justifies me; who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.

Isa 50:9 Behold, the Lord Yahweh will help me; who is he who shall condemn me? Behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.

Isa 50:10 Who is among you who fears Yahweh, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of Yahweh, and rely on his God.

Isa 50:11 Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who gird yourselves about with firebrands; walk you in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that you have kindled. You shall have this of my hand; you shall lie down in sorrow.

Isa 51:1 "Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh: look to the rock whence you were cut, and to the hold of the pit whence you were dug.

Isa 51:2 Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.

Isa 51:3 For Yahweh has comforted Zion; he has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

Isa 51:4 "Attend to me, my people; and give ear to me, my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.

Isa 51:5 My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and my arms shall judge the peoples; the islands shall wait for me, and on my arm shall they trust.

Isa 51:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

Isa 51:7 "Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; don't you fear the reproach of men, neither be you dismayed at their insults.

Isa 51:8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation to all generations."

Isa 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn't it you who did cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?

Isa 51:10 Isn't it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?

Isa 51:11 The ransomed of Yahweh shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Isa 51:12 "I, even I, am he who comforts you: who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass;

Isa 51:13 and have forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fear continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he makes ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

Isa 51:14 The captive exile shall speedily be freed; and he shall not die and go down into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.

Isa 51:15 For I am Yahweh your God, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar: Yahweh of Armies is his name.

Isa 51:16 I have put my words in your mouth, and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, 'You are my people.' "

Isa 51:17 Awake, awake, stand up, Jerusalem, that have drunk at the hand of Yahweh the cup of his wrath; you have drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.

Isa 51:18 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she has brought forth; neither is there any who takes her by the hand among all the sons who she has brought up.

Isa 51:19 These two things have happened to you. Who will bemoan you? Desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort you?

Isa 51:20 Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Yahweh, the rebuke of your God.

Isa 51:21 Therefore hear now this, you afflicted, and drunken, but now with wine:

Isa 51:22 Thus says your Lord Yahweh, and your God who pleads the cause of his people, "Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; you shall no more drink it again:

Isa 51:23 and I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, 'Bow down, that we may walk over you;' and you have laid your back as the ground, and as the street, to those who walk over."

Isa 52:1 Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion; put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.

Isa 52:2 Shake yourself from the dust; arise, sit on your throne, Jerusalem: loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion.

Isa 52:3 For thus says Yahweh, "You were sold for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money."

Isa 52:4 For thus says the Lord Yahweh, "My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there: and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause.

Isa 52:5 "Now therefore, what do I here," says Yahweh, "seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? those who rule over them mock," says Yahweh, "and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.

Isa 52:6 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he who does speak; behold, it is I."

Isa 52:7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns!"

Isa 52:8 The voice of your watchmen! they lift up the voice, together do they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when Yahweh returns to Zion.

Isa 52:9 Break forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem; for Yahweh has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.

Isa 52:10 Yahweh has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Isa 52:11 Depart you, depart you, go you out from there, touch no unclean thing; go you out of the midst of her; cleanse yourselves, you who bear the vessels of Yahweh.

Isa 52:12 For you shall not go out in haste, neither shall you go by flight: for Yahweh will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rearward.

Isa 52:13 Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.

Isa 52:14 Like as many were astonished at you (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men),

Isa 52:15 so shall he sprinkle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they understand.

 

The Composite Bible

The World English Bible

Darby's Translation

Young's Literal Translation

The Composite Bible is a effort to understand the Bible by considering it from different perspectives and different levels of literalcy. First, read the World English Bible (the least literal-black text) for comprehension of the text. Next, read both the World English Bible with the Darby Translation (more literal-blue text)to make comparisons and lastly, read all three versions (Young's is the most literal translation- red text) at one time to obtain an overview of the text. Doing this will make you think about what the Scriptures are actually saying and avoid reading in a superficial manner.

Isaiah

Isaiah 49 1

Listen, isles, to me; and listen, you peoples, from far: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name:

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples from afar. Jehovah hath called me from

the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

Hearken, O isles, unto me, And attend, O peoples, from afar, Jehovah from the

womb hath called me, From the bowels of my mother He hath made mention of my

name.

Isaiah 49 2

and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand has he hid me: and he has made me a polished shaft; in his quiver has he kept me close:

And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hath concealed me under the shadow

of his hand, and he hath made me a polished shaft: in his quiver hath he hidden me.

And he maketh my mouth as a sharp sword, In the shadow of His hand He hath hid

me, And He maketh me for a clear arrow, In His quiver He hath hid me.

Isaiah 49 3

and he said to me, You are my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

And he said unto me, Thou art my servant, Israel, in whom I will glorify myself.

And He saith to me, `My servant Thou art, O Israel, In whom I beautify Myself.`

Isaiah 49 4

But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice [due] to me is with Yahweh, and my recompense with my God.

-- And I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and in vain;

nevertheless my judgment is with Jehovah, and my work with my God.

And I said, `For a vain thing I laboured, For emptiness and vanity my power I

consumed, But my judgment [is] with Jehovah, And my wage with my God.

Isaiah 49 5

Now says Yahweh who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered to him (for I am honorable in the eyes of Yahweh, and my God is become my strength);

And now, saith Jehovah, that formed me from the womb to be his servant, that I should

bring Jacob again to him; (though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorified in the

eyes of Jehovah, and my God shall be my strength;)

And now, said Jehovah, who is forming me from the belly for a servant to Him, To

bring back Jacob unto Him, (Though Israel is not gathered, Yet I am honoured in

the eyes of Jehovah, And my God hath been my strength.)

Isaiah 49 6

yes, he says, It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.

-- and he saith, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes

of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; I have even given thee for a light of the

nations, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

And He saith, `It hath been a light thing That thou art to Me for a servant To raise

up the tribes of Jacob, And the preserved of Israel to bring back, And I have given

thee for a light of nations, To be My salvation unto the end of the earth.`

Isaiah 49 7

Thus says Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Yahweh who is faithful, [even] the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.

Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to

him whom the nation abhorreth, to the servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise,

princes, and they shall worship, because of Jehovah who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel,

who hath chosen thee.

Thus said Jehovah, Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One, To the despised in soul, To the

abominated of a nation, To the servant of rulers: `Kings see, and have risen,

princes, and worship, For the sake of Jehovah, who is faithful, The Holy of Israel,

and He chooseth thee.`

Isaiah 49 8

Thus says Yahweh, In an acceptable time have I answered you, and in a day of salvation have I helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage:

Thus saith Jehovah: In a time of acceptance have I answered thee, and in the day of

salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the

people, to establish the land, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

Thus said Jehovah: `In a time of good pleasure I answered thee, And in a day of

salvation I helped thee, And I keep thee, and give thee, For a covenant of the

people, To establish the earth, To cause to inherit desolate inheritances.

Isaiah 49 9

saying to those who are bound, Go forth; to those who are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and on all bare heights shall be their pasture.

saying to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They

shall feed in the ways, and their pasture shall be on all bare hills.

To say to the bound, Go out, To those in darkness, Be uncovered. On the ways they

feed, And in all high places is their pasture.

Isaiah 49 10

They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has

mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water will he guide them.

They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them; for he that

hath mercy on them will lead them, and by the springs of water will he guide them.

They do not hunger, nor thirst, Nor smite them doth mirage and sun, For He who

is pitying them doth lead them, And by fountains of waters doth tend them.

Isaiah 49 11

I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be raised up.

And I have made all My mountains for a way, And My highways are lifted up.

Isaiah 49 12

Behold, these shall come from far; and, behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

Behold, these shall come from afar; and behold, these from the north and from the west;

and these from the land of Sinim.

Lo, these from afar come in, And lo, these from the north, and from the sea, And

these from the land of Sinim.

Isaiah 49 13

Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break forth into singing, mountains: for Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.

Shout, ye heavens; and be joyful, thou earth; and break forth into singing, ye mountains:

for Jehovah hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted ones.

Sing, O heavens, and joy, O earth, And break forth, O mountains, with singing, For

comforted hath Jehovah His people, And His afflicted ones He doth pity.

Isaiah 49 14

But Zion said, Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.

But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me.

And Zion saith, `Jehovah hath forsaken me, And my Lord hath forgotten me.`

Isaiah 49 15

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you.

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of

her womb? Even these forget, but I will not forget thee.

Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one -- the son of her womb? Yea,

these forget -- but I -- I forget not thee.

Isaiah 49 16

Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.

Lo, I have graven thee upon the palms of [my] hands; thy walls are continually before me.

Lo, on the palms of the hand I have graven thee, Thy walls [are] before Me continually.

Isaiah 49 17

Your children make haste; your destroyers and those who made you waste shall go forth from you.

Thy sons shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that laid thee waste shall go forth

from thee.

Hastened have those building thee, Those destroying thee, and laying thee waste,

go out from thee.

Isaiah 49 18

Lift up your eyes round about, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As

I live, says Yahweh, you shall surely clothe you with them all as with an ornament, and gird

yourself with them, like a bride.

Lift up thine eyes round about and behold: they all gather themselves together, they

come to thee. As I live, saith Jehovah, thou shalt indeed clothe thee with them all as with

an ornament, and bind them on as a bride doth.

Lift up round about thine eyes and see, All of them have been gathered, They have

come to thee. I live, an affirmation of Jehovah! Surely all of them as an ornament

thou puttest on, And thou bindest them on like a bride.

Isaiah 49 19

For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, surely

now shall you be too strait for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up shall be far away.

For [in] thy waste and thy desolate places, and thy destroyed land, thou shalt even now be

too straitened by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far

away.

Because thy wastes, and thy desolate places, And the land of thy ruins, Surely now

are straitened because of inhabitants, And far off have been those consuming thee.

Isaiah 49 20

The children of your bereavement shall yet say in your ears, The place is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell.

The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too narrow for

me: make room for me, that I may dwell.

Again do the sons of thy bereavement say in thine ears: `The place is too strait for

me, Come nigh to me -- and I dwell.`

Isaiah 49 21

Then shall you say in your heart, Who has conceived these for me, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering back and forth? and who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?

And thou shalt say in thy heart, Who hath borne me these, seeing I had lost my children

and was desolate, an exile, and driven about? and who hath brought up these? behold, I

was left alone; these, where were they?

And thou hast said in thy heart: `Who hath begotten for me -- these? And I

bereaved and gloomy, A captive, and turned aside, And these -- who hath

nourished? Lo, I -- I was left by myself, these -- whence [are] they?

Isaiah 49 22

Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my ensign to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my

banner to the peoples; and they shall bring thy sons in [their] bosom, and thy daughters

shall be carried upon the shoulder.

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: `Lo, I lift up unto nations My hand, And unto peoples I

raise up Mine ensign, And they have brought thy sons in the bosom, And thy

daughters on the shoulder are carried.

Isaiah 49 23

Kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow

down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.

And kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their princesses thy nursing-mothers: they

shall bow down to thee with the face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet.

And thou shalt know that I [am] Jehovah; for they shall not be ashamed who wait on me.

And kings have been thy nursing fathers, And their princesses thy nursing

mothers; Face to the earth -- they bow down to thee, And the dust of thy feet they

lick up, And thou hast known that I [am] Jehovah, That those expecting Me are not

ashamed.

Isaiah 49 24

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty? and shall he that is rightfully captive be

delivered?

Is prey taken from the mighty? And the captive of the righteous delivered?

Isaiah 49 25

But thus says Yahweh, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.

For thus saith Jehovah: Even the captive of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey

of the terrible shall be delivered; and I will strive with him that striveth with thee, and

I will save thy children.

For thus said Jehovah: Even the captive of the mighty is taken, And the prey of the

terrible is delivered, And with thy striver I strive, and thy sons I save.

Isaiah 49 26

I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken

with their own blood, as with new wine. And all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, [am] thy

Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

And I have caused thine oppressors to eat their own flesh, And as new wine they

drink their own blood, And known have all flesh that I, Jehovah, Thy saviour, and

thy redeemer, [Am] the Mighty One of Jacob!`

Isaiah 50 1

Thus says Yahweh, Where is the bill of your mother`s divorce, with which I have put her  away?

or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you

sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.

Thus saith Jehovah: Where is the bill of your mother`s divorce, whom I have put away? or

which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, through your iniquities

have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

Thus said Jehovah: `Where [is] this -- the bill of your mother`s divorce, Whom I

sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Lo, for your iniquities ye

have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent away.

Isaiah 50 2

Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand

shortened at all, that it can`t redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.

Wherefore did I come, and there was no man? I called, and there was none to answer? Is

my hand at all shortened that I cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver? behold, at

my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make rivers a wilderness; their fish stink because there is

no water, and die for thirst.

Wherefore have I come, and there is no one? I called, and there is none answering,

Hath My hand been at all short of redemption? And is there not in me power to

deliver? Lo, by My rebuke I dry up a sea, I make rivers a wilderness, Their fish

stinketh, for there is no water, And dieth with thirst.

Isaiah 50 3

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

I clothe the heavens [with] blackness, And sackcloth I make their covering.

Isaiah 50 4

The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to

sustain with words him who is weary: he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the instructed, that I should know how to

succour by a word him that is weary. He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth

mine ear to hear as the instructed.

The Lord Jehovah hath given to me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the

weary [by] a word, He waketh morning by morning, He waketh for me an ear to

hear as taught ones.

Isaiah 50 5

The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.

The Lord Jehovah hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not away back.

The Lord Jehovah opened for me the ear, And I rebelled not -- backward I moved

not.

Isaiah 50 6

I gave my back to the strikers, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair; I didn`t hide my face from shame and spitting.

I gave my back to smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my

face from shame and spitting.

My back I have given to those smiting, And my cheeks to those plucking out, My

face I hid not from shame and spitting.

Isaiah 50 7

For the Lord Yahweh will help me; therefore I have not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.

But the Lord Jehovah will help me: therefore shall I not be confounded; therefore have I

set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

And the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Therefore I have not been ashamed,

Therefore I have set my face as a flint, And I know that I am not ashamed.

Isaiah 50 8

He is near who justifies me; who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.

He is near that justifieth me: who will contend with me? let us stand together; who is

mine adverse party? let him draw near unto me.

Near [is] He who is justifying me, Who doth contend with me? We stand together,

who [is] mine opponent? Let him come nigh unto me.

Isaiah 50 9

Behold, the Lord Yahweh will help me; who is he who shall condemn me? Behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.

Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? Behold, they all

shall grow old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

Lo, the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Who [is] he that declareth me wicked? Lo,

all of them as a garment wear out, A moth doth eat them.

Isaiah 50 10

Who is among you who fears Yahweh, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in

darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of Yahweh, and rely on his God.

Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that hearkeneth to the voice of his servant? he

that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, -- let him confide in the name of Jehovah,

and stay himself upon his God.

Who [is] among you, fearing Jehovah, Hearkening to the voice of His servant, That

hath walked in dark places, And there is no brightness for him? Let him trust in

the name of Jehovah, And lean upon his God.

Isaiah 50 11

Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who gird yourselves about with firebrands; walk you in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that you have kindled. This shall you have of my hand; you shall lie down in sorrow.

Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the

light of your fire, and among the sparks [that] ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my

hand: ye shall lie down in sorrow.

Lo, all ye kindling a fire, girding on sparks, Walk ye in the light of your fire, And

in the sparks ye have caused to burn, From my hand hath this been to you, In grief

ye lie down!

Isaiah 51 1

Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh: look to the rock whence you were hewn, and to the hold of the pit whence you were dug.

Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the

rock [whence] ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit [whence] ye were digged.

Hearken unto Me, ye pursuing righteousness, Seeking Jehovah, Look attentively

unto the rock -- ye have been hewn, And unto the hole of the pit -- ye have been

digged.

Isaiah 51 2

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.

Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bore you; for I called him when he

was alone, and blessed him, and multiplied him.

Look attentively unto Abraham your father, And unto Sarah -- she bringeth you

forth, For -- one -- I have called him, And I bless him, and multiply him.

Isaiah 51 3

For Yahweh has comforted Zion; he has comforted all her waste places, and has made her

wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

For Jehovah shall comfort Zion, he shall comfort all her waste places; and he will make

her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah: gladness and joy

shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of song.

For Jehovah hath comforted Zion, He hath comforted all her wastes, And He setteth

her wilderness as Eden, And her desert as a garden of Jehovah, Joy, yea, gladness is

found in her, Confession, and the voice of song.

Isaiah 51 4

Attend to me, my people; and give ear to me, my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.

Listen unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, my nation: for a law shall proceed from

me, and I will establish my judgment for a light of the peoples.

Attend unto Me, O My people, And, O My nation, unto Me give ear. For a law from

Me goeth out, And My judgment to the light, Peoples I do cause to rest.

Isaiah 51 5

My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and my arms shall judge the peoples; the isles shall wait for me, and on my arm shall they trust.

My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the

peoples: the isles shall wait for me, and in mine arm shall they trust.

Near [is] My righteousness, Gone out hath My salvation and Mine arms, Peoples

they judge, on Me isles do wait, Yea, on Mine arm they do wait with hope.

Isaiah 51 6

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath: for the heavens shall

vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall grow old like a garment, and they that dwell

therein shall die in like manner; but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness

shall not be abolished.

Lift ye up to the heavens your eyes, And look attentively unto the earth beneath,

For the heavens as smoke have vanished, And the earth as a garment weareth out,

And its inhabitants as gnats do die, And My salvation is to the age, And My

righteousness is not broken.

Isaiah 51 7

Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; don`t you fear the reproach of men, neither be you dismayed at their insults.

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear

not the reproach of men, and be not afraid of their revilings.

Hearken unto Me, ye who know righteousness, A people, in whose heart [is] My

law, Fear ye not the reproach of men, And for their reviling be not affrighted,

Isaiah 51 8

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation to all generations.

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but

my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

For as a garment eat them doth a moth, And as wool eat them doth a worm, And My

righteousness is to the age, And My salvation to all generations.

Isaiah 51 9

Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn`t it you who did cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, [as in] the

generations of passed ages. Is it not thou that hath hewn Rahab in pieces, [and] pierced

the monster?

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah, Awake, as [in] days of old,

generations of the ages, Art not Thou it that is hewing down Rahab, Piercing a

dragon!

Isaiah 51 10

Isn`t it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?

Is it not thou that dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that made the depths of

the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?

Art not Thou it that is drying up a sea, Waters of a great deep? That hath made

deep places of a sea A way for the passing of the redeemed?

Isaiah 51 11

The ransomed of Yahweh shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; [and] sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

So the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come to Zion with singing; and everlasting

joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and sighing shall

flee away.

And the ransomed of Jehovah turn back, And they have come to Zion with singing,

And joy age-during [is] on their head, Gladness and joy they attain, Fled away have

sorrow and sighing,

Isaiah 51 12

I, even I, am he who comforts you: who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass;

I, [even] I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou fearest a man that shall die,

and the son of man that shall become as grass;

I -- I [am] He -- your comforter, Who [art] thou -- and thou art afraid of man? he

dieth! And of the son of man -- grass he is made!

Isaiah 51 13

and have forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the

foundations of the earth; and fear continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he makes ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

and forgettest Jehovah thy Maker, who hath stretched out the heavens, and laid the

foundations of the earth; and thou art afraid continually all the day because of the fury of

the oppressor, when he prepareth to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?

And thou dost forget Jehovah thy maker, Who is stretching out the heavens, and

founding earth, And thou dost fear continually all the day, Because of the fury of

the oppressor, As he hath prepared to destroy. And where [is] the fury of the

oppressor?

Isaiah 51 14

The captive exile shall speedily be loosed; and he shall not die [and go down] into the pit,

neither shall his bread fail.

He that is bowed down shall speedily be loosed, and he shall not die in the pit, nor shall

his bread fail.

Hastened hath a wanderer to be loosed, And he doth not die at the pit, And his

bread is not lacking.

Isaiah 51 15

For I am Yahweh your God, who stirs up the sea, so that the waves of it roar: Yahweh of Hosts is his name.

And I am Jehovah thy God, who raiseth the sea, so that its waves roar: Jehovah of hosts is

his name.

And I [am] Jehovah thy God, Quieting the sea, when its billows roar, Jehovah of

Hosts [is] His name.

Isaiah 51 16

I have put my words in your mouth, and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, You are my people.

And I have put my words in thy mouth, and covered thee with the shadow of my hand, to

plant the heavens, and to lay the foundations of the earth, and to say unto Zion, Thou art

my people.

And I put My words in thy mouth, And with the shadow of My hand have covered

thee, To plant the heavens, and to found earth, And to say to Zion, `My people [art]

thou.`

Isaiah 51 17

Awake, awake, stand up, Jerusalem, that have drunk at the hand of Yahweh the cup of his wrath; you have drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.

Arouse thyself, arouse thyself, stand up, Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of

Jehovah the cup of his fury. Thou hast drunk, hast drained out the goblet-cup of

bewilderment:

Stir thyself, stir thyself, rise, Jerusalem, Who hast drunk from the hand of Jehovah

The cup of His fury, The goblet, the cup of trembling, thou hast drunk, Thou hast

wrung out.

Isaiah 51 18

There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she has brought forth; neither is there any who takes her by the hand among all the sons who she has brought up.

-- there is none to guide her among all the children that she hath brought forth; neither

is there any to take her by the hand of all the children that she hath brought up.

There is not a leader to her Out of all the sons she hath borne, And there is none

laying hold on her hand Out of all the sons she hath nourished.

Isaiah 51 19

These two things are befallen you, who shall bemoan you? desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort you?

These two [things] are come unto thee; who will bemoan thee? -- desolation and

destruction, and famine and sword: how shall I comfort thee?

These two are meeting thee, who is moved for thee? Spoiling and destruction --

Famine and sword, who -- I comfort thee?

Isaiah 51 20

Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Yahweh, the rebuke of your God.

Thy children have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an oryx in a net: they

are full of the fury of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God.

Thy sons have been wrapt up, they have lain down, At the head of all out places, as

a wild ox [in] a net, They are full of the fury of Jehovah, The rebuke of Thy God.

Isaiah 51 21

Therefore hear now this, you afflicted, and drunken, but now with wine:

Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

Therefore, hear, I pray thee, this, O afflicted and drunken one, and not with wine,

Isaiah 51 22

Thus says your Lord Yahweh, and your God who pleads the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; you shall no more drink it again:

thus saith thy Lord, Jehovah, and thy God, who pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I

take out of thy hand the cup of bewilderment, the goblet-cup of my fury; thou shalt no

more drink it again:

Thus said thy Lord Jehovah, and thy God, He pleadeth [for] his people: `Lo, I have

taken out of thy hand the cup of trembling, The goblet, the cup of My fury, Thou

dost not add to drink it any more.

Isaiah 51 23

and I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and you have laid your back as the ground, and as the street, to those who go over.

and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; who have said to thy soul, Bow

down, that we may go over; and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street to

them that went over.

And I have put it into the hand of those afflicting thee, Who have said to thy soul,

Bow down, and we pass over, And thou makest as the earth thy body, And as the

street to those passing by!`

Isaiah 52 1

Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion; put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.

Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the

holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the

unclean.

Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion, Put on the garments of thy beauty,

Jerusalem -- the Holy City; For enter no more into thee again, Do the

uncircumcised and unclean.

Isaiah 52 2

Shake yourself from the dust; arise, sit [on your throne], Jerusalem: loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion.

Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy

neck, captive daughter of Zion.

Shake thyself from dust, arise, sit, O Jerusalem, Bands of thy neck have loosed

themselves, O captive, daughter of Zion.

Isaiah 52 3

For thus says Yahweh, You were sold for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money.

For thus saith Jehovah: Ye have sold yourselves for nought, and ye shall be redeemed

without money.

For thus said Jehovah: `For nought ye have been sold, And not by money are ye

redeemed.`

Isaiah 52 4

For thus says the Lord Yahweh, My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there: and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause.

For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn

there, and Assyria oppressed them without cause;

For thus said the Lord Jehovah: `To Egypt My people went down at first to sojourn

there, And Asshur -- for nought he hath oppressed it.

Isaiah 52 5

Now therefore, what do I here, says Yahweh, seeing that my people is taken away for nothing? those who rule over them do howl, says Yahweh, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.

and now, what have I here, saith Jehovah, that my people hath been taken away for

nought? They that rule over them make them to howl, saith Jehovah; and continually all

the day is my name scorned.

And now, what -- to Me here, An affirmation of Jehovah, That taken is My people

for nought? Its rulers cause howling, -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And continually

all the day My name is despised.

Isaiah 52 6

Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore [they shall know] in that day that I am he who does speak; behold, it is I.

Therefore my people shall know my name; therefore [they shall know] in that day that I

[am] HE, that saith, Here am I.

Therefore doth My people know My name, Therefore, in that day, Surely I [am] He

who is speaking, behold Me.`

Isaiah 52 7

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, Your God reigns!

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that announceth glad tidings, that

publisheth peace; that announceth glad tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that

saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

How comely on the mountains, Have been the feet of one proclaiming tidings,

Sounding peace, proclaiming good tidings, Sounding salvation, Saying to Zion,

`Reigned hath thy God.`

Isaiah 52 8

The voice of your watchmen! they lift up the voice, together do they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when Yahweh returns to Zion.

-- The voice of thy watchmen, they lift up the voice, they sing aloud together; for they

shall see eye to eye, when Jehovah shall bring again Zion.

The voice of thy watchmen! They have lifted up the voice, together they cry aloud,

Because eye to eye they see, in Jehovah`s turning back [to] Zion.

Isaiah 52 9

Break forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem; for Yahweh has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.

Break forth, sing aloud together, waste places of Jerusalem; for Jehovah comforteth his

people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

Break forth, sing together, O wastes of Jerusalem, For Jehovah hath comforted His

people, He hath redeemed Jerusalem.

Isaiah 52 10

Yahweh has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Jehovah hath made bare his holy arm in the sight of all the nations; and all the ends of the

earth shall see the salvation of our God.

Jehovah hath made bare His holy arm Before the eyes of all the nations, And seen

have all the ends of the earth, The salvation of our God.

Isaiah 52 11

Depart you, depart you, go you out from there, touch no unclean thing; go you out of the midst of her; cleanse yourselves, you who bear the vessels of Yahweh.

-- Depart, depart, go out from thence, touch not what is unclean; go out of the midst of

her, be ye clean, that bear the vessels of Jehovah.

Turn aside, turn aside, go out thence, The unclean touch not, go out from her

midst, Be ye pure, who are bearing the weapons of Jehovah.

Isaiah 52 12

For you shall not go out in haste, neither shall you go by flight: for Yahweh will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rearward.

For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight; for Jehovah will go before you, and the

God of Israel will be your rear-guard.

For not in haste do ye go out, Yea, with flight ye go not on, For going before you

[is] Jehovah, And gathering you [is] the God of Israel!

Isaiah 52 13

Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.

Behold, my servant shall deal prudently; he shall be exalted and be lifted up, and be very

high.

Lo, My servant doth act wisely, He is high, and hath been lifted up, And hath been

very high.

Isaiah 52 14

Like as many were astonished at you (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men),

As many were astonished at thee -- his visage was so marred more than any man, and his

form more than the children of men

As astonished at thee have been many, (So marred by man his appearance, And his

form by sons of men.)

Isaiah 52 15

so shall he sprinkle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they understand.

-- so shall he astonish many nations; kings shall shut their mouths at him: for what had

not been told them shall they see, and what they had not heard shall they consider.

So doth he sprinkle many nations. Concerning him kings shut their mouth, For

that which was not recounted to them they have seen, And that which they had

not heard they have understood!

Study Questions

What shall all flesh know? 49:26
 

How do the first three verses of chapter fifty show God's ability to save the lost sinner?
 

Where does the tongue of the learned come from? 50:4-8
 

What will remain? 516b, 8
 

To whom will the "cup of my fury" be given to? 51:22, 23

Name two things those bringing good tidings proclaim? 52:7
 

The comfort of the LORD is? 52:9
 

Who is the "He"? Isa. 53:1 with 52:13-15

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2 Timothy 2

2Ti 2:1 You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

2Ti 2:2 The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

2Ti 2:3 You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

2Ti 2:4 No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

2Ti 2:5 Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn't crowned unless he has competed by the rules.

2Ti 2:6 The farmers who labor must be the first to get a share of the crops.

2Ti 2:7 Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.

2Ti 2:8 Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my Good News,

2Ti 2:9 in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God's word isn't chained.

2Ti 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones' sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

2Ti 2:11 This saying is faithful: "For if we died with him, we will also live with him.

2Ti 2:12 If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.

2Ti 2:13 If we are faithless, he remains faithful. He can't deny himself."

2Ti 2:14 Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they don't argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.

2Ti 2:15 Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn't need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

2Ti 2:16 But shun empty chatter, for they will proceed further in ungodliness,

2Ti 2:17 and their word will consume like gangrene, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;

2Ti 2:18 men who have erred concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past, and overthrowing the faith of some.

2Ti 2:19 However God's firm foundation stands, having this seal, "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness."

2Ti 2:20 Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor.

2Ti 2:21 If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master's use, prepared for every good work.

2Ti 2:22 Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

2Ti 2:23 But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife.

2Ti 2:24 The Lord's servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient,

2Ti 2:25 in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,

2Ti 2:26 and they may recover themselves out of the devil's snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.

 

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2 Timothy

2 Timothy 2 1

You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

Thou therefore, my child, be strong in the grace which [is] in Christ Jesus.

Thou, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that [is] in Christ Jesus,

2 Timothy 2 2

The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

And the things thou hast heard of me in the presence of many witnesses, these entrust to

faithful men, such as shall be competent to instruct others also.

and the things that thou didst hear from me through many witnesses, these

things be committing to stedfast men, who shall be sufficient also others to teach;

2 Timothy 2 3

You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

Take thy share in suffering as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;

2 Timothy 2 4

No soldier on service entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who

enrolled him as a soldier.

No one going as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please

him who has enlisted him as a soldier.

no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him

who did enlist him he may please;

2 Timothy 2 5

If also a man competes in the games, he is not crowned, unless he has competed by the rules.

And if also any one contend [in the games], he is not crowned unless he contend lawfully.

and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;

2 Timothy 2 6

The farmers who labor must be the first to get a share of the crops.

The husbandman must labour before partaking of the fruits.

the labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;

2 Timothy 2 7

Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.

Think of what I say, for the Lord will give thee understanding in all things.

be considering what things I say, for the Lord give to thee understanding in all

things.

2 Timothy 2 8

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel,

Remember Jesus Christ raised from among [the] dead, of [the] seed of David, according to

my glad tidings,

Remember Jesus Christ, raised out of the dead, of the seed of David, according to

my good news,

2 Timothy 2 9

in which I suffer hardship to bonds, as a criminal. But God`s word isn`t bound.

in which I suffer even unto bonds as an evil-doer: but the word of God is not bound.

in which I suffer evil -- unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not

been bound;

2 Timothy 2 10

Therefore I endure all things for the elect`s sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

For this cause I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that *they* also may obtain the

salvation which [is] in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

because of this all things do I endure, because of the choice ones, that they also

salvation may obtain that [is] in Christ Jesus, with glory age-during.

2 Timothy 2 11

This saying is faithful: For if we died with him, we will also live with him.

The word [is] faithful; for if we have died together with [him], we shall also live together;

Stedfast [is] the word: For if we died together -- we also shall live together;

2 Timothy 2 12

If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we will deny him, he also will deny us.

if we endure, we shall also reign together; if we deny, *he* also will deny us;

if we do endure together -- we shall also reign together; if we deny [him], he also

shall deny us;

2 Timothy 2 13

If we are faithless, he remains faithful -- he can`t deny himself.

if we are unfaithful, *he* abides faithful, for he cannot deny himself.

if we are not stedfast, he remaineth stedfast; to deny himself he is not able.

2 Timothy 2 14

Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they don`t argue

about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.

Of these things put in remembrance, testifying earnestly before the Lord not to have

disputes of words, profitable for nothing, to the subversion of the hearers.

These things remind [them] of, testifying fully before the Lord -- not to strive

about words to nothing profitable, but to the subversion of those hearing;

2 Timothy 2 15

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn`t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

Strive diligently to present thyself approved to God, a workman that has not to be

ashamed, cutting in a straight line the word of truth.

be diligent to present thyself approved to God -- a workman irreproachable,

rightly dividing the word of the truth;

2 Timothy 2 16

But shun empty chatter, for they will proceed further in ungodliness,

But profane, vain babblings shun, for they will advance to greater impiety,

and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

2 Timothy 2 17

and their word will consume like gangrene, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;

and their word will spread as a gangrene; of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;

and their word as a gangrene will have pasture, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus,

2 Timothy 2 18

men who have erred concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past, and

overthrowing the faith of some.

[men] who as to the truth have gone astray, saying that the resurrection has taken place

already; and overthrow the faith of some.

who concerning the truth did swerve, saying the rising again to have already

been, and do overthrow the faith of some;

2 Timothy 2 19

However God`s firm foundation stands, having this seal, "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness."

Yet the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, [The] Lord knows those that are

his; and, Let every one who names the name of [the] Lord withdraw from iniquity.

sure, nevertheless, hath the foundation of God stood, having this seal, `The Lord

hath known those who are His,` and `Let him depart from unrighteousness -- every

one who is naming the name of Christ.`

2 Timothy 2 20

Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay.

Some are for honor, and some for dishonor.

But in a great house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also wooden and

earthen; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.

And in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of

wood and of earth, and some to honour, and some to dishonour:

2 Timothy 2 21

If a man therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and

suitable for the master`s use, prepared for every good work.

If therefore one shall have purified himself from these, [in separating himself from

them], he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified, serviceable to the Master, prepared for

every good work.

if, then, any one may cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honour,

sanctified and profitable to the master -- to every good work having been

prepared,

2 Timothy 2 22

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

But youthful lusts flee, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those that call

upon the Lord out of a pure heart.

and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with

those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

2 Timothy 2 23

But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife.

But foolish and senseless questionings avoid, knowing that they beget contentions.

and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they

beget strife,

2 Timothy 2 24

The Lord`s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient,

And a bondman of [the] Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach;

forbearing;

and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to

teach, patient under evil,

2 Timothy 2 25

in gentleness correcting those who oppose him; if perhaps God may give them repentance to the knowledge of the truth,

in meekness setting right those who oppose, if God perhaps may sometime give them

repentance to acknowledgment of [the] truth,

in meekness instructing those opposing -- if perhaps God may give to them

repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,

2 Timothy 2 26

and they may recover themselves out of the devil`s snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.

and that they may awake up out of the snare of the devil, [who are] taken by him, for *his*

will.

and they may awake out of the devil`s snare, having been caught by him at his will.

Study Questions

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