Isaiah 42

1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, [in whom] my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

look! servant/slave my to grasp in/on/with him chosen my to accept soul my to give: put spirit my upon him justice to/for nation to come out: send

2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

not to cry and not to lift: loud and not to hear: hear in/on/with outside voice his

3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

branch: stem to crush not to break and flax faint not to quench her to/for truth: faithful to come out: send justice

4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

not to grow dim and not to crush till to set: make in/on/with land: country/planet justice and to/for instruction his coastland to wait: hope

5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

thus to say [the] God LORD to create [the] heaven and to stretch them to beat [the] land: country/planet and offspring her to give: give breath to/for people upon her and spirit to/for to go: walk in/on/with her

6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

I LORD to call: call to you in/on/with righteousness and to strengthen: hold in/on/with hand your and to watch you and to give: give you to/for covenant people to/for light nation

7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, [and] them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

to/for to open eye blind to/for to come out: send from locksmith prisoner from house: home prison to dwell darkness

8 I [am] the LORD: that [is] my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

I LORD he/she/it name my and glory my to/for another not to give: give and praise my to/for idol

9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

[the] first: previous behold to come (in): come and new I to tell in/on/with before to spring to hear: proclaim [obj] you

10 Sing unto the LORD a new song, [and] his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

to sing to/for LORD song new praise his from end [the] land: country/planet to go down [the] sea and fullness his coastland and to dwell their

11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up [their voice], the villages [that] Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

to lift: loud wilderness and city his village to dwell Kedar to sing to dwell Sela from head: top mountain: mount to cry aloud

12 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.

to set: put to/for LORD glory and praise his in/on/with coastland to tell

13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.

LORD like/as mighty man to come out: come like/as man battle to rouse jealousy to shout also to cry upon enemy his to prevail

14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, [and] refrained myself: [now] will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

be silent from forever: antiquity be quiet to refrain like/as to beget to groan to pant and to long for unitedness

15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

to destroy mountain: mount and hill and all vegetation their to wither and to set: make river to/for coastland and pool to wither

16 And I will bring the blind by a way [that] they knew not; I will lead them in paths [that] they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

and to go: take blind in/on/with way: direction not to know in/on/with path not to know to tread them to set: make darkness to/for face: before their to/for light and crooked place to/for plain these [the] word: thing to make: do them and not to leave: forsake them

17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye [are] our gods.

to turn back be ashamed shame [the] to trust in/on/with idol [the] to say to/for liquid you(m. p.) God our

18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

[the] deaf to hear: hear and [the] blind to look to/for to see: see

19 Who [is] blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger [that] I sent? who [is] blind as [he that is] perfect, and blind as the LORD’s servant?

who? blind that if: except if: except servant/slave my and deaf like/as messenger my to send: depart who? blind like/as to ally and blind like/as servant/slave LORD

20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.

(to see: see *Q(K)*) many and not to keep: look at to open ear and not to hear: hear

21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make [it] honourable.

LORD to delight in because righteousness his to magnify instruction and be glorious

22 But this [is] a people robbed and spoiled; [they are] all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

and he/she/it people to plunder and to plunder to ensnare in/on/with cavern all their and in/on/with house: home prison to hide to be to/for plunder and nothing to rescue plunder and nothing to say to return: rescue

23 Who among you will give ear to this? [who] will hearken and hear for the time to come?

who? in/on/with you to listen this to listen and to hear: hear to/for back

24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.

who? to give: give (to/for plunder *Q(K)*) Jacob and Israel to/for to plunder not LORD this to sin to/for him and not be willing in/on/with way: conduct his to go: walk and not to hear: obey in/on/with instruction his

25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid [it] not to heart.

and to pour: pour upon him rage face: anger his and strength battle and to kindle him from around and not to know and to burn: burn in/on/with him and not to set: consider upon heart