Isaiah 41:13

It will be as though I will hold you up by your right hand. I am Yahweh, your God, and I say to you, ‘Do not be afraid, because I will help you.’

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

In Context

12If you search for those who tried to conquer you, you will not find them, because they will all have disappeared. Those who attacked you will not exist any more.

14Although you people of Israel [DOU] think that you are as insignificant as worms, do not be afraid of your enemies, because I will help you. I am Yahweh, the one who rescues you; I am the Holy One of Israel.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:26“You people of Israel, there is no god like your God, who rides majestically across the sky to help you.

Psalms 73:23But I am always close to you, and you hold my hand.

Psalms 118:7Yes, Yahweh is ◄on my side/helping me►, so I will look triumphantly at my enemies while he defeats them.

Isaiah 42:6“I, Yahweh, have chosen you to show people that I always act righteously/fairly. I will grasp your hand and protect you, and I will present you to my Israeli people to be the one who will put into effect my agreement with them. You will be like a light to the other nations.

Isaiah 45:1Cyrus is the one whom Yahweh has appointed to be the emperor of Persia and to whom he will give great power [IDM]; Yahweh will enable him to defeat other nations and to take away the power of their kings. He will cause gates of cities to be opened, and no one will ever be able to shut them.

Jeremiah 30:10So, you people of Israel who serve me, do not be dismayed/worried now, because some day I will bring you back from distant places; I will bring your descendants back home from the land to which they were exiled. Then you Israeli people will again live peacefully and safely, and there will not be any nation that will cause you to be terrified.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 41:11-21

Israel Encouraged. ( b. c. 708.) 10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. 12 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… Read the whole commentary →

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