Parallel Verses New International Version See, they are all false! Their deeds amount to nothing; their images are but wind and confusion. King James Bible Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion. Darby Bible Translation Behold, they are all vanity, their works are nought, their molten images are wind and emptiness. World English Bible Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion. Young's Literal Translation Lo, all of them are vanity, Nought are their works, Wind and emptiness their molten images!' Isaiah 41:29 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleAmong them "Among the idols" - For ומאלה umeelleh, I read ומאלים umeellim, with the Septuagint, και απο των ειδωλων, "and from or among the idols. "See Exodus 15:11; Isaiah 57:5. R. D. Kimchi has many good observations on this chapter. Bishop Lowth follows him in applying it to Abraham, and not to Cyrus; the whole being spoken in the past tense, which is not used, or rarely, in such a case for the future. Almost the whole of the rabbins understand it of Abraham. On Kimchi's plan, the following is a paraphrase. The righteous man - Abram, from the east - the land of his nativity, called the land of the children of the east, Genesis 29:1. Brought him to his feet - Whithersoever his feet went, he preached righteousness and truth; as it is written, "There he proclaimed in the name of Jehovah," Genesis 21:31. And he called it ויקראהו vaiyikraehu - that is, צרק tsedek, righteousness, to his feet, enabled him to hold it forth wherever he went. He called the nations - To leave their idols and worship him who made the universe. He taught them the way of righteousness, truth, and faith. Was there ever a prodigy like to this? A man who had been an idolater, rising up against all the nations of the earth, reproving their faith, and not fearing before them nor their kings! Who stirred up his heart to do this? Was it not the Lord? Gave the nations before him - And made him rule over kings - Chedorlaomer, and the kings which were with him: whom the Lord gave as dust to his sword, and stubble to his bow. He pursued them - He and his three hundred and eighteen servants. He passed safely - שלום shalom for בשלום beshalom, in safety; so said, because he lost not one of his men in this expedition. See Kimchi. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge they are all Psalm 115:4-8 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands... Psalm 135:15-18 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands... wind Library February 20. "Fear Thou Not, for I am with Thee" (Isa. Xli. 10). "Fear thou not, for I am with thee" (Isa. xli. 10). Satan is always trying to weaken our faith by fear. He is a great metaphysician and knows the paralyzing effect of fear, that it is the great enemy of faith, and that faith is the great secret of help. If he can get us fearing he will stop our trusting and hinder the very blessing we need. Job found the peril of fear and gives us the sorrowful testimony, "I feared a fear and it came upon me." Fear is born of Satan, and if we would only take time … Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth August 22. "I the Lord, the First and with the Last" (Isa. Xli. 4). The Servant's Triumph How to Make Use of Christ for Steadfastness, in a Time when Truth is Oppressed and Borne Down. Cross References Judges 18:17 The five men who had spied out the land went inside and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods while the priest and the six hundred armed men stood at the entrance of the gate. 1 Samuel 12:21 Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless. Isaiah 2:8 Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made. Isaiah 17:8 They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands, and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles and the incense altars their fingers have made. Isaiah 37:19 They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands. Isaiah 41:24 But you are less than nothing and your works are utterly worthless; whoever chooses you is detestable. Isaiah 44:9 All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Those who would speak up for them are blind; they are ignorant, to their own shame. 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