Isaiah 41:28
Modern Translations
New International Version
I look but there is no one-- no one among the gods to give counsel, no one to give answer when I ask them.

New Living Translation
Not one of your idols told you this. Not one gave any answer when I asked.

English Standard Version
But when I look, there is no one; among these there is no counselor who, when I ask, gives an answer.

Berean Study Bible
When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.

New American Standard Bible
“But when I look, there is no one, And there is no counselor among them Who, if I ask, can give an answer.

NASB 1995
"But when I look, there is no one, And there is no counselor among them Who, if I ask, can give an answer.

NASB 1977
“But when I look, there is no one, And there is no counselor among them Who, if I ask, can give an answer.

Amplified Bible
“But when I look [on the pagan prophets and priests], there is no one [who could predict these events], And there is no counselor among them, Who, if I ask, can give an answer.

Christian Standard Bible
When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.

Contemporary English Version
None of these idols are able to give advice or answer questions.

Good News Translation
When I looked among the gods, none of them had a thing to say; not one could answer the questions I asked.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When I look, there is no one. There is no one to advise them. When I ask them a question, will they give an answer?

International Standard Version
But when I look, there is no one— among them there's no one to give counsel, no one to give an answer when I ask them.

NET Bible
I look, but there is no one, among them there is no one who serves as an adviser, that I might ask questions and receive answers.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counseller, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

New King James Version
For I looked, and there was no man; I looked among them, but there was no counselor, Who, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

King James 2000 Bible
For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counselor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

New Heart English Bible
When I look, there is no man; even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask of them, can answer a word.

World English Bible
When I look, there is no man; even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask of them, can answer a word.

American King James Version
For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counselor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

American Standard Version
And when I look, there is no man: even among them there is no counsellor, that, when I ask of them, can answer a word.

A Faithful Version
For I looked, and there was no man; and there was no counselor among them, that I might ask and be given an answer.

Darby Bible Translation
And 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.

English Revised Version
And when I look, there is no man; even among them there is no counsellor, that, when I ask of them, can answer a word.

Webster's Bible Translation
For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counselor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
But when I behelde, there was none, and when I inquired of them, there was no counsellor, and when I demaunded of them, they answered not a woorde.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
But when I consider, there is not a man among them, nor any that can geue counsayle, nor that when I examine them that can aunswere one worde.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But when I cosidre: there is not one amonge the yt prophecieth, nether (when I axe him) yt answereth one worde.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And I see that there is no man, "" Indeed, of these that there is no counselor, "" And I ask them, and they return word:

Young's Literal Translation
And I see that there is no man, Yea, of these that there is no counsellor, And I ask them, and they return word:

Smith's Literal Translation
And I shall see, and no man; and from these, and no counselor; and I shall ask them, and they will not turn back a word.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I saw, and there was no one even among them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And I saw, and there was no one among any of them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
I looked and there was no man who thought upon these things, that I would ask them and they would give me an answer

Lamsa Bible
For I beheld, and there was no man who could meditate about these things, that I might ask him, and that he might give me an answer.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And I look, but there is no man; Even among them, but there is no counsellor, That, when I ask of them, can give an answer.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For from among the nations, behold, there was no one; and of their idols there was none to declare anything: and if I should ask them, Whence are ye? they could not answer me.
















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