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New American Standard Bible (1995)

Isaiah 41:3

"He pursues them, passing on in safety, By a way he had not been traversing with his feet.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Persia;   Scofield Reference Index - Gospel;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Predestination;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dan (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Election;   Machpelah;   Micah, Book of;   Righteousness;   Servant of the Lord;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Isa'iah, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Meter in the Bible;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He pursues them, going on safely,hardly touching the path with his feet.
Hebrew Names Version
He pursues them, and passes on safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
King James Version
He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.
English Standard Version
He pursues them and passes on safely, by paths his feet have not trod.
New American Standard Bible
"He pursues them, passing on in safety, By a way he had not been traversing with his feet.
New Century Version
He chases them and is never hurt, going places he has never been before.
Amplified Bible
"He (Cyrus) pursues them and passes along safely, By a way his feet had not traveled before.
World English Bible
He pursues them, and passes on safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He pursued them, and passed safely by the way that he had not gone with his feete.
Legacy Standard Bible
He pursues them, passing on in peace,By a way he had not come with his feet.
Berean Standard Bible
He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.
Contemporary English Version
He goes after them so quickly that his feet barely touch the ground— he doesn't even get hurt.
Complete Jewish Bible
He pursues them, passing on unscathed, hardly touching the path with his feet.
Darby Translation
He pursued them, he passed on in safety, by a way he had never come with his feet.
Easy-to-Read Version
He chases armies and is never hurt. He goes places he has never been before.
George Lamsa Translation
He shall pursue them, then make peace; and he shall not pass that way on foot.
Good News Translation
He follows in pursuit and marches safely on, so fast that he hardly touches the ground!
Lexham English Bible
He pursues them and passes on in peace; he does not enter the path with his feet.
Literal Translation
He pursues them; he passes on in peace; he does not go by the way with his feet.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He foloweth vpon them, and goeth safely himself, and cometh in no footpath with his fete.
American Standard Version
He pursueth them, and passeth on safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
Bible in Basic English
He goes after them safely, not touching the road with his feet.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He pursueth them, and passeth on safely; the way with his feet he treadeth not.
King James Version (1611)
He pursued them, and passed safely; euen by the way, that hee had not gone with his feete.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He foloweth vpon them, and goeth safely him selfe, & that in a way where before his foote had not troden.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he shall pursue them; the way of his feet shall proceed in peace.
English Revised Version
He pursueth them, and passeth on safely; even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He schal pursue hem, he schal go in pees; a path schal not appere in hise feet.
Update Bible Version
He pursues them, and passes on safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
Webster's Bible Translation
He pursued them, [and] passed safely; [even] by the way [that] he had not gone with his feet.
New English Translation
He pursues them and passes by unharmed; he advances with great speed.
New King James Version
Who pursued them, and passed safely By the way that he had not gone with his feet?
New Living Translation
He chases them away and goes on safely, though he is walking over unfamiliar ground.
New Life Bible
He goes after them and is safe as he passes, on paths he has not gone on before.
New Revised Standard
He pursues them and passes on safely, scarcely touching the path with his feet.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He pursued them passed along safely, - Upon the path of his own feet, entered he not?
Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall pursue them, he shall pass in peace, no path shall appear after his feet.
Revised Standard Version
He pursues them and passes on safely, by paths his feet have not trod.
Young's Literal Translation
He pursueth them, he passeth over in safety A path with his feet he entereth not.

Contextual Overview

1 "Coastlands, listen to Me in silence, And let the peoples gain new strength; Let them come forward, then let them speak; Let us come together for judgment. 2 "Who has aroused one from the east Whom He calls in righteousness to His feet? He delivers up nations before him And subdues kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, As the wind-driven chaff with his bow. 3 "He pursues them, passing on in safety, By a way he had not been traversing with his feet.4 "Who has performed and accomplished it, Calling forth the generations from the beginning? 'I, the LORD, am the first, and with the last. I am He.'" 5 The coastlands have seen and are afraid; The ends of the earth tremble; They have drawn near and have come. 6 Each one helps his neighbor And says to his brother, "Be strong!" 7 So the craftsman encourages the smelter, And he who smooths metal with the hammer encourages him who beats the anvil, Saying of the soldering, "It is good"; And he fastens it with nails, So that it will not totter. 8 "But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, Descendant of Abraham My friend, 9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called from its remotest parts And said to you, 'You are My servant, I have chosen you and not rejected you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

safely: Heb. in peace, Isaiah 57:2, Job 5:24

Reciprocal: Genesis 14:14 - armed Genesis 14:15 - smote Isaiah 42:16 - lead Hebrews 7:1 - the slaughter Revelation 16:12 - that the

Cross-References

Genesis 41:4
The ugly and gaunt cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke.
Genesis 41:20
and the lean and ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows.
Genesis 41:21
"Yet when they had devoured them, it could not be detected that they had devoured them, for they were just as ugly as before. Then I awoke.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He pursued them, and passed safely..... Went on in his work, pursued his great design in subduing the souls of men, and bringing them to the obedience of Christ; and though he had so many enemies, he "passed on safely"; God did not suffer them to set upon him, to do him any harm, even though he was exposed to perils by sea and land, by thieves and robbers, by his own countrymen and Heathens, in city and country, and even by false brethren; see Acts 18:10, it is in the future tense, "he shall pursue them, he shall pass safely" i; or in peace:

even by the way that he had not gone with his feet; travelling in foreign parts, in distant countries, in tracks of land unknown unto him; where he had never been before, even from Jerusalem round about to Illyricum, fully preaching the Gospel of Christ, Romans 15:19.

i ירדפם "persequetur", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus; "transibit", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He pursued them - When they were driven away. He followed on, and devoted them to discomfiture and ruin.

And passed safely - Margin, as Hebrew, ‘In peace.’ That is, he followed them uninjured; they had no power to rally, he was not led into ambush, and he was safe as far as he chose to pursue them.

Even by the way that he had not gone with his feet - By a way that he had not been accustomed to march; in an unusual journey; in a land of strangers. Cyrus had passed his early years on the east of the Euphrates. In his conquests he crossed that river, and extended his march beyond even the river Halys to the western extremity of Asia, and even to Egypt and the Red Sea. The idea here is, that he had not traveled in these regions until he did it for purposes of conquest - an idea which is strictly in accordance with the truth of history.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 41:3. And passed safely - "He passeth in safety"] The preposition seems to have been omitted in the text by mistake; the Septuagint and Vulgate seem to have had it in their copies; εν ειρηνη, to pace, בשלום beshalom, "prosperously." It is so in one of De Rossi's MSS.


 
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