Isaiah 43:5

New American Standard Bible (1995)

"Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, And gather you from the west.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Do not fear, for I am with you;I will bring your descendants from the east,and gather you from the west.

Hebrew Names Version
Don't be afraid; for I am with you: I will bring your seed from the east, and gather you from the west;

King James Version
Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

English Standard Version
Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you.

New American Standard Bible
"Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, And gather you from the west.

New Century Version
Don't be afraid, because I am with you. I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west.

Amplified Bible
"Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east [where they are scattered], And gather you from the west.

World English Bible
Don't be afraid; for I am with you: I will bring your seed from the east, and gather you from the west;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Feare not, for I am with thee: I will bring thy seede from the East, and gather thee from the West.

Legacy Standard Bible
Do not fear, for I am with you;I will bring your seed from the east,And gather you from the west.

Berean Standard Bible
Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and gather you from the west.

Contemporary English Version
Don't be afraid! I am with you. From both east and west I will bring you together.

Complete Jewish Bible
Don't be afraid, for I am with you. I will bring your descendants from the east, and I will gather you from the west;

Darby Translation
Fear not, for I [am] with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

Easy-to-Read Version
"So don't be afraid, because I am with you. I will gather your children and bring them to you. I will gather them from the east and from the west.

George Lamsa Translation
Fear not; for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, and gather you from the west;

Good News Translation
Do not be afraid—I am with you! "From the distant east and the farthest west I will bring your people home.

Lexham English Bible
You must not fear, for I am with you. I will bring your offspring from the east, and I will gather you from the west.

Literal Translation
Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your seed from the east, and I will gather you from the west.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
that thou shuldest not feare, for I was with the. I wil bringe thy sede from the east, and gather the together from the west.

American Standard Version
Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

Bible in Basic English
Have no fear, for I am with you: I will take your seed from the east, and get you together from the west;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Fear not, for I am with thee; I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

King James Version (1611)
Feare not, for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the East, and gather thee from the West.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Feare not, for I am with thee, I will bryng thy seede from the east, and gather thee together from the west.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and will gather thee from the west.

English Revised Version
Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Nyle thou drede, for Y am with thee; Y schal brynge thi seed fro the eest, and Y schal gadere thee togidere fro the west.

Update Bible Version
Don't be afraid; for I am with you: I will bring your seed from the east, and gather you from the west;

Webster's Bible Translation
Fear not: for I [am] with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

New English Translation
Don't be afraid, for I am with you. From the east I will bring your descendants; from the west I will gather you.

New King James Version
Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, And gather you from the west;

New Living Translation
"Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will gather you and your children from east and west.

New Life Bible
Do not fear, for I am with you. I will bring your children from the east, and I will gather you from the west.

New Revised Standard
Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Do not fear for, with thee, I am, - From the East, will I bring in thy seed, And, from the West, will I gather thee:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Fear not, for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west.

Revised Standard Version
Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you;

Young's Literal Translation
Be not afraid, for I [am] with thee, From the east I bring in thy seed, And from the west I gather thee.

THE MESSAGE
"So don't be afraid: I'm with you. I'll round up all your scattered children, pull them in from east and west. I'll send orders north and south: ‘Send them back. Return my sons from distant lands, my daughters from faraway places. I want them back, every last one who bears my name, every man, woman, and child Whom I created for my glory, yes, personally formed and made each one.'"

Contextual Overview

¹ But now, thus says the LORD, your Creator, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel, "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine! ² "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you. ³ "For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place. ⁴ "Since you are precious in My sight, Since you are honored and I love you, I will give other men in your place and other peoples in exchange for your life. ⁵ "Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, And gather you from the west.⁶ "I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' And to the south, 'Do not hold them back.' Bring My sons from afar And My daughters from the ends of the earth, ⁷ Everyone who is called by My name, And whom I have created for My glory, Whom I have formed, even whom I have made."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Fear not: Isaiah 43:2, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 41:14, Isaiah 44:2, Jeremiah 30:10, Jeremiah 30:11, Jeremiah 46:27, Jeremiah 46:28, Acts 18:9, Acts 18:10

I will: Isaiah 11:11, Isaiah 11:12, Isaiah 27:12, Isaiah 27:13, Isaiah 49:12, Isaiah 60:1-11, Isaiah 66:19, Isaiah 66:20, Deuteronomy 30:3, 1 Kings 8:46-51, Psalms 22:27-31, Psalms 106:47, Psalms 107:3, Jeremiah 30:18, Jeremiah 30:19, Jeremiah 31:8, Jeremiah 31:9, Ezekiel 36:24-27, Ezekiel 37:21-28, Ezekiel 39:25-29, Micah 2:12, Zechariah 8:7, Luke 13:29, John 10:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:1 - Fear Genesis 26:3 - I will be Deuteronomy 3:2 - Fear Joshua 1:9 - for the Lord Joshua 11:1 - he sent Isaiah 49:18 - all these Isaiah 54:3 - thou shalt Isaiah 54:7 - with Jeremiah 23:3 - General Jeremiah 23:8 - General Jeremiah 42:11 - for I Joel 3:7 - I will Luke 1:28 - the Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 42:38
But Jacob said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should befall him on the journey you are taking, then you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow."

Genesis 44:26
"But we said, 'We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down; for we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.'

Exodus 20:12
"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Fear not, for I am with thee,.... With thy ministers that preach the everlasting Gospel, to make it effectual to the conversion of many everywhere, as well as to bear thee up under all trials, and to cause thee to stand against all opposition:

I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; which is to be understood not literally of the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity; for these several quarters, east, west, north, and south, will hardly agree with that, though it may be supposed they were scattered in several countries; but spiritually of the gathering in of God's elect, whether Jews or Gentiles, which were scattered abroad throughout the world, called the "seed" of the church, because born to her, and brought up in her, and of which she consists; and therefore she herself is said to be gathered, converts being brought in from all quarters; from the "east", even from India, where the Apostle Thomas is said to preach the Gospel, and from other "eastern" countries; and from the "west", from the European nations, good part of which lay west of Judea. Our Lord seems to have respect to this passage in Matthew 8:12.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Fear not - (see the note at Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 41:14; compare Isaiah 43:1).

I will bring thy seed - Thy children; thy descendants. The sense is, I will re-collect my scattered people from all parts of the world. The passage appears to have been taken from Deuteronomy 30:3, where God promises to gather his people together again if they should be scattered among the nations, and should then repent. Vitringa understands this of the spiritual descendants of the Jews, or of those who should believe on the Messiah among the Gentiles, and who should become the people of God. But the more natural interpretation is, to refer it to the Jews who were scattered abroad during the exile at Babylon, and as a promise to re-collect them again in their own land.

From the east ... - From all parts of the earth; from all lands where they were scattered. That they were driven to other places than Babylon on the invasion of their land by the Chaldeans, is abundantly manifest in the historical records Jeremiah 9:16; Ezekiel 5:12; Ezekiel 17:21; Amos 9:9; Zechariah 2:6.