Isaiah 41:12
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 thing of nought.
††Thou shalt seeke them, and shalt not find them, euen them that contended with thee: they that warre against thee shalbe as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. the men of thy contention.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. the men of thy warre.
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- Psalms 37:35–36Rank 1 from verse 12
35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
36Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
35‖I haue seene the wicked in great power: and spreading himselfe like a greene bay tree.
36Yet he passed away, and loe he was not: yea, I sought him, but hee could not be found.
- Job 20:7–9Rank 2 from verse 12
7Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
9The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
7 Yet he shall perish for euer, like his owne doung: they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is he?
8He shall flie away as a dreame, and shall not be found: yea he shalbe chased away as a vision of the night.
9The eye also which saw him, shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
- Isaiah 17:14Rank 3 from verse 12
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Isaiah 41:12
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.
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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of contend. Sense 1: To strive against or oppose, whether in battle, dispute, or judgment. Sense 2: To strive earnestly for or in support of a person or cause.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Armed conflict. Sense 2: As a verb, to fight or contend.
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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Nothing, no thing, no value, no effect, no result, or no payment or cost; to come or be brought to nought is to fail, perish, or be made ineffective, and to set one at nought is to despise, reject, or treat as worthless.
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11Behold, 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.
11*†Behold, all they that were incensed against thee, shalbe ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing, and they that striue with thee, shall perish.
12Thou 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 thing of nought.
12††Thou shalt seeke them, and shalt not find them, euen them that contended with thee: they that warre against thee shalbe as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
Selected passage13For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
13For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying vnto thee, Feare not, I will helpe thee.