Isaiah 41:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.”
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“You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contend with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Thou seekest them, and findest them not, The men who debate with thee, They are as nothing, yea, as nothing, The men who war with thee.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 41:12 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 20:7he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
- Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
- Isaiah 17:14In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.
- Isaiah 29:8as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
- Isaiah 49:25Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.
- Zephaniah 3:19Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.
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