Isaiah 41:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.”
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“When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For 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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And I see that there is no man, Yea, of these that there is no counsellor, And I ask them, and they return word:”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 41:28 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 40:13Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?
- Isaiah 50:2Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
- Isaiah 59:16He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.
- Isaiah 63:5I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me.
- Daniel 2:10The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.
- Daniel 4:7When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, and they could not interpret it for me.
- Daniel 5:8So all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the inscription or interpret it for him.
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