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Isaiah 41

Isa. 41:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, ye are θof nothing
'ayin (Hebrew #369)
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
KJV usage: else, except, fail, (father-)less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare 370.
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist
, and your work
po`al (Hebrew #6467)
an act or work (concretely)
KJV usage: act, deed, do, getting, maker, work.
Pronounce: po'-al
Origin: from 6466
κof nought
'epha` (Hebrew #659)
properly, a breath, i.e. nothing
KJV usage: of nought.
Pronounce: eh'-fah
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to breathe
: an abomination
tow`ebah (Hebrew #8441)
feminine active participle of 8581; properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
KJV usage: abominable (custom, thing), abomination.
Pronounce: to-ay-baw'
Origin: or tonebah {to-ay-baw'}
is he that chooseth
bachar (Hebrew #977)
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
KJV usage: acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
Pronounce: baw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
you.
θ
or, worse than nothing.
κ
or, worse than of a viper.

Cross References

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ye are.
Isa. 41:29• 29Behold, they [are] all vanity: their works [are] nought: their molten images [are] wind and confusion. (Isa. 41:29)
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Isa. 44:9‑10• 9They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses: they see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed.
 10Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image [that] is profitable for nothing? (Isa. 44:9‑10)
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Psa. 115:8• 8Like them are those making them,{HR}Every one who confideth in them. (Psa. 115:8)
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Jer. 10:8,14• 8But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock.
 14Every man is become brutish, bereft of knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. (Jer. 10:8,14)
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Jer. 51:17‑18• 17Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
 18They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. (Jer. 51:17‑18)
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1 Cor. 8:4• 4Concerning the eating, then, of the things sacrificed to idols, we know that [there is] no idol in [the] world, and that [there is] no God save one. (1 Cor. 8:4)
of nothing.
or, worse than nothing.
of nought.
or, worsethan of a viper.
an abomination.
Isa. 66:24• 24And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorrence unto all flesh. (Isa. 66:24)
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Deut. 7:26• 26And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. (Deut. 7:26)
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Deut. 27:15• 15Cursed, be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination to Jehovah, a work of the craftsman's hand, and putteth it up secretly! And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. (Deut. 27:15)
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Rev. 17:5• 5and upon her forehead a name written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. (Rev. 17:5)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Behold, ye are less than nothing, and your workc is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you. …

JND Translation Notes

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Poal; as ch. 5.12.

W. Kelly Translation

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Behold, ye [are] of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination [is he that] chooseth you.