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Isaiah 42

Isa. 42:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thus saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
God
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, he that created
bara' (Hebrew #1254)
(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
KJV usage: choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).
Pronounce: baw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
the heavens
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
, and stretched them out
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
; he that spread forth
raqa` (Hebrew #7554)
to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)
KJV usage: beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.
Pronounce: raw-kah'
Origin: a primitive root
the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, and that which cometh out
tse'etsa' (Hebrew #6631)
issue, i.e. produce, children
KJV usage: that which cometh forth (out), offspring.
Pronounce: tseh-ets-aw'
Origin: from 3318
of it; he that giveth
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
breath
nshamah (Hebrew #5397)
a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal
KJV usage: blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit.
Pronounce: nesh-aw-maw'
Origin: from 5395
unto the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
upon it, and spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
to them that walk
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
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Ministry on This Verse

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he that created.
Isa. 40:12,22,28• 12Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the heavens with his span, and grasped the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills in scales?
 22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a gauze curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
 28Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not nor tireth? There is no searching of his understanding. (Isa. 40:12,22,28)
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Isa. 44:24• 24Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, the maker of all things; who alone stretched out the heavens, who did spread forth the earth by myself; (Isa. 44:24)
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Isa. 45:12,18• 12It is I that have made the earth, and created man upon it; it is I, my hands, that have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
 18For thus saith Jehovah who created the heavens, God himself who formed the earth and made it, he who established it,--not as waste did he create it: he formed it to be inhabited:--I am Jehovah, and there is none else. (Isa. 45:12,18)
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Isa. 48:13• 13Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread abroad the heavens: I call unto them, they stand up together. (Isa. 48:13)
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Psa. 102:25‑26• 25Of old hast thou founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands:
 26*They* shall perish, but *thou* continuest; and all of them shall grow old as a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed. (Psa. 102:25‑26)
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Psa. 104:2‑35• 2Covering thyself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent-curtain;--
 3Who layeth the beams of his upper chambers in the waters, who maketh clouds his chariot, who walketh upon the wings of the wind;
 4Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flame of fire.
 5He laid the earth upon its foundations: it shall not be removed for ever.
 6Thou hadst covered it with the deep, as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains:
 7At thy rebuke they fled, at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away;--
 8The mountains rose, the valleys sank, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them;--
 9Thou hast set a bound which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.
 10He sendeth the springs into the valleys: they run among the mountains;
 11They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst.
 12The birds of heaven dwell by them; they give forth their voice from among the branches.
 13He watereth the mountains from his upper-chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
 14He maketh the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; bringing forth bread out of the earth,
 15And wine which gladdeneth the heart of man; making his face shine with oil; and with bread he strengtheneth man's heart.
 16The trees of Jehovah are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted,
 17Where the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
 18The high mountains are for the wild goats; the cliffs, a refuge for the rock-badgers.
 19He made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth its going down.
 20Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth:
 21The young lions roar after the prey, and to seek their food from *God.
 22The sun ariseth, they retreat, and lay them down in their dens.
 23Man goeth forth unto his work, and to his labour until the evening.
 24How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
 25Yonder is the great and wide sea: therein are moving things innumerable, living creatures small and great.
 26There go the ships; there that leviathan, which thou hast formed to play therein.
 27These all look unto thee, that thou mayest give their food in its season:
 28That thou givest unto them, they gather; thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good.
 29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath, they expire and return to their dust.
 30Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, and thou renewest the face of the earth.
 31The glory of Jehovah will endure for ever; Jehovah will rejoice in his works.
 32He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.
 33I will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live; I will sing psalms to my God while I have my being.
 34My meditation shall be pleasant unto him; I will rejoice in Jehovah.
 35Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth, and the wicked shall be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Hallelujah! (Psa. 104:2‑35)
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Jer. 10:12• 12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding. (Jer. 10:12)
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Jer. 32:17• 17Alas, Lord Jehovah! Behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and stretched-out arm; there is nothing too hard for thee: (Jer. 32:17)
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Amos 9:6• 6It is he that buildeth his upper chambers in the heavens, and hath founded his vault upon the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: Jehovah is his name. (Amos 9:6)
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Zech. 12:1• 1The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Thus saith Jehovah, who stretcheth out the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him: (Zech. 12:1)
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Heb. 1:2,10‑12• 2at the end of these days has spoken to us in the person of the Son, whom he has established heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
 10And, *Thou* in the beginning, Lord, hast founded the earth, and works of thy hands are the heavens.
 11They shall perish, but *thou* continuest still; and they all shall grow old as a garment,
 12and as a covering shalt thou roll them up, and they shall be changed; but *thou* art the Same, and thy years shall not fail. (Heb. 1:2,10‑12)
he that spread.
Gen. 1:10‑12,24‑25• 10And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
 11And God said, Let the earth cause grass to spring up, herb producing seed, fruit-trees yielding fruit after their kind, the seed of which is in them, on the earth. And it was so.
 12And the earth brought forth grass, herb producing seed after its kind, and trees yielding fruit, the seed of which is in them, after their kind. And God saw that it was good.
 24And God said, Let the earth bring forth living souls after their kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth, after their kind. And it was so.
 25And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind. And God saw that it was good. (Gen. 1:10‑12,24‑25)
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Psa. 24:1‑2• 1Of David. A Psalm. The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
 2For it was he that founded it upon seas, and established it upon floods. (Psa. 24:1‑2)
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Psa. 136:6• 6To him that stretched out the earth above the waters, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever; (Psa. 136:6)
he that giveth.
Gen. 2:7• 7And Jehovah Elohim formed Man, dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and Man became a living soul. (Gen. 2:7)
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Job 12:10• 10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man. (Job 12:10)
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Job 27:3• 3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of +God is in my nostrils, (Job 27:3)
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Job 33:4• 4The Spirit of *God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. (Job 33:4)
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Job 34:14• 14If he only thought of himself, and gathered unto him his spirit and his breath, (Job 34:14)
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Psa. 33:6• 6By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. (Psa. 33:6)
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Dan. 5:23• 23but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of the heavens; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: (Dan. 5:23)
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Acts 17:25• 25nor is served by men's hands as needing something, himself giving to all life and breath and all things; (Acts 17:25)
• Our attention having been called to this true Servant, we have in verses 5-9 words prophetically addressed to Him. (“Isaiah 42” by F.B. Hole)
• Not only are the heavens and the earth the work of His hands but mankind also. He has given us not only the breath of our bodies but also the spirit, that is man’s distinguishing feature in contrast to the beasts. (“Isaiah 42” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thus saith *God, Jehovah, he that created the heavens and stretched them out, he that spread forth the earth and its productions, he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: