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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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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 comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills in scales?
 22[It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof [are] as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a veil, 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, neither is weary? [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]; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; (Isa. 44:24)
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Isa. 45:12,18• 12I have made the earth, and created man upon it; I, [even] my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
 18For thus saith Jehovah that created the heavens, God himself that formed the earth and made it; he that established it, not a waste he created 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 out 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,{HR}And the heavens [are] the work of thy hands.
 26They shall perish, and thou shalt endure;{HR}And all of them as the garment shall wax old;{HR}As the vesture shalt thou change them,{HR}And they shall be changed. (Psa. 102:25‑26)
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Psa. 104:2‑35• 2Wearing light as the robe,{HR}Spreading heavens as the curtains;
 3Who frameth his chambers in the waters,{HR}Who maketh clouds his chariot (vehicle),{HR}Who walketh on wings of wind;
 4Making his angels spirits,{HR}His ministers a flaming fire.
 5He founded earth on its bases:{HR}It shall not be removed ever and ever.
 6With the deep as the garment thou didst cover it;{HR}Upon the mountains stood waters;
 7At thy rebuke they fled,{HR}At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
 8Mountains rose, valleys sank,{HR}Unto this place thou hast founded for them:
 9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass,{HR}That they return not to cover the earth.
 10He sendeth springs into the valleys:{HR}Between mountains they walk:
 11They give drink to every beast of the field:{HR}Wild asses quench their thirst.
 12By them birds of the heavens dwell;{HR}From among branches they give voice.
 13He watereth mountains from his chambers;{HR}From fruit of thy works is the earth satisfied.
 14He causeth to grow grass for the cattle{HR}And herb for the service of man,{HR}To bring forth bread from the earth;
 15And wine that gladdeneth man's heart,{HR}To make [his] face shine with oil;{HR}And bread upholdeth man's heart.
 16Satisfied are Jehovah's trees,{HR}Cedars of Lebanon which he planted,
 17Where small birds nestle:{HR}[For] stork, firs [are] her house.
 18The high mountains [are] for the wild goats,{HR}Crags a refuge for the rock-badgers.
 19He made moon for seasons;{HR}Sun knoweth its down-going.
 20Thou settest darkness, and it is night,{HR}Wherein every beast of the forest moveth forth.
 21The young lions roar for the prey,{HR}And for seeking their food from God .
 22The sun ariseth,{HR}They retire and lie down in their lairs.
 23Man goeth forth unto his work{HR}And unto his service until evening.
 24How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah!{HR}In wisdom hast thou wrought them all:{HR}The earth is full of thy riches.
 25Yonder [is] the sea, great and wide,{HR}Moving things there and without number,{HR}Living creatures small and great:
 26There ships go,{HR}This leviathan thou hast made to play therein;
 27All of them wait on thee{HR}To give [them] their food in its season.
 28Thou givest to them, they gather;{HR}Thou openest thy hand,{HR}They are satisfied with good.
 29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled;{HR}Thou withdrawest their breath,{HR}They expire and return to their dust.
 30Thou sendest thy spirit,{HR}They are created;{HR}And thou renewest the face of the ground.
 31Let Jehovah's glory be forever;{HR}Let Jehovah rejoice in his works.
 32He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth;{HR}He toucheth mountains, and they smoke.
 33I will sing unto Jehovah while I live,{HR}I will sing psalms unto my God while I have being.
 34My meditation on him will be sweet;{HR}I will rejoice in Jehovah.
 35Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth,{HR}And wicked men shall be no more.{HR}Bless Jehovah, my soul. Praise ye Jah. (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• 17Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and 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 for Israel, saith Jehovah, which stretcheth forth 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 spoke to us in a Son, whom he constituted heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
 10And, Thou in the beginning, Lord, foundedst the earth, and the heavens are works of thy hands.
 11They shall perish, but thou continuest; and they all shall grow old as a garment,
 12and as a covering thou shalt 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 sprout grass, 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 sprouted 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 creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the field, after its kind. And it was so.
 25And God made beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after its 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• 1A Psalm of David.{HR}To Jehovah [belongeth] the earth and its fullness,{HR}The world and those who dwell in it.
 2For he hath founded it upon the seas,{HR}And upon the rivers he establisheth it. (Psa. 24:1‑2)
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Psa. 136:6• 6To him that spread the earth upon the waters;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever. (Psa. 136:6)
he that giveth.
Gen. 2:7• 7And Jehovah Elohim formed Man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils 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,{HR}And the spirit of all flesh of men? (Job 12:10)
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Job 27:3• 3All the while thy breath [is] in me,{HR}And God’s spirit in my nostrils, (Job 27:3)
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Job 33:4• 4The Spirit of God [El] hath made me,{HR}And the breath of Shaddai gave me life. (Job 33:4)
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Job 34:14• 14If he should set his heart on himself —{HR}Gather to himself his spirit and his breath, (Job 34:14)
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Psa. 33:6• 6By the word of Jehovah the heavens were made,{HR}And all their host 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 heaven; 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 he served by human hands as needing something more, 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:

W. Kelly Translation

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Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein.