Isaiah 41:5

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“The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.”

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BSBPD

“The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“The isles have seen, and fear; the ends of the earth tremble; they draw near, and come.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Seen have isles and fear, ends of the earth tremble, They have drawn near, yea, they come.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 41:5 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 10:5From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.
  2. Exodus 15:14The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
  3. Joshua 2:10For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.
  4. Joshua 5:1Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.
  5. Psalms 65:8Those who live far away fear Your wonders; You make the dawn and sunset shout for joy.
  6. Psalms 65:9You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
  7. Psalms 66:3Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
  8. Psalms 67:7God blesses us, that all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.
  9. Ezekiel 26:15This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan at the slaughter in your midst?

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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