Isaiah 41:10
41:9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
KJV
Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Fear you not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
What does Isaiah 41:10 mean?
God steadies his fearful people with a fourfold assurance — his presence, his covenant relationship, and his promise to strengthen, help, and uphold them.
"Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."
Context
Isaiah 40-41 comforts a people facing exile and the seeming triumph of the nations and their idols. Against that fear, God speaks to "Israel my servant" (Isaiah 41:8-9), grounding courage not in their strength but in his.
Key words
Two commands — "fear not," "be not dismayed" — are answered by two declarations of relationship — "I am with thee," "I am thy God" — and then three promises: "strengthen," "help," "uphold." The "right hand of my righteousness" pictures God's powerful, faithful hand holding his people up.
How it has been read
Generations have found here a steadying word for anxiety: the antidote to fear is not the absence of danger but the presence of God. The basis is covenantal — "I am thy God" — which Christians hear fulfilled in the Immanuel, "God with us" (Matthew 1:23), who promises, "I am with you alway" (Matthew 28:20).
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Cross-references
Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
1 Samuel 19:17And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
1 Samuel 22:7Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
1 Samuel 23:19Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? on: Heb. on the right hand Jeshimon: or, the wilderness
Nehemiah 6:13Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
Isaiah 2:12For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
2 Peter 3:17Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
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Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 41:10.
And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. displeased: was evil in his eyes
Joshua 1:7Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. prosper: or, do wisely
Frequently asked questions
What does Isaiah 41:10 say?
Isaiah 41:10 (King James Version) reads: "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."
Is Isaiah 41:10 in the Old or New Testament?
Isaiah 41:10 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.
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