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Isaiah 50:2

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2Why was there no man when I came,

no one who answered when I called?

Do I lack the strength to save?a

Or is there no power in me to deliver?

Look! by my rebuke I dry up the sea;

I makeb the rivers a desert;

their fish stink because there is no water,

and theyc die because of thirst.

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Footnotes

  1. aLiterally “short is short my hand from redemption”
  2. bLiterally “put”
  3. cHebrew “she”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Why, when I came, was there no man;

why, when I called, was there no one to answer?

Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?

Or have I no power to deliver?

Behold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea,

I make the rivers a desert;

their fish stink for lack of water

and die of thirst.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When I came, why was there no one?

When I called, why was there no one to answer?

Was my arm too short to deliver you?

Do I lack the strength to rescue you?

By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea,

I turn rivers into a desert;

their fish rot for lack of water

and die of thirst.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Why was no one there when I came?

Why was there no one to answer when I called?

Is my arm too weak to redeem?

Or do I have no power to rescue?

Look, I dry up the sea by my rebuke;

I turn the rivers into a wilderness;

their fish rot because of lack of water

and die of thirst.

NLTNew Living Translation

Why was no one there when I came?

Why didn’t anyone answer when I called?

Is it because I have no power to rescue?

No, that is not the reason!

For I can speak to the sea and make it dry up!

I can turn rivers into deserts covered with dying fish.

KJV 1900King James Version

Wherefore, when I came, was there no man?

When I called, was there none to answer?

Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem?

Or have I no power to deliver?

Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea,

I make the rivers a wilderness:

Their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.