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Isaiah 41:8–9

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8“But you, Israel, aMy servant,

Jacob whom I have chosen,

Seed of bAbraham My cfriend,

9You whom I have 1astrongly taken hold of from the ends of the earth,

And called from its bremotest parts

And said to you, ‘You are cMy servant,

I have dchosen you and not rejected you.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Normally taken hold of, but cf. 41:7

Cross references

  1. aIs 42:19; 43:10; 44:1, 2, 21
  2. bIs 29:22; 51:2; 63:16
  3. c2 Chr 20:7; James 2:23
  4. aIs 11:11
  5. bIs 43:5–7
  6. cIs 42:1; 44:1
  7. dDeut 7:6; 14:2; Ps 135:4

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But you, Israel, my servant,

Jacob, whom I have chosen,

the offspring of Abraham, my friend;

you whom I took from the ends of the earth,

and called from its farthest corners,

saying to you, “You are my servant,

I have chosen you and not cast you off”;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“But you, Israel, my servant,

Jacob, whom I have chosen,

you descendants of Abraham my friend,

I took you from the ends of the earth,

from its farthest corners I called you.

I said, ‘You are my servant’;

I have chosen you and have not rejected you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But you, Israel, my servant,

Jacob, whom I have chosen,

descendant of Abraham, my friend—

I brought you from the ends of the earth

and called you from its farthest corners.

I said to you: You are my servant;

I have chosen you; I haven’t rejected you.

NLTNew Living Translation

“But as for you, Israel my servant,

Jacob my chosen one,

descended from Abraham my friend,

I have called you back from the ends of the earth,

saying, ‘You are my servant.’

For I have chosen you

and will not throw you away.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen,

you, the offspring of Abraham my friend,

you whom I grasped from the ends of the earth

and called from its remotest parts

and told, “You are my servant;

I have chosen you and I have not rejected you.”

KJV 1900King James Version

But thou, Israel, art my servant,

Jacob whom I have chosen,

The seed of Abraham my friend.

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.