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Isaiah 51:12

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What Are You Afraid of—or Who?

12–16“I, I’m the One comforting you.

What are you afraid of—or who?

Some man or woman who’ll soon be dead?

Some poor wretch destined for dust?

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

“I, I am he who comforts you;

who are you that you are afraid of man who dies,

of the son of man who is made like grass,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“I, even I, am he who comforts you.

Who are you that you fear mere mortals,

human beings who are but grass,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I—I am the one who comforts you.

Who are you that you should fear humans who die,

or a son of man who is given up like grass?

NLTNew Living Translation

“I, yes I, am the one who comforts you.

So why are you afraid of mere humans,

who wither like the grass and disappear?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“I, I am he who comforts you;

who are you that you are afraid of man? He dies!

And of the son of humankind? He is sacrificed as grass!

KJV 1900King James Version

I, even I, am he that comforteth you:

Who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die,

And of the son of man which shall be made as grass;