Isaiah 50:2
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50:2Why does no one challenge me when I come?
Why does no one respond when I call?4
Is my hand too weak5 to deliver6 you?
Do I lack the power to rescue you?
Look, with a mere shout7 I can dry up the sea;
I can turn streams into a desert,
so the fish rot away and die
from lack of water.8
Footnotes
- 4 The present tense translation of the verbs assumes that the Lord is questioning why Israel does not attempt to counter his arguments. Another possibility is to take the verbs as referring to past events: “Why did no one meet me when I came? Why did no one answer when I called?” In this case the Lord might be asking why Israel rejected his calls to repent and his offer to deliver them.
- 5 Heb “short” (so , , ).
- 6 Or “ransom” (, , ).
- 7 Heb “with my rebuke.”
- 8 Heb “the fish stink from lack of water and die from thirst.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
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.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Why was there no man when I came,
no one who answered when I called?
Do I lack the strength to save?
Or is there no power in me to deliver?
Look! by my rebuke I dry up the sea;
I make the rivers a desert;
their fish stink because there is no water,
and they die because of thirst.
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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.
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