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Isaiah 51:12

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51:12“I, I am the one who consoles you.33

Why are you afraid of mortal men,

of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass?34

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Footnotes

  1. 33 The plural suffix should probably be emended to the second masculine singular (which is used in v. 13). The final mem (ם) is probably dittographic; note the mem at the beginning of the next word.
  2. 34 Heb “Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, and of the son of man who [as] grass is given up?” The feminine singular forms should probably be emended to the masculine singular (see v. 13). They have probably been influenced by the construction אַתְּ־הִיא (’at-hi’) in vv. 9–10.

In other versions

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;