Isaiah 40 · Verse 27

Isaiah 40:27

Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
Isaiah 40:27, King James Version

Isaiah 40:27 in other translations

BSBWhy do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
WEBWhy do you say, Jacob, and speak, Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and the justice due me is disregarded by my God”?
ASVWhy sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice due to me is passed away from my God?
YLTWhy sayest thou, O Jacob? and speakest thou, O Israel? ‘My way hath been hid from Jehovah, And from my God my judgment passeth over.'
DARBYWhy sayest thou, Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and my right is passed away from my God?
BBEWhy do you say, O Jacob, such words as these, O Israel, The Lord's eyes are not on my way, and my God gives no attention to my cause?
WebsterWhy sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over by my God?

What does Isaiah 40:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. Since these things are so, thou hast no reason to think that thine interest ("way," that is, condition, Psa 37:5; Jr 12:1) is disregarded by God. judgment is passed over from--rather, "My cause is neglected by my God; He passes by my case in my bondage and distress without noticing it." my God--who especially might be expected to care for me.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 40:27-31
The people of God are reproved for their unbelief and distrust of God. Let them remember they took the names Jacob and Israel, from one who found God faithful to him in all his straits. And they bore these names as a people in covenant with Him. Many foolish frets, and foolish fears, would vanish before inquiry into the causes. It is bad to have evil thoughts rise in our minds, but worse to turn them into evil words. What they had known, and had heard, was sufficient to silence all these fears and distrusts. Where God had begun the work of grace, he will perfect it. He will help those who, in humble dependence on him, help themselves. As the day, so shall the strength be. In the strength of Divine grace their souls shall ascend above the world. They shall run the way of God's commandments cheerfully. Let us watch against unbelief, pride, and self-confidence. If we go forth in our own strength, we shall faint, and utterly fall; but having our hearts and our hopes in heaven, we shall be carried above all difficulties, and be enabled to lay hold of the prize of our high calling in Christ Jesus.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Isaiah 40:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לָ֤מָּהLa.mah<to> why?H4100
תֹאמַר֙to.Mardo you sayH559
יַֽעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoO JacobH3290
וּתְדַבֵּ֖רu.te.da.Berso you may declare?H1696
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElO IsraelH3478
נִסְתְּרָ֤הnis.te.Rahit is hiddenH5641
דַרְכִּי֙dar.Kiway myH1870
מֵֽיְהוָ֔הme.Yah.wehfrom YahwehH3068
וּמֵאֱלֹהַ֖יu.me.'e.lo.Haiand from God myH430
מִשְׁפָּטִ֥יmish.pa.Tijustice myH4941
יַעֲבֽוֹר\׃ya.'a.Vorit passes awayH5674

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 40:27

  • Isaiah 49:4

    Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.

  • Luke 18:7-8

    And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

  • Isaiah 49:14

    But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.

  • Job 27:2

    As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sayest.
49:14,15; 54:6-8; 60:15; 1Sa 12:22; Job 3:23; Ps 31:22; 77:7-10
Jer 33:24; Eze 37:11; Ro 11:1,2
my judgment.
49:4; Job 27:2; 34:5; Mal 2:17; Lu 18:7,8

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Context

  • Isaiah 40:26

    Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

  • Isaiah 40:27

    Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

  • Isaiah 40:28

    Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

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Isaiah 40:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Por qué dices, oh Jacob, y hablas tú, Israel: Mi camino es escondido de Jehová, y de mi Dios pasó mi juicio?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Pourquoi dis-tu, ô Jacob, et parles-tu, ô Israël: Ma voie est cachée à l’ Éternel, et ma cause a passé inaperçue de mon Dieu?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Warum sprichst du, Jakob, und redest du, Israel: Mein Weg ist verborgen vor Jehova, und mein Recht entgeht meinem Gott?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quare dicis, Jacob, et loqueris, Israël: Abscondita est via mea a Domino, et a Deo meo judicium meum transivit?