Isaiah 41 · Verse 15

Isaiah 41:15

Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
Isaiah 41:15, King James Version

Isaiah 41:15 in other translations

BSBBehold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.
WEBBehold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth. You will thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and will make the hills like chaff.
ASVBehold, I have made thee to be a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
YLTLo, I have set thee for a new sharp threshing instrument, Possessing teeth, thou threshest mountains, And beatest small, and hills as chaff thou makest.
DARBYBehold, I have made of thee a new sharp threshing instrument having double teeth: thou shalt thresh and beat small the mountains, and shalt make the hills as chaff;
BBESee, I will make you like a new grain-crushing instrument with teeth, crushing the mountains small, and making the hills like dry stems.
WebsterBehold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

What does Isaiah 41:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. God will make Israel to destroy their enemies as the Eastern corn-drag (Is 28:27, 28) bruises out the grain with its teeth, and gives the chaff to the winds to scatter. teeth--serrated, so as to cut up the straw for fodder and separate the grain from the chaff. mountains ... hills--kingdoms more or less powerful that were hostile to Israel (Is 2:14).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 A new sharp threshing instrument having teeth "A threshing wain; a new corn-drag armed with pointed teeth" - See note on Isa 28:27-28. Thou shalt thresh the mountains - Mountains and hills are here used metaphorically for the kings and princes of the Gentiles. - Kimchi.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 41:10-20

God speaks with tenderness; Fear thou not, for I am with thee: not only within call, but present with thee. Art thou weak? I will strengthen thee. Art thou in want of friends? I will help thee in the time of need. Art thou ready to fall? I will uphold thee with that right hand which is full of righteousness, dealing forth rewards and punishments. There are those that strive with God's people, that seek their ruin…

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Isaiah 41:15 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.

הִנֵּ֣הhi.Nehhere!H2009
שַׂמְתִּ֗יךְsam.TikhI will make youH7760
לְמוֹרַג֙le.mo.Rag<into> a threshing-sledgeH4173
חָר֣וּץcha.RutzsharpH2742
חָדָ֔שׁcha.DashnewH2319
בַּ֖עַלBa.'alan owner ofH1167
פִּֽיפִיּ֑וֹתpi.fi.YotteethH6374
תָּד֤וּשׁta.Dushyou will threshH1758
הָרִים֙ha.RimmountainsH2022
וְתָדֹ֔קve.ta.Dokso you may crush [them]H1854
וּגְבָע֖וֹתu.ge.va.'otand hillsH1389
כַּמֹּ֥ץka.Motzlike <the> chaffH4671
תָּשִֽׂים\׃ta.Simyou will makeH7760

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

Cross references for Isaiah 41:15

  • Micah 4:13

    Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the Lord, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

  • 2 Corinthians 10:4-5

    (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

  • Zechariah 4:7

    Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.

  • Habakkuk 3:12

    Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.

  • Isaiah 21:10

    O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

  • Isaiah 28:27

    For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

  • Psalms 18:42

    Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will make.
21:10; 28:27; Hab 3:12
teeth. Heb. mouths. thou shalt.
Ps 18:42; Mic 4:13; Zec 4:7; 2Co 10:4,5

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Context

  • Isaiah 41:14

    Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

  • Isaiah 41:15

    Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

  • Isaiah 41:16

    Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

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Isaiah 41:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		He aquí que yo te he puesto por trillo, trillo nuevo, lleno de dientes: trillarás montes y los molerás, y collados tornarás en tamo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Voici, j’ai fait de toi un traîneau à battre, tranchant, neuf, à doubles dents: tu battras les montagnes et tu les réduiras en poussière, et tu rendras les collines comme de la balle;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Siehe, ich habe dich zu einem scharfen, neuen Dreschschlitten gemacht, mit Doppelschneiden versehen: du wirst Berge dreschen und zermalmen, und Hügel der Spreu gleich machen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ego posui te quasi plaustrum triturans novum, habens rostra serrantia; triturabis montes, et comminues, et colles quasi pulverem pones.