Isaiah 51 · Verse 13

Isaiah 51:13

And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
Isaiah 51:13, King James Version

Isaiah 51:13 in other translations

BSBBut you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?
WEBHave you forgotten the LORD your Maker, who stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth? Do you live in fear continually all day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepares to destroy? Where is the fury of the oppressor?
ASVand hast forgotten Jehovah thy Maker, that stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fearest continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he maketh ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
YLTAnd thou dost forget Jehovah thy maker, Who is stretching out the heavens, and founding earth, And thou dost fear continually all the day, Because of the fury of the oppressor, As he hath prepared to destroy. And where is the fury of the oppressor?
DARBYand forgettest Jehovah thy Maker, who hath stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and thou art afraid continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepareth to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?
BBEAnd you have given no thought to the Lord your Maker, by whom the heavens were stretched out, and the earth placed on its base; and you went all day in fear of the wrath of the cruel one, when he was making ready for your destruction. And where is the wrath of the cruel one?
WebsterAnd forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

What does Isaiah 51:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. (Is 40:12, 26, 28), the same argument of comfort drawn from the omnipotence of the Creator. as if ... ready, &c.--literally, "when he directs," namely, his arrow, to destroy (Psa 21:12; 7:13; 11:2) [Maurer].

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Of the oppressor, as if he, etc. - "The כ caph in כאשר keasher seems clearly to have changed its situation from the end of the preceding word to the beginning of this; or rather, to have been omitted by mistake there, because it was here. That it was there the Septuagint show by rendering המציקך hammetsikech θλιβοντος σε, of him, that oppressed thee. And so they render this word in both its places in this verse. The Vulgate also has the pronoun in the first instance; furoris ejus qui te tribulabat." Dr. Jubb. The correction seems well founded; I have not conformed the translation to it, because it makes little difference in the sense.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 51:9-16

The people whom Christ has redeemed with his blood, as well as by his power, will obtain joyful deliverance from every enemy. He that designs such joy for us at last, will he not work such deliverance in the mean time, as our cases require? In this world of changes, it is a short step from joy to sorrow, but in that world, sorrow shall never come in view. They prayed for the display of God's power; he answers them…

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Isaiah 51:13 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.

וַתִּשְׁכַּ֞חva.tish.Kachand you have forgottenH7911
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
עֹשֶׂ֗ךָ'o.Se.kha[who] made youH6213
נוֹטֶ֣הno.Teh[who] stretched outH5186
שָׁמַיִם֮sha.ma.Yim[the] heavensH8064
וְיֹסֵ֣דve.yo.Sedand [who] foundedH3245
אָרֶץ֒'a.Retz[the] earthH776
וַתְּפַחֵ֨דva.te.fa.Chedand you have been in dreadH6342
תָּמִ֜ידta.MidcontinuallyH8548
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַיּ֗וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117
מִפְּנֵי֙mi.pe.Neiof <the face of>H6440
חֲמַ֣תcha.Mat[the] anger ofH2534
הַמֵּצִ֔יקha.me.Tzikthe oppressorH6693
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רka.'a.Sher<just> whenH834
כּוֹנֵ֖ןko.Nenhe has preparedH3559
לְהַשְׁחִ֑יתle.hash.Chitto destroyH7843
וְאַיֵּ֖הve.'ai.Yehand where?H346
חֲמַ֥תcha.Mat[is] [the] anger ofH2534
הַמֵּצִֽיק\׃ha.me.Tzikthe oppressorH6693

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

Cross references for Isaiah 51:13

  • Isaiah 40:22

    It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

  • Isaiah 45:12

    I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

  • Isaiah 17:10

    Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:

  • Psalms 104:2

    Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

  • Daniel 3:19

    Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

  • Isaiah 48:13

    Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.

  • Isaiah 44:24

    Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

  • Job 9:8

    Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

  • 1 Corinthians 1:20

    Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

  • Matthew 2:16-20

    Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, …

  • Jeremiah 10:11-12

    Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

  • Hebrews 1:9-12

    Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
forgettest.
17:10; De 32:18; Jer 2:32
that hath.
40:22; 42:5; 44:24; 45:12; Job 9:8; 37:18; Ps 102:25,26; 104:2
Jer 10:11,12; 51:15; Heb 1:9-12
feared.
8:12,13; 57:11; Heb 11:15
were ready. or, made himself ready.
10:29-32; Ex 14:10-13; 15:9,10; Es 5:14; Da 3:15,19; Re 20:9
where is.
10:33,34; 14:16,17; 16:4; 33:18,19; 37:36-38; Ex 14:13; Es 7:10
Job 20:5-9; Ps 9:6,7; 37:35,36; 76:10; Da 4:32,33; Mt 2:16-20
Ac 12:23; 1Co 1:20; 15:55; Re 19:20

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Context

  • Isaiah 51:12

    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;

  • Isaiah 51:13

    And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

  • Isaiah 51:14

    The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

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Isaiah 51:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y haste ya olvidado de Jehová tu Hacedor, que extendió los cielos y fundó la tierra; y todo el día temiste continuamente del furor del que aflige, cuando se disponía para destruir: mas ¿en dónde está el furor del que aflige?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et que tu oublies l’ Éternel qui t’a fait, qui a étendu les cieux et fondé la terre, et que tu trembles continuellement tout le jour devant la fureur de l’oppresseur, lorsqu’il se prépare à détruire? Et où est la fureur de l’oppresseur?
German
Elberfelder 1871
und daß du Jehova vergissest, der dich gemacht, der die Himmel ausgespannt und die Erde gegründet hat; und dich beständig, den ganzen Tag, vor dem Grimme des Bedrängers fürchtest, wenn er sich rüstet, um zu verderben? Wo ist denn der Grimm des Bedrängers?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et oblitus es Domini, factoris tui, qui tetendit cælos et fundavit terram; et formidasti jugiter tota die a facie furoris ejus qui te tribulabat, et paraverat ad perdendum. Ubi nunc est furor tribulantis?