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Isaiah 41:28

When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.

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ASV

And when I look, there is no man: even among them there is no counsellor, that, when I ask of them, can answer a word.

KJV

For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

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9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאֵ֙רֶא֙ve.'E.re'and [when] I may lookH7200 →
וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there notH369 →
אִ֔ישׁ'Ish[is] a personH376 →
וּמֵאֵ֖לֶּהu.me.'E.lehand from theseH428 →
וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there notH369 →
יוֹעֵ֑ץyo.'Etz[is] a counselorH3289 →
וְאֶשְׁאָלֵ֖םve.'esh.'a.Lemand I will ask themH7592 →
וְיָשִׁ֥יבוּve.ya.Shi.vuand they may bring backH7725 →
דָבָֽר׃da.Vara wordH1697 →

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Isaiah 63:5I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me.Revelation 5:3But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.Daniel 5:8So all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the inscription or interpret it for him.Isaiah 59:16He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.Isaiah 40:13–14Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?Daniel 4:7–8When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, and they could not interpret it for me.Isaiah 50:2Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.Daniel 2:10–11The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.Isaiah 65:12I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”Luke 20:7So they answered that they did not know where it was from.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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