Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Comfort you, comfort you my people, says your God.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Holman Bible
says your God.
International Standard Version
"Comfort! Yes, comfort my people," says your God.
A Conservative Version
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, says your God.
American Standard Version
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Amplified
Bible in Basic English
Give comfort, give comfort, to my people, says your God.
Darby Translation
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Julia Smith Translation
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, will your God say
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Comfort; comfort my people," says your God.
Modern King James verseion
Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Comfort my people, O ye prophets; comfort my people, sayeth your God.
NET Bible
"Comfort, comfort my people," says your God.
New Heart English Bible
"Comfort, comfort my people," says your God.
The Emphasized Bible
Comfort ye - comfort ye my people, - Saith your God.
Webster
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
World English Bible
"Comfort, comfort my people," says your God.
Youngs Literal Translation
Comfort ye, comfort ye, My people, saith your God.
Themes
Comfort » The duty of administering
Consolation under Affliction » By ministers of the gospel
Consolation under Affliction » To those who mourn for sin
Topics
Interlinear
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 40:1
Prayers for Isaiah 40:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Comfort For God's People
1 Comfort you, comfort you my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she has received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.
Cross References
Isaiah 51:12
I, even I, am he that comforts you: who are you, that you should be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass;
Isaiah 51:3
For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found in it, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Zephaniah 3:14-17
Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 31:10-14
Hear the word of the LORD, O you nations, and declare it in the coastlands afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.
2 Corinthians 1:4
Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them who are in any trouble, by the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted of God.
Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet wine, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be you grieved; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Psalm 85:8
I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
Isaiah 3:10
Say you to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
Isaiah 12:1
And in that day you shall say, O LORD, I will praise you: though you were angry with me, your anger is turned away, and you comforted me.
Isaiah 35:3-4
Strengthen you the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.
Isaiah 41:10-14
Fear not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yea, I will help you; yea, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
Isaiah 41:27
The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that brings good tidings.
Isaiah 49:13-16
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD has comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
Isaiah 50:10
Who is among you that fears the LORD, that obeys the voice of his servant, that walks in darkness, and has no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and rely upon his God.
Isaiah 52:9
Break forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.
Isaiah 57:15-19
For thus says the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Isaiah 60:1-3
Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon you.
Isaiah 62:11-12
Behold, the LORD has proclaimed unto the ends of the earth, Say you to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
Isaiah 65:13-14
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be ashamed:
Isaiah 66:10-14
Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you that mourn for her:
Zechariah 1:13
And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good and comforting words.
Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King comes unto you: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt the foal of a donkey.
1 Thessalonians 4:18
Therefore comfort one another with these words.
Hebrews 6:17-18
So God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: