Parallel Verses

New Heart English Bible

"Comfort, comfort my people," says your God.

New American Standard Bible

Comfort, O comfort My people,” says your God.

King James Version

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

Holman Bible

“Comfort, comfort My people,”
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

“Comfort, O comfort My people,” says your God.

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

King James 2000

Comfort you, comfort you my people, says your God.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נחם 
Nacham 
Usage: 108

ye, comfort
נחם 
Nacham 
Usage: 108

ye my people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

References

Morish

Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 40:1

Context Readings

Comfort For God's People

1 "Comfort, comfort my people," says your God. 2 "Speak tenderly to Jerusalem; and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins."


Cross References

Isaiah 51:12

"I, even I, am he who comforts you: who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass;

Isaiah 51:3

For the LORD has comforted Zion; he has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

Zephaniah 3:14-17

Sing, daughter of Zion. Shout, Israel. Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 31:10-14

Hear the word of the LORD, you nations, and declare it in the islands afar off; and say, "He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as shepherd does his flock."

2 Corinthians 1:4

who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Nehemiah 8:10

Then he said to them, "Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be 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 to his people, his holy ones; but let them not turn again to folly.

Isaiah 3:10

Tell the righteous "Good." For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

Isaiah 12:1

In that day you will say, "I will give thanks to you, the LORD; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.

Isaiah 35:3-4

Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.

Isaiah 41:10-14

Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Isaiah 41:27

I am the first to say to Zion, 'Behold, look at them;' and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.

Isaiah 49:13-16

Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break forth into singing, mountains: for the LORD has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.

Isaiah 50:10

Who is among you who fears the LORD, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of the LORD, and rely on 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 who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 60:1-3

"Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.

Isaiah 62:11-12

Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth, "Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your salvation comes. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense 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 disappointed;

Isaiah 66:10-14

"Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her;

Zechariah 1:13

The LORD answered the angel who talked with me with kind and comforting words.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion. Shout, daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, your king comes to you. He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

1 Thessalonians 4:18

Therefore comfort one another with these words.

Hebrews 6:17-18

In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

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