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Selected Verse: Isaiah 41:12 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 41:12 |
Strong Concordance |
Thou shalt seek [01245] them, and shalt not find [04672] them, even them [0582] that contended [04695] with thee: they that war [04421] against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought [0657]. |
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King James |
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
seek . . . and . . . not find--said of one so utterly put out of the way that not a trace of him can be found (Psa 37:36).
thing of naught--shall utterly perish. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Thou shalt seek them - This denotes that it would be impossible to find them, for they should cease to exist. The whole verse, with the verse following, is emphatic, repeating in varied terms what was said before, and meaning that their foes should be entirely destroyed. |
36 Yet he passed away [05674], and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought [01245] him, but he could not be found [04672].