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Selected Verse: Isaiah 41:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 41:16 |
Strong Concordance |
Thou shalt fan [02219] them, and the wind [07307] shall carry them away [05375], and the whirlwind [05591] shall scatter [06327] them: and thou shalt rejoice [01523] in the LORD [03068], and shalt glory [01984] in the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478]. |
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King James |
Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. |
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] |
fan--winnowed (compare Mat 3:12).
whirlwind . . . scatter them-- (Job 27:21; Job 30:22). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Thou shalt fan them - Keeping up the figure commenced in the previous verse. To fan here means to winnow, an operation which was performed by throwing the threshed grain up with a shovel into the air, so that the wind drove the chaff away. So all their enemies, and all the obstacles which were in their way should be scattered.
And the whirlwind shall scatter them - The ancients believed that people might be swept away by a storm or whirlwind. See Job 27:
The cast wind carrieth him away and he departeth;
And as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
Compare Homer, Odys. xx. 63ff, thus rendered by Pope:
Snatch me, ye whirlwinds! far from human race,
Tost through the void illimitable space;
Or if dismounted from the rapid cloud,
Me with his whelming wave let ocean shroud!
See the notes at Job 30:22.
And thou shalt rejoice in the Lord - In view of the aid which he has vouchsafed, and the deliverance which he has performed for you.
Shalt glory - Shalt boast, or shalt exult. You will regard God as the author of your deliverance, and joy in the proofs of his interposition, and of his gracious protection and care. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Fan - When thou hast beaten them as small as chaff. In the Holy One - For to him, thou shalt ascribe thy victory. |
22 Thou liftest me up [05375] to the wind [07307]; thou causest me to ride [07392] upon it, and dissolvest [04127] my substance [08454] [07738].
21 The east [06921] wind carrieth him away [05375], and he departeth [03212]: and as a storm hurleth [08175] him out of his place [04725].
12 Whose [3739] fan [4425] is in [1722] his [846] hand [5495], and [2532] he will throughly purge [1245] his [846] floor [257], and [2532] gather [4863] his [846] wheat [4621] into [1519] the garner [596]; but [1161] he will burn up [2618] the chaff [892] with unquenchable [762] fire [4442].
22 Thou liftest me up [05375] to the wind [07307]; thou causest me to ride [07392] upon it, and dissolvest [04127] my substance [08454] [07738].