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Brenton's Septuagint

Isaiah 44:2

Thus saith the Lord God that made thee, and he that formed thee from the womb; Thou shalt yet be helped: fear not, my servant Jacob; and beloved Israel, whom I have chosen.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   God;   God Continued...;   Jeshurun;   Predestination;   Righteous;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jeshurun;   The Topic Concordance - Blessings;   Choosing/chosen;   Creation;   Fear;   God;   Help;   Holy Spirit;   Israel/jews;   Jesus Christ;   Living Waters;   Man;   Servants;   Thirst;   Witness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jeshurun;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Forgiveness;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jeshurun;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy, the Book of;   Jasher;   Jeshurun;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Jeshurun;   Jesurun;   Servant of the Lord, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Election;   Jeshurun;   Micah, Book of;   Righteousness;   Servant of the Lord;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Alpha and Omega (2);   Soul;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jeshurun, Jesurun ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Israel;   Nebuchadnezzar;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jeshurun;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jesh'urun;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Choose;   Jeshurun;   Servant of Yahweh (the Lord);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jeshurun;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This is the word of the Lordyour Maker, the one who formed you from the womb:He will help you.Do not fear, Jacob my servant,Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
Hebrew Names Version
Thus says the LORD who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you: Don't be afraid, Ya`akov my servant; and you, Yeshurun, whom I have chosen.
King James Version
Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
English Standard Version
Thus says the Lord who made you, who formed you from the womb and will help you: Fear not, O Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
New American Standard Bible
This is what the LORD says, He who made you And formed you from the womb, who will help you: 'Do not fear, Jacob My servant, And Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
New Century Version
This is what the Lord says, who made you, who formed you in your mother's body, who will help you: "People of Jacob, my servants, don't be afraid. Israel, I chose you.
Amplified Bible
This is what the LORD who made you And formed you from the womb, who will help you says, 'Fear not, O Jacob My servant; And Jeshurun (Israel, the upright one) whom I have chosen.
World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you: Don't be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus sayeth the Lorde, that made thee, and formed thee from the wombe: he wil helpe thee. Feare not, O Iaakob, my seruaunt, and thou righteous, whome I haue chosen.
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus says Yahweh who made youAnd formed you from the womb, who will help you,‘Do not fear, O Jacob My servant,And you Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
Berean Standard Bible
This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and will help you: Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
Contemporary English Version
I am your Creator. You were in my care even before you were born. Israel, don't be terrified! You are my chosen servant, my very favorite.
Complete Jewish Bible
Thus says Adonai , who made you, formed you in the womb, and will help you: Don't be afraid, Ya‘akov my servant, Yeshurun, whom I have chosen.
Darby Translation
thus saith Jehovah, that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who helpeth thee, Fear not, Jacob, my servant, and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
Easy-to-Read Version
I am the Lord , and I made you. I am the one who created you. I have helped you since you were in your mother's womb. Jacob, my servant, don't be afraid. Jeshurun, I chose you.
George Lamsa Translation
Thus says the LORD that made you and formed you from the womb and helped you: Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and you, Israel, whom I have chosen.
Good News Translation
I am the Lord who created you; from the time you were born, I have helped you. Do not be afraid; you are my servant, my chosen people whom I love.
Lexham English Bible
Thus says Yahweh, who made you, and who formed you in the womb and will help you: you must not fear, my servant Jacob, and Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
Literal Translation
So says Jehovah, who made you and formed you from the womb. He helps you. Do not fear, My servant Jacob; and you, Jeshurun whom I have elected.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For thus saieth the LORDE, that made the, fashioned the, and helped the, euen from thy mothers wombe: Be not afrayde (o Iacob my seruaunte,) thou rightuous, whom I haue chosen.
American Standard Version
Thus saith Jehovah that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
Bible in Basic English
The Lord who made you, forming you in your mother's body, the Lord, your helper, says, Have no fear, O Jacob my servant, and you, Jeshurun, whom I have taken for myself.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob My servant, and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
King James Version (1611)
Thus sayeth the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the wombe, which wil helpe thee: Feare not, O Iacob, my seruant, and thou Iesurun, whom I haue chosen.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For thus saith the Lorde that made thee, fassioned thee, and helped thee euen from thy mothers wombe: Be not afraide O Iacob my seruaunt, thou righteous whom I haue chosen:
English Revised Version
Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord makynge and foryyuynge thee, thin helpere fro the wombe, seith these thingis, My seruaunt, Jacob, nyle thou drede, and thou moost riytful, whom Y chees.
Update Bible Version
Thus says Yahweh that made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you: Don't be afraid, O Jacob my slave; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, [who] will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
New English Translation
This is what the Lord , the one who made you, says— the one who formed you in the womb and helps you: "Don't be afraid, my servant Jacob, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen!
New King James Version
Thus says the LORD who made you And formed you from the womb, who will help you: "Fear not, O Jacob My servant; And you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
New Living Translation
The Lord who made you and helps you says: Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant, O dear Israel, my chosen one.
New Life Bible
This is what the Lord Who made you, Who put you together before you were born, Who will help you, says, ‘Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, and you Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
New Revised Standard
Thus says the Lord who made you, who formed you in the womb and will help you: Do not fear, O Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus, saith Yahweh - Who made thee and formed thee from birth, Who helpeth thee: Do not fear O my Servant Jacob, and Jeshurun whom I have chosen;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord that made and formed thee, thy helper from the womb: Fear not, O my servant Jacob, and thou most righteous whom I have chosen.
Revised Standard Version
Thus says the LORD who made you, who formed you from the womb and will help you: Fear not, O Jacob my servant, Jeshu'run whom I have chosen.
Young's Literal Translation
Thus said Jehovah, thy Maker, and thy Former, From the womb He doth help thee; Fear not, my servant Jacob, And Jeshurun, whom I have fixed on.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Thus says the LORD who made you And formed you from the womb, who will help you, 'Do not fear, O Jacob My servant; And you Jeshurun whom I have chosen.

Contextual Overview

1 But now hear, Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen. 2 Thus saith the Lord God that made thee, and he that formed thee from the womb; Thou shalt yet be helped: fear not, my servant Jacob; and beloved Israel, whom I have chosen. 3 For I will give water to the thirsty that walk in a dry land: I will put my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessings upon thy children: 4 and they shall spring up as grass between brooks, and as willows on the banks of running water. 5 One shall say, I am God’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand, I am God’s, and shall call himself by the name of Israel. 6 Thus saith God the King of Israel, and the God of hosts that delivered him; I am the first, and I am hereafter: beside me there is no God. 7 Who is like me? let him stand, and call, and declare, and prepare for me from the time that I made man for ever; and let them tell you the things that are coming before they arrive. 8 Hide not yourselves, nor go astray: have ye not heard from the beginning, and have not I told you? ye are witnesses if there is a God beside me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that made: Isaiah 44:21, Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 43:7, Isaiah 43:21

formed: Isaiah 44:24, Isaiah 46:3, Isaiah 46:4, Isaiah 49:1, Psalms 46:5, Psalms 71:6, Jeremiah 1:5, Ezekiel 16:4-8, Ezekiel 20:5-12, Hebrews 4:16

Fear: Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 41:14, Isaiah 43:1, Luke 12:32, Romans 8:30, Ephesians 1:4, 1 Thessalonians 1:4

Jesurun: Deuteronomy 32:15, Deuteronomy 33:5, Jeshurun

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:1 - Fear Genesis 26:24 - fear Deuteronomy 32:6 - made thee Psalms 105:6 - ye seed Psalms 119:94 - I am thine Psalms 139:13 - covered me Isaiah 13:1 - of Babylon Isaiah 30:23 - shall he Isaiah 35:4 - Be strong Isaiah 41:8 - thou Isaiah 43:5 - Fear not Isaiah 44:8 - neither Jeremiah 30:10 - fear Jeremiah 46:27 - fear Zephaniah 3:16 - be said Malachi 2:10 - hath Mark 8:23 - out Luke 1:30 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 42:20
And bring your younger brother to me, and your words shall be believed; but, if not, ye shall die. And they did so.
Genesis 43:32
And they set on bread for him alone, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians feasting with him by themselves, for the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews, for it is an abomination to the Egyptians.
Genesis 44:15
And Joseph said to them, What is this thing that ye have done? know ye not that a man such as I can surely divine?
Genesis 44:16
And Judas said, What shall we answer to our lord, or what shall we say, or wherein should we be justified? whereas God has discovered the unrighteousness of thy servants; behold, we are slaves to our lord, both we and he with whom the cup has been found.
Deuteronomy 8:2
And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee in the wilderness, that he might afflict thee, and try thee, and that the things in thine heart might be made manifest, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or no.
Deuteronomy 8:16
who fed thee with manna in the wilderness, which thou knewest not, and thy fathers knew not; that he might afflict thee, and thoroughly try thee, and do thee good in thy latter days.
Deuteronomy 13:3
ye shall not hearken to the words of that prophet, or the dreamer of that dream, because the Lord thy God tries you, to know whether ye love your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb,.... Which is not to be understood of the forming of the people of Israel into a commonwealth or church state, for this is not said of the body of them; nor of the natural creation and formation of these individuals, but of their new creation, regeneration, and spiritual formation; which, as it was owing to the grace and power of God, by which the Lord describes himself, who is speaking to them, the consideration of it might serve to encourage their faith and confidence in the performance of the promises about to be made to them; see

Psalms 100:3: which "will help thee"; in the exercise of grace, in the performance of duty, in suffering for his name's sake in every time of trouble, and out of all trouble, and that right early, and when none else can:

fear not, O Jacob, my servant, and thou Jesurun, whom I have chosen; the titles are as before, only instead of "Israel" is "Jesurun", which is a name of the people of Israel, Deuteronomy 32:15 and here the Targum instead of it puts Israel; and so the Syriac and Arabic versions. The Septuagint version renders it, "beloved Israel"; the word signifies upright; and so the Vulgate Latin version translates it, "O thou most upright one" w; and well agrees with this little remnant of Israelites indeed, in whom there was no guile. Some derive the word from one that signifies to "see", "behold", "contemplate" x; and so it may be rendered, "the seeing ones whom I have chosen", such whose eyes the Lord opened to see their own vileness and sinfulness, and the glory of Christ and salvation by him: these are bid not to fear: not any of their enemies, though they themselves were but worms; and though their number was small, and they weak and feeble, and their enemies numerous, strong, and mighty; and though their countrymen would reproach, revile, and persecute them for Christ's sake, and they should be obliged to turn to the Gentiles, and carry the Gospel among them, when those of their nation would reject it, which would issue in the ruin of it, as before predicted; see Isaiah 41:10.

w וישרון "et rectissime", V. L. a ישר "rectum fuit, Forerius"; so Ben Melech says, that Israel is called Jeshurun, because he is upright among the people. x A שור "contemplari, respicere".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord that made thee - (See the note at Isaiah 43:1).

And formed thee from the womb - This is equivalent to the declaration that he was their Maker, or Creator. It means, that from the very beginning of their history as a people, he had formed and moulded all their institutions, and directed all things in regard to them - as much as he is the former of the body from the commencement of its existence. It may be observed that the words, ‘from the womb,’ are joined by some interpreters with the phrase, ‘that formed thee,’ meaning, that he had been the originator of all their customs, privileges, and laws, from the beginning of their history; and by others with the phrase, ‘will help thee,’ meaning, that from the commencement of their existence as a nation, he had been their helper. According to the Masoretic marks of distinction, the former is the true sense. So the Septuagint, Aben Ezra, Kimchi, Lowth, etc.; but Jerome, Luther, and some others, prefer the latter mode.

Fear not - (See the note at Isaiah 41:10). Though you have sinned as a people Isaiah 43:23-24, Isaiah 43:27, and though all these heavy judgments have come upon you Isaiah 43:28, yet you have no reason to fear that God will finally abandon and destroy you.

And thou Jeshurun - (וישׁרוּן vayeshurûn). This word occurs but four times in the Bible, as a poetical name for the people of Israel, apparently expressing affection and tenderness (Deuteronomy 32:15; Deuteronomy 33:5, Deuteronomy 33:26; and in this place). It is, says Gesenius (Commentary in loc.), ‘a flattering appellation (schmeichelwort) for Israel,’ and is probably a diminutive from ישׁור yāshûr = ישׁר yāshâr, the passive form in an intransitive verb with an active signification. The ending ון ôn, he adds, is terminatio charitiva - a termination indicating affection, or kindness. In his Lexicon, he observes, however (as translated by Robinson), that ‘it seems not improbable that it was a diminutive form of the name ישׂראל yı̂s'râ'ēl, which was current in common life for the fuller form ישׂיאלוּן yı̂s'râ'ēlûn, title of affection for Israel, but, like other common words of this sort, contracted, and more freely inflected, so as at the same time to imply an allusion to the signification of right or uprightness, contained in the root ישׁר yâshar.’ Jerome renders it, Rectissime - ‘Most upright.’ The Septuagint renders it, Ἠγαπημένος Ἰσραήλ Ēgapēmenos Israēl - ‘Beloved Israel.’ The Syriac renders it, ‘Israel.’ So also the Chaldee. It is, doubtless, a title of affection, and probably includes the notion of uprightness, or integrity.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 44:2. Jesurun — Jeshurun means Israel. This name was given to that people by Moses, Deuteronomy 32:15; Deuteronomy 33:5, Deuteronomy 33:26. The most probable account of it seems to be that in which the Jewish commentators agree; namely, that it is derived from ישר yashar, and signifies upright. In the same manner, Israel, as a people, is called משלם meshullam, perfect, Isaiah 42:19, They were taught of God, and abundantly furnished with the means of rectitude and perfection in his service and worship. Grotius thinks that ישרון yeshurun is a diminutive of ישראל yishrael, Israel; expressing peculiar fondness and affection; Ισραηλιδιον, O little Israel.


 
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