Isaiah 41:8

In 11 translations

BSB

“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—

KJV

But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

WEB

“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham my friend,

ASV

But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,

LSV

And you, O Israel, My servant, || Jacob, whom I have chosen, || Seed of Abraham, My lover,

YLT

— And thou, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham, My lover,

DBY

But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, my friend

DRC

But thou Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend:

GNV

But thou, Israel, art my seruant, and thou Iaakob, whom I haue chosen, the seede of Abraham my friend.

JPS

But thou, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham My friend;

LXXE

But thou, Israel, art my servant Jacob, and he whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraam, whom I have loved:

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WLC

וְאַתָּה֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל עַבְדִּ֔י יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּחַרְתִּ֑יךָ זֶ֖רַע אַבְרָהָ֥ם אֹהֲבִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Σὺ δὲ, Ἰσραὴλ παῖς μου Ἰακὼβ, καὶ ὃν ἐξελεξάμην, σπέρμα Ἁβραὰμ, ὃν ἠγάπησα·

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• James 2:23And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
• Deuteronomy 14:2for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
• Exodus 19:5–6Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine. And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These…
• 2 Chronicles 20:7Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?
• John 15:14–15You are My friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My…
• Isaiah 44:21Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never forget you.
• Isaiah 51:2Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.
• Isaiah 44:1–2But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen. This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have…
• Psalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
• Isaiah 29:22Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: “No longer will Jacob be ashamed and no more will his face grow pale.
• Isaiah 43:1Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
• Psalms 135:4For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
• Jeremiah 33:24“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.
• Galatians 4:22–31For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the…
• Isaiah 48:12Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
• Leviticus 25:42Because the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.

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