27The first, I said to Zion, Behold, behold them! and to Jerusalem, I will give one that bringeth glad tidings.


In Context

24 Behold, ye are less than nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you. ...

25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come, from the rising of the sun, he who will call upon my name; and he shall come upon princes as on mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.

26 Who hath declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, It is right? Indeed, there is none that declareth; no, none that sheweth; no, none that heareth your words.

27 The first, I said to Zion, Behold, behold them! and to Jerusalem, I will give one that bringeth glad tidings.

28 And I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

29 Behold, they are all vanity, their works are nought, their molten images are wind and emptiness.

Isaiah 41:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

41:27The first [shall say] to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

41:27I was the first to tell Zion, 'Look, here they are!' I gave to Jerusalem a messenger of good tidings.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

41:27The first shall say to Sion: Behold they are here, and to Jerusalem I will give an evangelist.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

41:27I am the first that saith unto Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

41:27I first will say unto Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:27The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:27I am the first to say to Zion, 'Behold, look at them;' and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

41:27First to Zion, Behold, behold them, And to Jerusalem one proclaiming tidings I give,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

41:27The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that brings good tidings.