24Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is of nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.


In Context

21 Produce your cause,| says Yahweh. |Bring forth your strong reasons,| says the King of Jacob.

22 |Let them announce, and declare to us what shall happen. Declare the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.

23 Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together.

24 Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is of nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.

25 |I have raised up one from the north, and he has come; from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name; and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.

26 Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? And before, that we may say, 'He is right?' Surely, there is no one who declares. Surely, there is no one who shows. Surely, there is no one who hears your words.

Isaiah 41:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

41:24Behold, ye [are] of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination [is he that] chooseth you.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

41:24But you are less than nothing and your works are utterly worthless; he who chooses you is detestable.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

41:24Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of that which hath no being: he that hath chosen you is an abomination.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

41:24Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:24Behold, ye are less than nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you. ...

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

41:24Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:24Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of naught: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

41:24Lo, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought, An abomination — it fixeth on you.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

41:24Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of nothing: an abomination is he that chooses you.