Isaiah 41:3
New International Version
He pursues them and moves on unscathed, by a path his feet have not traveled before.

New Living Translation
He chases them away and goes on safely, though he is walking over unfamiliar ground.

English Standard Version
He pursues them and passes on safely, by paths his feet have not trod.

Berean Standard Bible
He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.

King James Bible
He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.

New King James Version
Who pursued them, and passed safely By the way that he had not gone with his feet?

New American Standard Bible
“He pursues them, passing on in safety, By a way he had not been traversing with his feet.

NASB 1995
“He pursues them, passing on in safety, By a way he had not been traversing with his feet.

NASB 1977
“He pursues them, passing on in safety, By a way he had not been traversing with his feet.

Legacy Standard Bible
He pursues them, passing on in peace, By a way he had not come with his feet.

Amplified Bible
“He (Cyrus) pursues them and passes along safely, By a way his feet had not traveled before.

Christian Standard Bible
He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.

American Standard Version
He pursueth them, and passeth on safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He shall pursue them and he shall make peace and he shall not enter the road with his feet

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he shall pursue them; the way of his feet shall proceed in peace.

Contemporary English Version
He goes after them so quickly that his feet barely touch the ground--he doesn't even get hurt.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall pursue them, he shall pass in peace, no path shall appear after his feet.

English Revised Version
He pursueth them, and passeth on safely; even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He chases them, marching by safely on a path his feet have never traveled before.

Good News Translation
He follows in pursuit and marches safely on, so fast that he hardly touches the ground!

International Standard Version
And who pursues them and moves on unscathed by a path that his feet don't know?

JPS Tanakh 1917
He pursueth them, and passeth on safely; The way with his feet he treadeth not.

Literal Standard Version
He pursues them, he passes over in safety | A path he does not enter with his feet.

Majority Standard Bible
He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.

New American Bible
He pursues them, passing on without loss, by a path his feet scarcely touch.

NET Bible
He pursues them and passes by unharmed; he advances with great speed.

New Revised Standard Version
He pursues them and passes on safely, scarcely touching the path with his feet.

New Heart English Bible
He pursues them, and passes by safely, Even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.

Webster's Bible Translation
He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.

World English Bible
He pursues them and passes by safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.

Young's Literal Translation
He pursueth them, he passeth over in safety A path with his feet he entereth not.

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Context
God's Help to Israel
2Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow. 3He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet. 4Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”…

Cross References
Isaiah 41:2
Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.

Isaiah 41:4
Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD--the first and the last--I am He."


Treasury of Scripture

He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.

safely.

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Isaiah 41
1. God expostulates with his people, about his mercies to the church.
10. About his promises
21. And about the vanity of idols.














(3) He pursued . . .--Tenses in the present, as before.

By the way that he had not gone--i.e., by a new untrodden path. So Tiglath-Pileser and other Assyrian kings continually boast that they had led their armies by paths that none had traversed before them. (Records of the Past, i. 15, v. 16.)

Verse 3. - He pursued them, and passed safely; rather, he shall pursue them, and shall pass on in safety. Even by the way that he had not gone with his feet; rather, a path with his feet he shall not tread. The meaning seems to be that he will dispense with customary paths, making his advance everywhere over all obstacles, by untrodden ways. Compare the frequent boasts of the Assyrian kings: "To the recesses of the deep forests and the peaks of the difficult mountains, which had never been trodden by the foot of man, I ascended' ('Records of the Past,' vol. 5. p. 13). "Difficult mountain chains, and inaccessible hills, which none of our kings had ever previously reached - tedious paths and unopened roads - I traversed" (ibid., p. 16). "The lands of Sihak, of Arda, of Ulayan, of Alluria, inaccessible mountains, impossible for the horses, and inaccessible for myself, I went through" (ibid., vol. 7. p. 36).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He pursues them,
יִרְדְּפֵ֖ם (yir·də·p̄êm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

going on
יַעֲב֣וֹר (ya·‘ă·ḇō·wr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

safely,
שָׁל֑וֹם (šā·lō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7965: Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace

hardly
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

touching
יָבֽוֹא׃ (yā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

the path
אֹ֥רַח (’ō·raḥ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 734: A well-trodden road, a caravan

with his feet.
בְּרַגְלָ֖יו (bə·raḡ·lāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda


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