{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">The Book of the Prophet Isaiah<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 42<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><span class=\"dropcap-wrap\" data-v=\"1\"><span class=\"dropcap\" title=\"Compare verse 1 across translations\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,1,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">B<\/span>ehold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,2,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,3,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,4,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,5,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,6,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,7,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,8,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,9,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"10\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,10,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">10<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"11\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,11,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">11<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"12\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,12,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">12<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"13\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,13,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">13<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"14\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,14,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">14<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"15\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,15,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">15<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"16\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,16,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">16<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"17\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,17,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">17<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"18\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,18,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">18<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"19\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,19,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">19<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD&#039;s servant?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"20\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,20,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">20<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"21\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,21,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">21<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness&#039; sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"22\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,22,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">22<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"23\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,23,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">23<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"24\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,24,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">24<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"25\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,23,42,25,&quot;Isaiah&quot;)\">25<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-nav\"><a href=\"\/kjv\/1\/23\/41\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">&lsaquo; Previous<\/a><a href=\"\/kjv\/1\/23\/43\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">Next &rsaquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","page_title":"The Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Chapter 42 — King James Version","book_title":"The Book of the Prophet Isaiah","toolbar_title":"The Book of the Prophet Isaiah — Ch. 42","prev_url":"\/kjv\/1\/23\/41","next_url":"\/kjv\/1\/23\/43","tid":1,"book_id":23,"chapter":42,"num_chapters":66,"trans":"KJV","is_rtl":false,"strongs_data":{},"bsb_glosses":{},"book_name":"Isaiah","canonical_url":"https:\/\/accept.gift\/kjv\/1\/23\/42","meta_desc":"Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. 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