Isaiah 41:13

Modern

For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.

Traditional

For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

Literal

For I am YHWH your God, taking hold of your right hand, saying to you: Do not fear; I have helped you!

Latin

Quia ego Dominus Deus tuus, apprehendens manum tuam, dicensque tibi: Ne timeas: ego adjuvi te.

Hebrew

English

For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.

These two prophecies about salvation for God's servant Israel (Isaiah 41:8–13, 14–16) prepare for the first of the suffering servant songs (see study note on Isaiah 42:1–4).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah 41:10
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
Psalm 73:23
Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
Psalm 63:8
My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
Psalm 109:31
For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
Isaiah 42:6
“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
Isaiah 45:1
This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:
Deuteronomy 33:26–29
“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.
Isaiah 43:6
I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—
Isaiah 51:18
Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.