{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/isaiah/42","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T01:31:46.694Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":42,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":41,"nextChapter":43,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my elect, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit on him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment to truth."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Thus said God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which comes out of it; he that gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to them that walk therein:"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I the LORD have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar does inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yes, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I have long time held my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"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 to them, and not forsake them."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, You are our gods."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"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's servant?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Seeing many things, but you observe not; opening the ears, but he hears not."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"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 delivers; for a spoil, and none said, Restore."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Who among you will give ear to this? who will listen and hear for the time to come?"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"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 to his law."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Therefore he has poured on him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it has set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 42 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 42](https://primebible.com/akjv/isaiah/42)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/isaiah/42 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}