{"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/asv/isaiah/42","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T23:24:41.734Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","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 chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad 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:"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee 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 dungeon, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise unto 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 unto Jehovah 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."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice , the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of Sela sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Let them give glory unto Jehovah, and declare his praise in the islands."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man; he will stir up his zeal like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout aloud; he will do mightily against his enemies."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"They shall be turned back, they shall be utterly put to shame, that trust in graven images, that say unto molten images, Ye are our gods."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I send? who is blind as he that is at peace with me , and blind as Jehovah's servant?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Thou seest many things, but thou observest not; his ears are open, but he heareth not."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness'sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"But this is a people robbed and plundered; 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."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Who is there among you that will give ear to this? that will hearken and hear for the time to come?"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not Jehovah? he against whom we have sinned, and in whose ways they would not walk, neither were they obedient unto his law."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Therefore he poured upon him the fierceness of his anger, and the strength of battle; and it 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 (ASV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 42](https://primebible.com/asv/isaiah/42)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/isaiah/42 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}