Isaiah 40:29

40:29 He gives strength to those who are tired;

to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy.

Isaiah 41:29

41:29 Look, all of them are nothing,

their accomplishments are nonexistent;

their metal images lack any real substance.


tc The Hebrew text has אָוֶן (’aven, “deception,” i.e., “false”), but the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa has אין (“nothing”), which forms a better parallel with אֶפֶס (’efes, “nothing”) in the next line. See also 40:17 and 41:12.

tn Heb “their statues are wind and nothing”; NASB “wind and emptiness”; NIV “wind and confusion.”