Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Awake, awake, arm of the LORD, clothe yourself with strength! Awake, as in days gone by, as in generations of old. Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced that monster through? New Living Translation Wake up, wake up, O LORD! Clothe yourself with strength! Flex your mighty right arm! Rouse yourself as in the days of old when you slew Egypt, the dragon of the Nile. English Standard Version Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon? Berean Standard Bible Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon? King James Bible Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? New King James Version Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD! Awake as in the ancient days, In the generations of old. Are You not the arm that cut Rahab apart, And wounded the serpent? New American Standard Bible Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; Awake as in the days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not You who cut Rahab in pieces, Who pierced the dragon? NASB 1995 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; Awake as in the days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not You who cut Rahab in pieces, Who pierced the dragon? NASB 1977 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; Awake as in the days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not Thou who cut Rahab in pieces, Who pierced the dragon? Legacy Standard Bible Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Yahweh; Awake as in the days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not You who chopped Rahab in pieces, Who pierced the dragon? Amplified Bible Awake, awake, put on strength and might, O arm of the LORD; Awake as in the ancient days, as in the generations of long ago. Was it not You who cut Rahab (Egypt) in pieces, Who pierced the dragon [of Egypt]? Christian Standard Bible Wake up, wake up! Arm of the LORD, clothe yourself with strength. Wake up as in days past, as in generations long ago. Wasn’t it you who hacked Rahab to pieces, who pierced the sea monster? Holman Christian Standard Bible Wake up, wake up! Put on the strength of the LORD’s power. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of long ago. Wasn’t it You who hacked Rahab to pieces, who pierced the sea monster? American Standard Version Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou that didst cut Rahab in pieces, that didst pierce the monster? Aramaic Bible in Plain English Wake up! Wake up, and put on strength, oh arm of LORD JEHOVAH, like in the first days and like the generation that is from ancient times, you who have cut off greatly, and you have destroyed The Dragon Brenton Septuagint Translation Awake, awake, O Jerusalem, and put on the strength of thine arm; awake as in the early time, as the ancient generation. Contemporary English Version Wake up! Do something, LORD. Be strong and ready. Wake up! Do what you did for our people long ago. Didn't you chop up Rahab the monster? Douay-Rheims Bible Arise, arise, put on strength, O thou arm of the Lord, arise as in the days of old, in the ancient generations. Hast not thou struck the proud one, and wounded the dragon? English Revised Version Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Art thou not it that cut Rahab in pieces, that pierced the dragon? GOD'S WORD® Translation Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O LORD! Wake up as you did in days long past, as in generations long ago. Didn't you cut Rahab into pieces and stab the serpent? Good News Translation Wake up, LORD, and help us! Use your power and save us; use it as you did in ancient times. It was you that cut the sea monster Rahab to pieces. International Standard Version "Awake! Awake! Clothe yourself with strength, you arm of the LORD! Awake, as in days gone by, as in generations of long ago. Was it not you who split apart Rehob, who pierced that sea monster through? JPS Tanakh 1917 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; Awake, as in the days of old, The generations of ancient times. Art thou not it that hewed Rahab in pieces, That pierced the dragon? Literal Standard Version Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of YHWH, | Awake, as [in] days of old, generations of the ages, | Are You not it that is hewing down Rahab, | Piercing a dragon? Majority Standard Bible Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon? New American Bible Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of the LORD! Awake as in the days of old, in ages long ago! Was it not you who crushed Rahab, you who pierced the dragon? NET Bible Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the LORD! Wake up as in former times, as in antiquity! Did you not smash the Proud One? Did you not wound the sea monster? New Revised Standard Version Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD! Awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago! Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon? New Heart English Bible Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of the LORD; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn't it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster? Webster's Bible Translation Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not that which hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? World English Bible Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster? Young's Literal Translation Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah, Awake, as in days of old, generations of the ages, Art not Thou it that is hewing down Rahab, Piercing a dragon! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Salvation for Zion…8For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.” 9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon? 10Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?… Cross References Exodus 6:6 Therefore tell the Israelites: 'I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. Deuteronomy 4:34 Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation--by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors--as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes? Job 9:13 God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him. Job 26:12 By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab. Psalm 44:1 We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in days of long ago. Psalm 74:13 You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea; Psalm 77:5 I considered the days of old, the years long in the past. Treasury of Scripture Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Are you not it that has cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? awake Isaiah 51:17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. Isaiah 27:1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. Psalm 7:6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded. put Isaiah 52:1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. Isaiah 59:17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke. Psalm 21:13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power. o arm Isaiah 51:5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust. Isaiah 53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? Isaiah 59:16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. as in Judges 6:13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. Nehemiah 9:7-15 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham; … Psalm 44:1 To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. art thou Job 26:12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. Psalm 87:4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there. Psalm 89:10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. Jump to Previous Ages Ago Ancient Arm Awake Clothe Cut Dragon Generations Hewed Hewing Monster Passed Past Pieces Pierce Pierced Rahab Strength Times WoundedJump to Next Ages Ago Ancient Arm Awake Clothe Cut Dragon Generations Hewed Hewing Monster Passed Past Pieces Pierce Pierced Rahab Strength Times WoundedIsaiah 51 1. An exhortation after the pattern of Abraham, to trust in Christ3. By reason of his comfortable promises, 4. Of his righteous salvation 7. And man's mortality 9. Christ by his sanctified arm defends his from the fear of man 17. He bewails the afflictions of Jerusalem 21. And promises deliverance (9) Awake, awake.--Who is the speaker that thus bursts into this grand apostrophe? (1) The redeemed and ideal Israel, or (2) the Servant of the Lord, or (3) the prophet, or (4) Jehovah, as in self-communing, after the manner of men, like that of Deborah in Judges 5:12. On the whole the first seems the preferable view; but the loftiness of poetry, perhaps, transcends all such distinctions. The appeal is, in any case, to the great deeds of God in the past, as the pledge and earnest of yet greater in the future. "Rahab," as in Isaiah 30:7, Psalm 89:10, is Egypt; and the "dragon," like "leviathan" in Psalm 74:13, stands for Pharaoh. (Comp. Ezekiel 29:3.) Cheyne quotes from Bunsen's "Egypt," vol. vi., an invocation to the god Ra, from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, "Hail, thou who hast cut in pieces the scorner and strangled the Apophis (sc. the evil serpent)," as a striking parallel.Verses 9-11. - AN APPEAL OF THE PROPHET TO GOD TO AROUSE HIMSELF, WITH A PROMISE OF ISRAEL'S RESTORATION. There has been much doubt as to the utterer of this "splendid apostrophe." Zion, the prophet, the angels, Jehovah, and God the Son pleading with God the Father, have been suggested. To us it seems simplest and best to assign the passage to the prophet. Verse 9. - Awake, awake (comp. Psalm 7:6; Psalm 35:23; Psalm 44:23; Psalm 78:65). When God neglects the prayers and supplications of his people, he is spoken of as "asleep," and needing to be awoke by a loud cry. The anthropomorphism is obvious, and of course not to be taken literally (see 1 Kings 18:27, ad fin.). Put on strength. Gird the strength to thee (Psalm 93:1) which thou hadst laid aside while thou wept asleep. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab? rather, was it not thou that didst cleave Rahab in pieces? Here, as in Psalm 87:4 and Psalm 89:10, "Rahab" would seem to be a symbolical expression for Egypt. "Rahab" is literally "pride," or "the proud one." The event alluded to, both here and in Psalm 89:10, is the destruction of Pharaoh's host in the Red Sea (see ver. 10). And wounded the dragon. "The dragon" is another symbol of the Egyptian power (comp. Ezekiel 29:3, "Pharaoh, King of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers"). Originally designating God's great enemy, Satan (Genesis 3:14; Revelation 12:7-9; Revelation 20:2), it is a term which comes to be applied to the adversaries of the Almighty generally. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Awaken,עוּרִ֨י (‘ū·rî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 5782: To rouse oneself, awake awaken, עוּרִ֤י (‘ū·rî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 5782: To rouse oneself, awake put on לִבְשִׁי־ (liḇ·šî-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 3847: Wrap around, to put on a, garment, clothe strength, עֹז֙ (‘ōz) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5797: Strength, might O arm זְר֣וֹעַ (zə·rō·w·a‘) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 2220: The arm, the foreleg, force of the LORD. יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH Wake up ע֚וּרִי (‘ū·rî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 5782: To rouse oneself, awake as in days כִּ֣ימֵי (kî·mê) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 3117: A day past, קֶ֔דֶם (qe·ḏem) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6924: The front, of place, time as in generations דֹּר֖וֹת (dō·rō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling of long ago. עוֹלָמִ֑ים (‘ō·w·lā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always Was it not הֲל֥וֹא (hă·lō·w) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no You אַתְּ־ (’at-) Pronoun - second person feminine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you who cut Rahab רַ֖הַב (ra·haḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7294: Rahab -- 'storm', a name for Eg to pieces, הַמַּחְצֶ֥בֶת (ham·maḥ·ṣe·ḇeṯ) Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 2672: To cut, carve, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave who pierced through מְחוֹלֶ֥לֶת (mə·ḥō·w·le·leṯ) Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine singular construct Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play the dragon? תַּנִּֽין׃ (tan·nîn) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8577: A marine, land monster, sea-serpent, jackal Links Isaiah 51:9 NIVIsaiah 51:9 NLT Isaiah 51:9 ESV Isaiah 51:9 NASB Isaiah 51:9 KJV Isaiah 51:9 BibleApps.com Isaiah 51:9 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 51:9 Chinese Bible Isaiah 51:9 French Bible Isaiah 51:9 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 51:9 Awake awake put on strength arm (Isa Isi Is) |
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