Isaiah 41:28 · KJV
“For I beheld, and {there was} no man; even among them, and {there was} no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. {answer: Heb. return}”
— Isaiah 41:28
The first {shall say} to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
Behold, they {are} all vanity; their works {are} nothing: their molten images {are} wind and confusion.
Isaiah 41 — Context
Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, {He is} righteous? yea, {there is} none that sheweth, yea, {there is} none that declareth, yea, {there is} none that heareth your words.
27The first {shall say} to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
28For I beheld, and {there was} no man; even among them, and {there was} no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. {answer: Heb. return}
29Behold, they {are} all vanity; their works {are} nothing: their molten images {are} wind and confusion.
Cross References
Isaiah 63:5
And I looked, and {there was} none to help; and I wondered that {there was} none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
Isaiah 50:2
Wherefore, when I came, {was there} no man? when I called, {was there} none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because {there is} no water, and dieth for thirst.
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.
Daniel 2:10-11
The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore {there is} no king, lord, nor ruler, {that} asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
Daniel 4:7-8
Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.
Isaiah 40:13-14
Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or {being} his counsellor hath taught him? {his...: Heb. man of his counsel}
Daniel 5:8
Then came in all the king's wise {men}: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.