The word “Behold, my servant, whom I uphold”
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Isaiah 42:1–9: the text says, “Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations. He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street. He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice. He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice on the earth, and the islands wait for his law.” God the LORD, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says: “I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness. I will hold your hand. I will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations, to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison. I am the LORD. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images. Behold, the former things have happened and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up.” The text does not say who “my servant” of 42:1 is, or whom the LORD addresses as “you” at 42:6. WEB closes at the end of 42:4 the quotation it opens at 42:1, and opens again at 42:8 the quotation it opens at 42:6. The Korean Revised Version gives 42:7 the subject 네가 (네가 소경의 눈을 밝히며, with the one addressed as the one who opens the eyes of the blind), where WEB reads “to open the blind eyes”, and reads at 42:9 전에 예언한 일이 이미 이루었느니라 (what was foretold before has already come to pass), where WEB reads “the former things have happened”.
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- ISA 42:1–9, engwebp
1“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
2He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.
3He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.
4He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice on the earth, and the islands wait for his law.”
5God the LORD, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says:
6“I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness. I will hold your hand. I will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations,
7to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
8“I am the LORD. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.
9Behold, the former things have happened and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up.”
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: The word “Behold, my servant, whom I uphold” (event-isa-42-behold-my-servant-whom-i-uphold) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/isa-42-behold-my-servant-whom-i-uphold Current wording: Isaiah 42:1–9: the text says, “Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations. He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street. He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice. He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice on the earth, and the islands wait for his law.” God the LORD, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says: “I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness. I will hold your hand. I will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations, to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison. I am the LORD. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images. Behold, the former things have happened and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up.” The text does not say who “my servant” of 42:1 is, or whom the LORD addresses as “you” at 42:6. WEB closes at the end of 42:4 the quotation it opens at 42:1, and opens again at 42:8 the quotation it opens at 42:6. The Korean Revised Version gives 42:7 the subject 네가 (네가 소경의 눈을 밝히며, with the one addressed as the one who opens the eyes of the blind), where WEB reads “to open the blind eyes”, and reads at 42:9 전에 예언한 일이 이미 이루었느니라 (what was foretold before has already come to pass), where WEB reads “the former things have happened”. Cited evidence: ISA 42:1–9, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.