King James Version
Isaiah 41:29 in the King James Version says “Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.”
Isaiah 41:29 · KJV
The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
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
Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“Behold they are all vanity”
H205strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
“are nothing”
H657cessation, i.e., an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or f
“their works”
H4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
“are wind”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
“and confusion”
H8414a desolation (of surface), i.e., desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
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