King James Version
Isaiah 41:3 in the King James Version says “He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. safely: Heb. in peace” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. safely: Heb. in peace”
Isaiah 41:3 · KJV
Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. the righteous: Heb. righteousness
He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. safely: Heb. in peace
Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He pursued”
H7291to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
“them and passed”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“safely”
H7965safe, i.e., (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e., health, prosperity, peace
“with his feet”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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