King James Version
Isaiah 41:6 in the King James Version says “They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. Be: Heb. Be strong” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. Be: Heb. Be strong”
Isaiah 41:6 · KJV
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.
They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. Be: Heb. Be strong
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved. goldsmith: or, founder him: or, the smiting saying: or, saying of the soder, It is good
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“every one”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“to his brother”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
“Be of good courage”
H2388to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra
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