The Meaning of Isaiah 41:13 Explained

Isaiah 41:13

KJV: For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

YLT: For I, Jehovah thy God, Am strengthening thy right hand, He who is saying to thee, 'Fear not, I have helped thee.'

Darby: For I, Jehovah, thy God, hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

ASV: For I, Jehovah thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For I the LORD  thy God  will hold  thy right hand,  saying  unto thee, Fear  not; I will help  thee. 

What does Isaiah 41:13 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Yahweh restated His promise and His exhortation from Isaiah 41:10. Israel"s God would strengthen, encourage, and help His people. He would stand with them while He defended them because He was Yahweh their God (cf. Exodus 20:2).

Context Summary

Isaiah 41:1-16 - The Lord Upholdeth His Servant
The conception of this passage is superb. Jehovah is represented as summoning the earth to determine whether He or some idol of the heathen is the true God, Isaiah 41:7. Also see Isaiah 41:23. The test proposed is a simple one! Which can most precisely predict the future? Not, as in Elijah's case, is the appeal made to fire, but to the fitting of prophecy with historical fulfillment. See Isaiah 41:22-23.
While this great arbitration is in process, God turns with tender assurances to His own people. They were at this time captives in Babylon. They were poor and needy. They were surrounded by strong and crafty foes, against whom they were as powerless as a worm. But no height, however precipitous, or depth, however profound, could separate them from His love. Heart and flesh might fail, but He would strengthen; difficulties might appear insurmountable, but He would help. He does more. He takes His people, weak as worms, and makes them, if they but yield to Him, sharp threshing instruments having teeth before which the powers of evil become as chaff. O man, listen to God saying, I will make. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 41

1  God expostulates with his people, about his mercies to the church
10  About his promises
21  And about the vanity of idols

What do the individual words in Isaiah 41:13 mean?

For I Yahweh your God will hold your right hand Saying to you not fear will help you -
כִּ֗י אֲנִ֛י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ מַחֲזִ֣יק יְמִינֶ֑ךָ הָאֹמֵ֥ר לְךָ֛ אַל־ תִּירָ֖א עֲזַרְתִּֽיךָ ס

יְהוָ֥ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ  your  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
מַחֲזִ֣יק  will  hold 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular
Root: חָזַק  
Sense: to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore.
יְמִינֶ֑ךָ  your  right  hand 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: יָמִין  
Sense: right, right hand, right side.
הָאֹמֵ֥ר  Saying 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
לְךָ֛  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
תִּירָ֖א  fear 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: יָרֵא 
Sense: to fear, revere, be afraid.
עֲזַרְתִּֽיךָ  will  help  you 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular, second person masculine singular
Root: עָזַר  
Sense: to help, succour, support.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation