Isaiah 41:16 “You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will sca…”

Isaiah 41:16

You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

World English Bible

You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in the LORD. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

American Standard Version

Thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou shalt fanne them, and the winde shall carie them away, and the whirlewinde shall scatter them: and thou shalt reioyce in the Lord, and shalt glory in the holy one of Israel.

Darby Translation

thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation

Thou winnowest them, and a wind lifteth them up, And a whirlwind scattereth them, And thou — thou rejoicest in Jehovah, In the Holy One of Israel dost boast thyself.

Bible in Basic English

You will send the wind over them, and it will take them away; they will go in all directions before the storm-wind: you will have joy in the Lord, and be glad in the Holy One of Israel.

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Cross references

“shalt fan”

Jeremiah 51:2 Jeremiah 15:7 Isaiah 17:13 Psalm 1:4 Matthew 3:12

Jeremiah 51:2 · BSB

I will send strangers to Babylon to winnow her and empty her land; for they will come against her from every side in her day of disaster.

Jeremiah 15:7 · BSB

I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.

Isaiah 17:13 · BSB

The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.

Psalm 1:4 · BSB

Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.

Matthew 3:12 · BSB

His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

“thou shalt rejoice”

Habakkuk 3:18 Isaiah 12:6 Isaiah 25:1–3 Romans 5:11 Philippians 3:3 Isaiah 45:24

Habakkuk 3:18 · BSB

yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!

Isaiah 12:6 · BSB

Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”

Isaiah 25:1–3 · BSB

O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders— plans formed long ago— in perfect faithfulness.

Romans 5:11 · BSB

Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Philippians 3:3 · BSB

For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—

Isaiah 45:24 · BSB

Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.

17The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

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