Isaiah 41:13

For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — God addresses Israel in the context of a promised victory over their enemies, speaking directly to Jacob and the remnant of Israel. The words — The Hebrew מַחֲזִיק (ma.cha.Zik) translates literally as "takes hold of," and יְמִינֶ/ךָ (ye.mi.Ne./kha) means "your right hand." The thread — The assurance appears in Isaiah 41:10 and aligns with the thematic presence found in Psalms 73:23 and Psalms 63:8. Why it lands — The text commands the rejection of fear by grounding the reader's confidence in God's direct intervention and help.

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The Hebrew words

כִּ֗יKifor אֲנִ֛י'a.NiI יְהוָ֥הYah.weh[am] Yahweh אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei./khaGod/ your מַחֲזִ֣יקma.cha.Zik[who] takes hold of יְמִינֶ֑ךָye.mi.Ne./kharight [hand]/ your הָאֹמֵ֥רha./'o.Merwho/ saysלְךָ֛le./Khato/ youאַל־'al-may not תִּירָ֖אti.Ra'you be afraid אֲנִ֥י'a.NiI עֲזַרְתִּֽיךָ׃ ס'a.zar.Ti./khaI will help/ you

King James Version

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

Cross-references

Isaiah 41:10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
Psalms 73:23 Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
Psalms 63:8 My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
Psalms 109:31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
Isaiah 42:6 “I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
2 Timothy 4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
Isaiah 45:1 This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:
Deuteronomy 33:26 “There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.
Isaiah 43:6 I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—
Isaiah 51:18 Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.