Yesaya 42:4

42:4 He will not grow dim or be crushed ¹ 

before establishing justice on the earth;

the coastlands ²  will wait in anticipation for his decrees.” ³ 

Yesaya 42:2

42:2 He will not cry out or shout;

he will not publicize himself in the streets. ⁴ 

1 Korintus 3:7

3:7 So neither the one who plants counts for anything, ⁵  nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth.

[42:4]  ¹ tn For rhetorical effect the terms used to describe the “crushed (רָצַץ, ratsats) reed” and “dim (כָּהָה, kahah) wick” in v. 3 are repeated here.

[42:4]  ² tn Or “islands” (NIV); NLT “distant lands beyond the sea.”

[42:4]  ³ tn Or “his law” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NIV) or “his instruction” (NLT).

[42:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “he will not cause his voice to be heard in the street.”

[3:7]  ⁵ tn Grk “is anything.”