Isaiah 41:12
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Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find the men that resist thee: they shall be as nothing: and as a thing consumed the men that war against thee.

shalt seek

Job 20:7-9 In the end he shall be destroyed like a dunghill, and they that had seen him, shall say: Where is he? . . .

Psalm 37:35,36 I have seen the wicked highly exalted, and lifted up like the cedars of Libanus. . . .

them that contended with thee.

Context
God's Help to Israel
11Behold all that fight against thee shall be confounded and ashamed, they shall be as nothing, and the men shall perish that strive against thee. 12Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find the men that resist thee: they shall be as nothing: and as a thing consumed the men that war against thee.13For I am the Lord thy God, who take thee by the hand, and say to thee: Fear not, I have helped thee.…
Cross References
Job 20:7
In the end he shall be destroyed like a dunghill, and they that had seen him, shall say: Where is he?

Psalm 37:35
I have seen the wicked highly exalted, and lifted up like the cedars of Libanus.

Psalm 37:36
And I passed by, and lo, he was not: and I sought him and his place was not found.

Isaiah 17:14
In the time of the evening, behold there shall be trouble: the morning shall come, and he shall not be: this is the portion of them that have wasted us, and the lot of them that spoiled us.

Isaiah 34:12
The nobles thereof shall not be there: they shall call rather upon the king, and all the princes thereof shall be nothing.

Lexicon
You will seek
תְּבַקְשֵׁם֙ (tə·ḇaq·šêm)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1245: To search out, to strive after

[them]
אַנְשֵׁ֖י (’an·šê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

but will not
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

find them.
תִמְצָאֵ֔ם (ṯim·ṣā·’êm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

Those who wage war
מִלְחַמְתֶּֽךָ׃ (mil·ḥam·te·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4421: A battle, war

against you
אַנְשֵׁ֥י (’an·šê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

will come
יִהְי֥וּ (yih·yū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

to nothing.
כְאַ֛יִן (ḵə·’a·yin)
Preposition-k | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle


Additional Translations
You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.You shall seek them, and shall not find them, even them that contended with you: they that war against you shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nothing.

Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contend with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

Thou shalt seek them, and thou shalt not find the men who shall insolently rage against thee: for they shall be as if they were not, and they that war against thee shall not be.

Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them -- them that contend with thee; they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contend with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of naught.

You will seek them, and won't find them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a non-existent thing.

Thou seekest them, and findest them not, The men who debate with thee, They are as nothing, yea, as nothing, The men who war with thee.
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