KJV King James Version
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him.
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Isaiah 30:18
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
ASV American Standard Version
And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for Jehovah is a God of justice; blessed are all they that wait for him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment is Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 30
15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
17 One thousand [shall flee] at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him.
19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
20 And [though] the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This [is] the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְלָכֵ֞ןH3651 · kenrightיְחַכֶּ֤הH2442 · cha.khahto waitיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלַֽחֲנַנְכֶ֔םH2603 · cha.nanbe graciousוְלָכֵ֥ןH3651 · kenrightיָר֖וּםH7311 · rumto exaltלְרַֽחֶמְכֶ֑םH7355 · ra.chamto have compassionכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforאֱלֹהֵ֤יH430 · e.lo.himGodמִשְׁפָּט֙H4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאַשְׁרֵ֖יH835 · e.sherblessedכָּל־H3605 · kolallח֥וֹכֵיH2442 · cha.khahto waitלֽוֹ׃ סH9033 · ohim
Cross-references
2 Peter 3:9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.Lamentations 3:25-26The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.Proverbs 16:20He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy [is] he.Isaiah 25:9And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this [is] our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this [is] the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.Isaiah 8:17And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.Psalm 34:8O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him.Psalm 27:14Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.Luke 15:20And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.Isaiah 55:8For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.2 Peter 3:15And account [that] the longsuffering of our Lord [is] salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;Psalm 28:6-7Blessed [be] the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.Isaiah 33:5The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.Psalm 40:1-3To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.Psalm 46:10-11Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.Jeremiah 17:7Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.Psalm 62:5-8My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation [is] from him.Romans 9:22[What] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:Acts 2:33-39Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
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