KJV King James Version
Behold, God [is] my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH [is] my strength and [my] song; he also is become my salvation.
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Isaiah 12:2
Behold, God [is] my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH [is] my strength and [my] song; he also is become my salvation.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
WEB World English Bible
Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
ASV American Standard Version
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Jehovah, even Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Lo, God is my salvation, I trust, and fear not, For my strength and song is Jah Jehovah, And He is to me for salvation.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 12
1 And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
2 Behold, God [is] my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH [is] my strength and [my] song; he also is become my salvation.
3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
5 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this [is] known in all the earth.
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הִנֵּ֨הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdאֵ֧לH410 · elGodיְשׁוּעָתִ֛יH3444 · ye.shu.ahsalvationאֶבְטַ֖חH982 · ba.tachto trustוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotאֶפְחָ֑דH6342 · pa.chadto dreadכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforעָזִּ֤יH5797 · ozstrengthוְזִמְרָת֙H2176 · zim.ratsongיָ֣הּH3050 · yahLORDיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוַֽיְהִי־H1961 · ha.yahto beלִ֖יH9030 · nimeלִֽישׁוּעָֽה׃H3444 · ye.shu.ahsalvation
Cross-references
Exodus 15:2The LORD [is] my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he [is] my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.Psalm 118:14The LORD [is] my strength and song, and is become my salvation.Psalm 27:1[A Psalm] of David. The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?Revelation 7:10And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.Isaiah 26:3-4Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]: because he trusteth in thee.Jonah 2:9But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay [that] that I have vowed. Salvation [is] of the LORD.Isaiah 45:17[But] Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.Matthew 1:21-23And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.Isaiah 45:22-25Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else.Isaiah 62:11Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward [is] with him, and his work before him.Jeremiah 23:6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this [is] his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.Hosea 1:7But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.Luke 2:30-32For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,Psalm 83:18That [men] may know that thou, whose name alone [is] JEHOVAH, [art] the most high over all the earth.1 Timothy 3:16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.Isaiah 32:2And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.Jeremiah 3:23Truly in vain [is salvation hoped for] from the hills, [and from] the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God [is] the salvation of Israel.Isaiah 9:6-7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
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