KJV King James Version
And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Isaiah 16:5
And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.
WEB World English Bible
A throne will be established in loving kindness. One will sit on it in truth, in the tent of David, judging, seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.
ASV American Standard Version
And a throne shall be established in lovingkindness; and one shall sit thereon in truth, in the tent of David, judging, and seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And established in kindness is the throne, And one hath sat on it in truth, in the tent of David, Judging and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 16
2 For it shall be, [that], as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, [so] the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; [he is] very proud: [even] of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: [but] his lies [shall] not [be] so.
7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely [they are] stricken.
8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, [and] the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come [even] unto Jazer, they wandered [through] the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
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וְהוּכַ֤ןH3559 · kunto establish: prepareבַּחֶ֙סֶד֙H2617 · che.sedkindnessכִּסֵּ֔אH3678 · kis.sethroneוְיָשַׁ֥בH3427 · ya.shavto dwellעָלָ֛יוH5921 · aluponבֶּאֱמֶ֖תH571 · e.mettruth: faithfulבְּאֹ֣הֶלH168 · o.heltentדָּוִ֑דH1732 · da.vidDavidשֹׁפֵ֛טH8199 · sha.phatto judgeוְדֹרֵ֥שׁH1875 · da.rashto seekמִשְׁפָּ֖טH4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementוּמְהִ֥רH4106 · ma.hirquickצֶֽדֶק׃H6664 · tse.deqrighteousness
Cross-references
Daniel 7:14And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed.Micah 4:7And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.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.Daniel 7:27And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he [is] just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.Luke 1:31-33And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.Isaiah 32:1-2Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.Proverbs 20:28Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.Acts 15:16-17After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:2 Samuel 7:16And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.2 Peter 3:11-12[Seeing] then [that] all these things shall be dissolved, what manner [of persons] ought ye to be in [all] holy conversation and godliness,Jeremiah 23:5-6Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.Psalm 89:14Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.Luke 1:69-75And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;Isaiah 55:4Behold, I have given him [for] a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.Isaiah 11:1-5And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:Amos 9:11In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:2 Chronicles 31:20And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought [that which was] good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
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