KJV King James Version
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
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Isaiah 42:4
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
WEB World English Bible
He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands will wait for his law.”
ASV American Standard Version
He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He doth not become weak nor bruised, Till he setteth judgment in the earth, And for his law isles wait with hope.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 42
1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, [in whom] my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, [and] them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
לֹ֤אH3808 · lonotיִכְהֶה֙H3543 · ka.hahto grow dimוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיָר֔וּץH7533 · ra.tsatsto crushעַד־H5704 · adtillיָשִׂ֥יםH7760 · sumto set: makeבָּאָ֖רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמִשְׁפָּ֑טH4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementוּלְתוֹרָת֖וֹH8451 · to.rahinstructionאִיִּ֥יםH339 · icoastlandיְיַחֵֽילוּ׃ פH3176 · ya.chalto wait: wait
Cross-references
Isaiah 55:5Behold, thou shalt call a nation [that] thou knowest not, and nations [that] knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.Isaiah 53:2-12For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him.Genesis 49:10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him [shall] the gathering of the people [be].Psalm 22:27All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.Isaiah 52:13-15Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of [his] government and peace [there shall be] no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.Matthew 12:21And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.Isaiah 42:12Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.Psalm 72:8-11He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.Isaiah 60:9Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.Isaiah 11:9-12They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.Isaiah 24:15-16Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, [even] the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.1 Corinthians 9:21To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.Micah 4:1-3But in the last days it shall come to pass, [that] the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.Zechariah 2:11And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.Isaiah 66:19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, [to] Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, [to] Tubal, and Javan, [to] the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.Psalm 98:2-3The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.Isaiah 2:2-4And it shall come to pass in the last days, [that] the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
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