KJV King James Version
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock [whence] ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit [whence] ye are digged.
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Isaiah 51:1
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock [whence] ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit [whence] ye are digged.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.
WEB World English Bible
“Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh: look to the rock you were cut from, and to the hold of the pit you were dug from.
ASV American Standard Version
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hold of the pit whence ye were digged.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Hearken unto Me, ye pursuing righteousness, Seeking Jehovah, Look attentively unto the rock—ye have been hewn, And unto the hole of the pit—ye have been digged.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 51
1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock [whence] ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit [whence] ye are digged.
2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah [that] bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
שִׁמְע֥וּH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearאֵלַ֛יH413 · elto(wards)רֹ֥דְפֵיH7291 · ra.daphto pursueצֶ֖דֶקH6664 · tse.deqrighteousnessמְבַקְשֵׁ֣יH1245 · ba.qashto seekיְהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDהַבִּ֙יטוּ֙H5027 · na.vatto lookאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)צ֣וּרH6697 · tsurRocks (of Goats)חֻצַּבְתֶּ֔םH2672 · cha.tsavto hewוְאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מַקֶּ֥בֶתH4718 · maq.qe.vethammerבּ֖וֹרH953 · borpitנֻקַּרְתֶּֽם׃H5365 · na.qarto dig
Cross-references
Isaiah 51:7Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart [is] my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.Psalm 94:15But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.Psalm 105:3-4Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.Hebrews 12:14Follow peace with all [men], and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:Romans 9:30-32What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.Romans 14:19Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.2 Timothy 2:22Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.Amos 5:6Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour [it], and [there be] none to quench [it] in Bethel.Ephesians 2:11-12Wherefore remember, that ye [being] in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;Isaiah 48:12Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I [am] he; I [am] the first, I also [am] the last.Proverbs 21:21He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.Proverbs 15:9The way of the wicked [is] an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.Isaiah 45:19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.Matthew 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.Matthew 5:6Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.Isaiah 46:3-4Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne [by me] from the belly, which are carried from the womb:Psalm 24:6This [is] the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.Philippians 3:13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
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