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Isaiah 51:6

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

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KJV King James Version

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.

WEB World English Bible

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein shall die in the same way: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

ASV American Standard Version

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

Lift ye up to the heavens your eyes, And look attentively unto the earth beneath, For the heavens as smoke have vanished, And the earth as a garment weareth out, And its inhabitants as gnats do die, And My salvation is to the age, And My righteousness is not broken.

Surrounding context — Isaiah 51

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.

5 My righteousness [is] near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

7 Hearken 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.

8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. [Art] thou not it that hath cut Rahab, [and] wounded the dragon?

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שְׂאוּ֩H5375 · na.sato lift: raise לַשָּׁמַ֨יִםH8064 · sha.ma.yimheaven עֵֽינֵיכֶ֜םH5869 · a.yineye וְֽהַבִּ֧יטוּH5027 · na.vatto look אֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הָאָ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planet מִתַּ֗חַתH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: under כִּֽי־H3588 · kifor שָׁמַ֜יִםH8064 · sha.ma.yimheaven כֶּעָשָׁ֤ןH6227 · a.shansmoke נִמְלָ֙חוּ֙H4414 · ma.lachto dissipate וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙H776 · e.retsland: country/planet כַּבֶּ֣גֶדH899 · be.gedtreachery תִּבְלֶ֔הH1086 · ba.lahto become old וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָH3427 · ya.shavto dwell כְּמוֹ־H3644 · ke.molike כֵ֣ןH3654 · kengnat יְמוּת֑וּןH4191 · mutto die וִישֽׁוּעָתִי֙H3444 · ye.shu.ahsalvation לְעוֹלָ֣םH5769 · o.lamforever: enduring תִּֽהְיֶ֔הH1961 · ha.yahto be וְצִדְקָתִ֖יH6666 · tse.da.qahrighteousness לֹ֥אH3808 · lonot תֵחָֽת׃ סH2865 · cha.tatto to be dismayed

Cross-references

Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.Psalm 102:25-26Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens [are] the work of thy hands.Isaiah 34:4And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling [fig] from the fig tree.Hebrews 1:10-12And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:Revelation 6:12-14And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;John 3:15-16That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.2 Peter 3:10-12But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.John 10:27-29My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:Isaiah 51:8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.Isaiah 13:13Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.Psalm 8:3-4When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;Isaiah 40:26Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these [things], that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that [he is] strong in power; not one faileth.Deuteronomy 4:19And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, [even] all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.Hebrews 9:15And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions [that were] under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.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.Isaiah 50:9Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who [is] he [that] shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

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