KJV King James Version
Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
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Isaiah 55:2
Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
WEB World English Bible
Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
ASV American Standard Version
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 55
1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
2 Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, [even] the sure mercies of David.
4 Behold, I have given him [for] a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
5 Behold, 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.
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לָ֤מָּהH4100 · mahwhat?תִשְׁקְלוּ־H8254 · sha.qalto weighכֶ֙סֶף֙H3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyבְּֽלוֹא־H3808 · lonotלֶ֔חֶםH3899 · le.chemfoodוִיגִיעֲכֶ֖םH3018 · ye.gi.atoilבְּל֣וֹאH3808 · lonotלְשָׂבְעָ֑הH7654 · sov.ahsatietyשִׁמְע֨וּH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearשָׁמ֤וֹעַH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearאֵלַי֙H413 · elto(wards)וְאִכְלוּ־H398 · a.khalto eatט֔וֹבH2896 · tovpleasantוְתִתְעַנַּ֥גH6026 · a.nagto delightבַּדֶּ֖שֶׁןH1880 · de.shenashesנַפְשְׁכֶֽם׃H5315 · ne.pheshsoul
Cross-references
John 6:48-58I am that bread of life.Jeremiah 2:13For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, [and] hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.Psalm 36:8They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.Romans 10:2-3For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.Psalm 22:26The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.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.Hebrews 13:9Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For [it is] a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.Jeremiah 31:14And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.Habakkuk 2:13Behold, [is it] not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?Mark 7:14And when he had called all the people [unto him], he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one [of you], and understand:Matthew 22:4Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and [my] fatlings [are] killed, and all things [are] ready: come unto the marriage.Hosea 8:7For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.Psalm 63:5My soul shall be satisfied as [with] marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise [thee] with joyful lips:Isaiah 51:1Hearken 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.Isaiah 1:19If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:Romans 9:31But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.Proverbs 9:5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled.Psalm 34:11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
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