KJV King James Version
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
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Isaiah 58:8
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
WEB World English Bible
Then your light shall break forth as the morning, and your healing shall spring forth speedily; and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of Yahweh shall be your rear guard.
ASV American Standard Version
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearward.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Then broken up as the dawn is thy light, And thy health in haste springeth up, Gone before thee hath thy righteousness, The honour of Jehovah doth gather thee.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 58
5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? [is it] to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes [under him]? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
6 [Is] not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
7 [Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I [am]. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
10 And [if] thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness [be] as the noonday:
11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
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אָ֣זH227 · azthenיִבָּקַ֤עH1234 · ba.qato break up/openכַּשַּׁ֙חַר֙H7837 · sha.chardawnאוֹרֶ֔ךָH216 · orlightוַאֲרֻכָתְךָ֖H724 · a.ru.khahhealthמְהֵרָ֣הH4120 · me.he.rahhasteתִצְמָ֑חH6779 · tsa.machto springוְהָלַ֤ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentלְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙H6440 · pa.nehface: beforeצִדְקֶ֔ךָH6664 · tse.deqrighteousnessכְּב֥וֹדH3519 · ka.vodgloryיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDיַאַסְפֶֽךָ׃H622 · a.saphto gather
Cross-references
Isaiah 52:12For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel [will be] your rereward.Jeremiah 33:6Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.Psalm 37:6And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.Jeremiah 30:17For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, [saying], This [is] Zion, whom no man seeketh after.Psalm 85:13Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set [us] in the way of his steps.Malachi 4:2But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.Isaiah 58:10-11And [if] thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness [be] as the noonday:Acts 10:35But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.Psalm 97:11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.Exodus 14:19And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:Job 11:17And [thine] age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.Isaiah 57:18I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.Hosea 14:4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.Hosea 6:2-3After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.Isaiah 30:26Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.Psalm 112:4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: [he is] gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.Acts 10:4And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
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