KJV King James Version
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
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Isaiah 60:17
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.
WEB World English Bible
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron. I will also make your officers peace, and righteousness your ruler.
ASV American Standard Version
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron. I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Instead of the brass I bring in gold, And instead of the iron I bring in silver, And instead of the wood brass, And instead of the stone iron, And I have made thy inspection peace, And thy exactors righteousness.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 60
14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through [thee], I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD [am] thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
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תַּ֣חַתH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underהַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁתH5178 · ne.cho.shetbronzeאָבִ֣יאH935 · boto come (in): comeזָהָ֗בH2091 · za.havgoldוְתַ֤חַתH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underהַבַּרְזֶל֙H1270 · bar.zelironאָ֣בִיאH935 · boto come (in): comeכֶ֔סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyוְתַ֤חַתH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underהָֽעֵצִים֙H6086 · etstree: woodנְחֹ֔שֶׁתH5178 · ne.cho.shetbronzeוְתַ֥חַתH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underהָאֲבָנִ֖יםH68 · e.venstoneבַּרְזֶ֑לH1270 · bar.zelironוְשַׂמְתִּ֤יH7760 · sumto set: makeפְקֻדָּתֵךְ֙H6486 · pe.qud.dahpunishmentשָׁל֔וֹםH7965 · sha.lompeaceוְנֹגְשַׂ֖יִךְH5065 · na.ga.sto oppressצְדָקָֽה׃H6666 · tse.da.qahrighteousness
Cross-references
Hebrews 11:40God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.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.Isaiah 1:26And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.Zechariah 12:8In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David [shall be] as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.1 Kings 10:21-27And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels [were of] gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon [were of] pure gold; none [were of] silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.Isaiah 32:1-2Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.2 Peter 3:13Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
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