Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the sure mercies of David.
New American Standard Bible
Listen, that
And I will make
According to the
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
listen, so that you will live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
the promises assured to David.
International Standard Version
Pay attention to me, come to me; and listen, so that you may live; then I'll make an everlasting covenant with you, as promised by my faithful, sure love for David.
A Conservative Version
Incline your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul shall live. And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the {faithful holy things (LXX/NT)} of David.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
“Incline your ear [to listen] and come to Me;
Hear, so that your soul may live;
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
According to the faithful mercies [promised and] shown to David.
Bible in Basic English
Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.
Julia Smith Translation
Incline your ear, and come to me, and hear, and your soul shall live; and I will cut out with you an eternal covenant, the sure mercies of David.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Extend your ear, and come to me! Listen so that your soul may live, and I will {make} an everlasting covenant with you, the enduring proofs of {the mercies shown to} David.
Modern King James verseion
Bow down your ear, and come to Me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Incline your ears, and come unto me, take heed, and your soul shall live. For I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
NET Bible
Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.
New Heart English Bible
Turn your ear, and come to me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
The Emphasized Bible
Incline your ear, and come unto me, Hearken, That your soul, may live, - That I may solemnise for you a covenant age-abiding, The Lovingkindness to David, well-assured.
Webster
Incline your ear, and come to me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
World English Bible
Turn your ear, and come to me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Youngs Literal Translation
Incline your ear, and come unto me, Hear, and your soul doth live, And I make for you a covenant age-during, The kind acts of David -- that are stedfast.
Themes
Access to God » Promises connected with
Covenant » Who the lord keeps covenant with
Covenant » Instances of » With his people
Glory » Who the lord glorifies
Life » Of the spirit spiritual » Sustained by the word of God
Life » Spiritual » Sustained by the word of God
Spiritual life » The word of God is the instrument of
Living waters » Jesus Christ leading people to living fountains of water
God's Mercy » Described as » Sure
Topics
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 55:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Invitation To True Rewards
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, the sure mercies of David. 4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a prince and commander to the peoples.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 61:8
For I, Jehovah, love judgment, I hate robbery with wrong; and I will give their recompence in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Acts 13:34
But that he raised him from among the dead, no more to return to corruption, he spoke thus: I will give to you the faithful mercies of David.
Isaiah 54:8
In the outpouring of wrath have I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting loving-kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer.
Psalm 78:1
{An instruction. Of Asaph.} Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Jeremiah 32:40
And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not draw back from them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their heart, that they may not turn aside from me.
Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 17:5
While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight: hear him.
Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Leviticus 18:5
And ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, by which the man that doeth them shall live: I am Jehovah.
2 Samuel 7:8-17
And now, thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I took thee from the pasture-grounds, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people, over Israel;
2 Samuel 23:5
Although my house be not so before God, Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in every way and sure; For this is all my salvation, and every desire, Although he make it not to grow.
Psalm 89:28
My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;
Psalm 89:35-37
Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:
Psalm 119:112
I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes for ever, unto the end.
Proverbs 4:20
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Jeremiah 30:9
But they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
Jeremiah 33:20-21
Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant in respect of the day, and my covenant in respect of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season,
Jeremiah 33:26
then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so as not to take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will turn their captivity, and will have mercy on them.
Jeremiah 50:5
They shall inquire concerning Zion, with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to Jehovah, in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
Ezekiel 37:24-25
And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: and they shall walk in mine ordinances, and keep my statutes, and do them.
Matthew 13:16
But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear;
John 5:24-25
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that he that hears my word, and believes him that has sent me, has life eternal, and does not come into judgment, but is passed out of death into life.
John 6:37
All that the Father gives me shall come to me, and him that comes to me I will not at all cast out.
John 6:44-45
No one can come to me except the Father who has sent me draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day.
John 7:37
In the last, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried saying, If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink.
John 8:47
He that is of God hears the words of God: therefore ye hear them not, because ye are not of God.
John 10:27
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me;
Romans 10:5
For Moses lays down in writing the righteousness which is of the law, The man who has practised those things shall live by them.
Hebrews 13:20
But the God of peace, who brought again from among the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, in the power of the blood of the eternal covenant,