Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment is Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him.
New American Standard Bible
And therefore He
For the Lord is a
How blessed are all those who
King James Version
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Holman Bible
and is rising up to show you compassion,
for the Lord is a just God.
All who wait patiently for Him are happy.
International Standard Version
"Nevertheless, the LORD will wait so he can be gracious to you; and thus he will rise up to show you mercy. For the LORD is a God of justice. How blessed are all those who wait for him."
A Conservative Version
And therefore LORD will wait, that he may be gracious to you. And therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you. For LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
American Standard Version
And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for Jehovah is a God of justice; blessed are all they that wait for him.
Amplified
Therefore the Lord waits [expectantly] and longs to be gracious to you,
And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you.
Blessed (happy, fortunate) are all those who long for Him [since He will never fail them].
Bible in Basic English
For this cause the Lord will be waiting, so that he may be kind to you; and he will be lifted up, so that he may have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of righteousness: there is a blessing on all whose hope is in him.
Darby Translation
And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he lift himself up, that he may have mercy upon you; for Jehovah is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Julia Smith Translation
And for this Jehovah will wait to compassionate you, and for this he will be lifted up to pity you, for Jehovah is a God of judgment: happy all they waiting for him.
King James 2000
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of justice: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore Yahweh waits to be gracious [to] you, and therefore he will rise up to show you mercy, for Yahweh [is] a God of justice; blessed [are] all those who wait for him.
Modern King James verseion
And so Jehovah waits to be gracious to you. And therefore He is exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For Jehovah is a God of judgment; blessed are all those who wait for Him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yet standeth the LORD waiting, that he may have mercy upon you, and lifteth himself up, that he may receive you to grace. For the LORD God is righteous. Happy are all they that wait for him.
NET Bible
For this reason the Lord is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the Lord is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed.
New Heart English Bible
Therefore the LORD will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
The Emphasized Bible
And, therefore, will Yahweh wait, That he may grant you favour, And, therefore, will he lift himself up, That he may show you compassion, - For A God of justice, is, Yahweh, How happy all they who are waiting for him
Webster
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious to you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
World English Bible
Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
Themes
Afflictions » Tempered with mercy
the Blessed » Who wait for the lord
Exaltation » The lord being exalted
divine Favour » Promised to saints
God » Favour of » Promised to saints
Longsuffering Of God » Exercised toward » His people
The judgment of babylon » The lord being a God of judgment
Waiting » Those that wait on the lord
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 30:18
Prayers for Isaiah 30:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Will Show Mercy
17 One thousand because of the rebuke of one, Because of the rebuke of five ye flee, Till ye have been surely left as a pole On the top of the mountain, And as an ensign on the height. 18 And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment is Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him. 19 For the people in Zion dwell in Jerusalem, Weep thou not, weeping, Pitying, He pitieth thee at the voice of thy cry, When He heareth He answereth thee.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
2 Peter 3:9
the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,
Proverbs 16:20
The wise in any matter findeth good, And whoso is trusting in Jehovah, O his happiness.
Isaiah 25:9
And one hath said in that day, 'Lo, this is our God, We waited for Him, and He saveth us, This is Jehovah, we have waited for Him, We joy and rejoice in His salvation.'
Isaiah 33:5
Set on high is Jehovah, for He is dwelling on high, He filled Zion with judgment and righteousness,
2 Peter 3:15
and the long-suffering of our Lord count ye salvation, according as also our beloved brother Paul -- according to the wisdom given to him -- did write to you,
Psalm 2:12
Kiss the Chosen One, lest He be angry, And ye lose the way, When His anger burneth but a little, O the happiness of all trusting in Him!
Psalm 34:8
Taste ye and see that Jehovah is good, O the happiness of the man who trusteth in Him.
Isaiah 5:16
And Jehovah of Hosts is high in judgment, And the Holy God sanctified in righteousness,
Isaiah 8:17
And I have waited for Jehovah, Who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob, And I have looked for Him.
Jeremiah 17:7
Blessed is the man who trusteth in Jehovah, And whose confidence hath been Jehovah.
Exodus 34:6
and Jehovah passeth over before his face, and calleth: 'Jehovah, Jehovah God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth,
Deuteronomy 32:4
The Rock! -- perfect is His work, For all His ways are just; God of stedfastness, and without iniquity: Righteous and upright is He.
1 Samuel 2:3
Ye multiply not -- ye speak haughtily -- The old saying goeth out from your mouth, For a God of knowledge is Jehovah, And by Him actions are weighed.
Job 35:14
Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment is before Him, and stay for Him.
Psalm 27:14
Look unto Jehovah -- be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!
Psalm 28:6-7
Blessed is Jehovah, For He hath heard the voice of my supplications.
Psalm 40:1-3
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry,
Psalm 46:10-11
Desist, and know that I am God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.
Psalm 62:1-2
To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. Only -- toward God is my soul silent, From Him is my salvation.
Psalm 62:5-8
Only -- for God, be silent, O my soul, For from Him is my hope.
Psalm 76:5-10
Spoiled themselves have the mighty of heart, They have slept their sleep, And none of the men of might found their hands.
Psalm 84:12
Jehovah of Hosts! O the happiness of a man trusting in Thee.
Psalm 99:4
And the strength of the king Hath loved judgment, Thou -- Thou hast established uprightness; Judgment and righteousness in Jacob, Thou -- Thou hast done.
Isaiah 18:4
For thus said Jehovah unto me, 'I rest, and I look on My settled place, As a clear heat on an herb. As a thick cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Isaiah 26:7-8
The path for the righteous is uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.
Isaiah 33:10-12
Now, do I arise, saith Jehovah, Now I am exalted, now I am lifted up.
Isaiah 40:31
But those expecting Jehovah pass to power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!
Isaiah 42:1-4
Lo, My servant, I take hold on him, My chosen one -- My soul hath accepted, I have put My Spirit upon him, Judgment to nations he bringeth forth.
Isaiah 42:14
I have kept silent from of old, I keep silent, I refrain myself, As a travailing woman I cry out, I desolate and swallow up together.
Isaiah 55:8
For not My thoughts are your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, -- an affirmation of Jehovah,
Isaiah 57:17-18
For the iniquity of his dishonest gain, I have been wroth, and I smite him, Hiding -- and am wroth, And he goeth on turning back in the way of his heart.
Jeremiah 10:24-25
Chastise me, O Jehovah, only in judgment, Not in Thine anger, lest Thou make me small.
Jeremiah 31:18-20
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, 'Thou hast chastised me, And I am chastised, as a heifer not taught, Turn me back, and I turn back, For thou art Jehovah my God.
Lamentations 3:25-26
Good is Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul that seeketh Him.
Hosea 2:14
Therefore, lo, I am enticing her, And have caused her to go to the wilderness, And I have spoken unto her heart,
Hosea 5:15-2
I go -- I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!'
Hosea 11:8-9
How do I give thee up, O Ephraim? Do I deliver thee up, O Israel? How do I make thee as Admah? Do I set thee as Zeboim? Turned in Me is My heart, kindled together have been My repentings.
Jonah 3:4-10
And Jonah beginneth to go in to the city a journey of one day, and proclaimeth, and saith, 'Yet forty days -- and Nineveh is overturned.'
Micah 7:7-9
And I -- in Jehovah I do watch, I do wait for the God of my salvation, Hear me doth my God.
Micah 7:18-20
Who is a God like Thee? taking away iniquity, And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, He hath not retained for ever His anger, Because He -- He delighteth in kindness.
Malachi 2:17
Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, And ye have said: 'In what have we wearied Him?' In your saying: 'Every evil-doer is good in the eyes of Jehovah, And in them He is delighting,' Or, 'Where is the God of judgment?'
Matthew 15:22-28
and lo, a woman, a Canaanitess, from those borders having come forth, did call to him, saying, 'Deal kindly with me, Sir -- Son of David; my daughter is miserably demonized.'
Luke 2:25
And lo, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name is Simeon, and this man is righteous and devout, looking for the comforting of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him,
Luke 15:20
'And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;
Luke 24:26-27
Was it not behoving the Christ these things to suffer, and to enter into his glory?'
Acts 2:33-39
at the right hand then of God having been exalted -- also the promise of the Holy Spirit having received from the Father -- he was shedding forth this, which now ye see and hear;
Acts 5:31
this one God, a Prince and a Saviour, hath exalted with His right hand, to give reformation to Israel, and forgiveness of sins;
Romans 2:2-10
and we have known that the judgment of God is according to truth, upon those practising such things.
Romans 5:20
And law came in, that the offence might abound, and where the sin did abound, the grace did overabound,
Romans 8:25-28
and if what we do not behold we hope for, through continuance we expect it.
Romans 9:22
And if God, willing to shew the wrath and to make known His power, did endure, in much long suffering, vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,
Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,
Ephesians 1:8
in which He did abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
Ephesians 1:20-23
which He wrought in the Christ, having raised him out of the dead, and did set him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
James 5:11
lo, we call happy those who are enduring; the endurance of Job ye heard of, and the end of the Lord ye have seen, that very compassionate is the Lord, and pitying.
Romans 9:15-18
for to Moses He saith, 'I will do kindness to whom I do kindness, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion;'