Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

It was the Lord's pleasure, because of his righteousness, to make the teaching great and give it honour.

New American Standard Bible

The Lord was pleased for His righteousness’ sake
To make the law great and glorious.

King James Version

The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.

Holman Bible

The Lord was pleased, because of His righteousness,
to magnify His instruction and make it glorious.

International Standard Version

The LORD was pleased, for the sake of his vindication, that he should magnify his Law and make it glorious.

A Conservative Version

It pleased LORD, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.

American Standard Version

It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness'sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.

Amplified


The Lord was pleased for His righteousness’ sake
To make the law great and prove to be glorious.

Darby Translation

Jehovah had delight in him for his righteousness' sake: he hath magnified the law, and made it honourable.

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah was pleased for sake of his justice; he will magnify the law and make glorious.

King James 2000

The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yahweh was willing for the sake of his righteousness; he showed [his] teaching to be great and proved [it] to be glorious.

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah is well pleased for His righteousness sake; He will magnify the Law and make it honorable.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD be merciful unto them for his righteousness' sake, that his word might be magnified and praised.

NET Bible

The Lord wanted to exhibit his justice by magnifying his law and displaying it.

New Heart English Bible

It pleased the LORD, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.

The Emphasized Bible

Yahweh, is well-pleased for his own righteousness sake, He magnifieth instruction and maketh it majestic.

Webster

The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable.

World English Bible

It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.

Youngs Literal Translation

Jehovah hath delight for the sake of His righteousness, He magnifieth law, and maketh honourable.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The Lord

Usage: 0

חפץ 
Chaphets 
Usage: 76

sake he will magnify
גּדל 
Gadal 
Usage: 115

the law
תּרה תּורה 
Towrah 
law
Usage: 219

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Isaiah 42:21

References

Hastings

Watsons

Law

Context Readings

Blind And Deaf Israel

20 Seeing much, but keeping nothing in mind; his ears are open, but there is no hearing. 21 It was the Lord's pleasure, because of his righteousness, to make the teaching great and give it honour. 22 But this is a people whose property has been taken away from them by force; they are all taken in holes, and shut up in prisons: they are made prisoners, and no one makes them free; they are taken by force and no one says, Give them back.


Cross References

Psalm 40:8

My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.

Psalm 71:16

I will give news of the great acts of the Lord God; my words will be of your righteousness, and of yours only.

Psalm 71:19

Your righteousness, O God, is very high; you have done great things; O God, who is like you?

Psalm 85:9-12

Truly, his salvation is near to his worshippers; so that glory may be in our land.

Isaiah 1:24-27

For this reason the Lord, the Lord of armies, the Strong One of Israel, has said, I will put an end to my haters, and send punishment on those who are against me;

Isaiah 42:4

His light will not be put out, and he will not be crushed, till he has given the knowledge of the true God to the earth, and the sea-lands will be waiting for his teaching.

Isaiah 46:12-13

Give ear to me, you feeble-hearted, who have no faith in my righteousness:

Daniel 9:24-27

Seventy weeks have been fixed for your people and your holy town, to let wrongdoing be complete and sin come to its full limit, and for the clearing away of evil-doing and the coming in of eternal righteousness: so that the vision and the word of the prophet may be stamped as true, and to put the holy oil on a most holy place.

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.

Matthew 3:17

And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

Matthew 5:17-20

Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete.

Matthew 17:5

While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.

John 8:29

He who sent me is with me; he has not gone from me, because at all times I do the things which are pleasing to him.

John 13:31-32

Then when he had gone out, Jesus said, Now is glory given to the Son of man, and God is given glory in him.

John 15:10

If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.

John 17:4-5

I have given you glory on the earth, having done all the work which you gave me to do.

Romans 3:25-26

Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment;

Romans 3:31

Do we, then, through faith make the law of no effect? in no way: but we make it clear that the law is important.

Romans 7:12

But the law is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good.

Romans 8:3-4

For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh:

Romans 10:4

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who has faith.

2 Corinthians 5:19-21

That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace.

Galatians 3:13

Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:

Galatians 3:21

Is the law then against the words of God? in no way; because if there had been a law which was able to give life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.

Galatians 5:22-23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,

Philippians 3:9

And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

Hebrews 8:10

For this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days: I will put my laws into their minds, writing them in their hearts: and I will be their God, and they will be my people:

1 John 3:4-5

Everyone who is a sinner goes against the law, for sin is going against the law.

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