Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

He shall not be weak, and he shall not break, till he shall set judgment in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law:

New American Standard Bible

“He will not be disheartened or crushed
Until He has established justice in the earth;
And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law.”

King James Version

He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

Holman Bible

He will not grow weak or be discouraged
until He has established justice on earth.
The islands will wait for His instruction.”

International Standard Version

And he won't grow faint or be crushed until he establishes justice on the mainland, and the coastlands take ownership of his Law."

A Conservative Version

He will not fail nor be discouraged till he has set justice in the earth. And {in his name Gentiles will hope (LXX/NT)}.

American Standard Version

He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.

Amplified


“He will not be disheartened or crushed [in spirit];
[He will persevere] until He has established justice on the earth;
And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law.”

Bible in Basic English

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.

Darby Translation

He shall not faint nor be in haste, till he have set justice in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

King James 2000

He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he has established justice in the earth: and the coastlands shall wait for his law.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He will not grow faint, and he will not be broken until he has established justice in the earth. And [the] coastlands wait for his teaching.

Modern King James verseion

He shall not fail nor be discouraged until He has set judgment in the earth; and the coasts shall wait for His Law.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He shall neither be overseen nor hasty, that he may restore righteousness unto the earth: and the Gentiles also shall keep his laws.

NET Bible

He will not grow dim or be crushed before establishing justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait in anticipation for his decrees."

New Heart English Bible

He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and for his law the coastlands will hope."

The Emphasized Bible

He will not fade, nor will he be crushed, Until he establish, in the earth, justice, And for his instruction, Coastlands, wait.

Webster

He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he hath set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

World English Bible

He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands will wait for his law."

Youngs Literal Translation

He doth not become weak nor bruised, Till he setteth judgment in the earth, And for his law isles wait with hope.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He shall not fail
כּהה 
Kahah 
Usage: 8

שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

in the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

and the isles
אי 
'iy 
Usage: 36

יחל 
Yachal 
Usage: 41

Context Readings

The Mission Of Yahweh's Servant

3 A broken reed he shall not break, and bedimmed flax shall he not quench it: he shall bring forth judgment to truth. 4 He shall not be weak, and he shall not break, till he shall set judgment in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law: 5 Thus said God Jehovah, creating the heavens and stretching them out; and spreading out the earth and its productions; giving breath to the people upon it, and spirit to those going upon it:


Cross References

Genesis 49:10

The rod shall not depart from Judah, and a leader from between his feet, till that Shiloh shall come: and to him the obedience of the nations.

Isaiah 60:9

For the islands shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish among the first to bring thy sons from far off, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of Jehovah thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he honored thee.

Psalm 22:27

All the ends of the earth shall remember and shall turn back to Jehovah: and all the families of the nations shall worship before thee.

Isaiah 9:7

To the increase of his dominion and to peace no end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom to prepare it and to support it in judgment and in justice from now and even to forever: the zeal of Jehovah of armies will do this.

Isaiah 42:12

They shall set glory to Jehovah, and they shall announce' his praise in the islands.

Isaiah 52:13-15

Behold, my servant shall be wise, he shall be exalted, and lifted up, and be high exceedingly.

Isaiah 53:2-12

He shall come up as a sucking child before him, and as a root out of a land of dryness: no form to him and no decoration; and we shall see him, and no appearance and we shall desire him.

Isaiah 55:5

Behold, nations thou shalt not know; thou shalt call, and nations that knew thee not shall run to thee, for sake of Jehovah thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he honored thee.

Isaiah 66:19

And I set a sign among them and I sent those escaping of them to the nations, Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, drawing the bow, Tubal and Javan, the isles far off, that heard not my report, and saw not my glory; and they announced my glory among the nations.

Psalm 72:8-11

And he shall rule from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the. ends of the earth.

Psalm 98:2-3

Jehovah made known his salvation: to the eyes of the nations he uncovered his justice.

Isaiah 2:2-4

And it was in the last days, the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be prepared upon the head of the mountains, and lifted up above the hills; and all nations flowed to it

Isaiah 11:9-12

They shall not do evil, and they shall not destroy in all my holy mountain, for the earth full of the knowledge of Jehovah as the waters covering to the sea.

Isaiah 24:15-16

For this, with lights they honored Jehovah in the isles of the sea, the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.

Isaiah 41:5

The isles saw, and they will be afraid; the extremities of the earth will tremble; they drew near and they will come.

Isaiah 49:1

Hear to me, ye islands, and attend ye people from far off; Jehovah called me from the belly; from my mother's bowels he made mention of my name.

Isaiah 49:5-10

And now, said Jehovah, forming me from the belly for servant to him to turn back Jacob to him, And Israel shall not be gathered, and I shall be honored in the eyes of Jehovah, and God was my strength.

Micah 4:1-3

And it was in the last of the days the mountain of the house of Jehovah will be prepared upon the head of the mountains, and it was lifted up above the hills, and peoples flowed to it.

Zechariah 2:11

And many nations joined themselves to Jehovah in that day, and they were to me for a people: and I dwelt in the midst of thee, and thou knewest that Jehovah of armies sent me to thee.

Matthew 12:21

And in his name shall the nations hope.

John 17:4-5

I honoured thee upon earth: I finished the work which thou hast given me that I should do.

Romans 16:26

And now made manifest, also by the prophetic writings according to the command of the eternal God, for the obedience of faith made known to all nations:

1 Corinthians 9:21

To the lawless, as lawless, (not being lawless to God, but subject to the law to Christ,) that I might gain the lawless,

Hebrews 12:2-4

Looking in the distance to Jesus the author and completer of the faith; who for the joy laid before him endured the cross, having despised the shame, and sat down on the right hand of the throne of God.

1 Peter 2:22-24

Who did no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth:

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