Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Drop, ye heavens, from above, and the clouds shall shake out justice: the earth shall open, and they shall bring forth salvation, and justice shall spring up together; I Jehovah created it
New American Standard Bible
And let the clouds pour down righteousness;
Let the
I, the Lord, have created it.
King James Version
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
Holman Bible
and let the skies shower righteousness.
Let the earth open up
so that salvation will sprout
and righteousness will spring up with it.
I, Yahweh, have created it.
International Standard Version
"Shout, you skies above, and you clouds, and let righteousness stream down. I am the one who says to the earth, "Let salvation blossom, and let righteousness sprout forth.'
A Conservative Version
Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together. I, LORD, have created it.
American Standard Version
Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Jehovah, have created it.
Amplified
“Rain down, O heavens, from above,
Let the clouds pour down righteousness [all the blessings of God];
Let the earth open up, let salvation bear fruit,
And righteousness spring up with it;
I, the Lord, have created it.
Bible in Basic English
Let righteousness come down, O heavens, from on high, and let the sky send it down like rain: let the earth be open to give the fruit of salvation, causing righteousness to come up with it; I the Lord have made it come about.
Darby Translation
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness; let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and with it let righteousness spring up. I, Jehovah, have created it.
King James 2000
Drop down, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Trickle, O heavens, from above, and let clouds trickle [with] righteousness; let [the] earth open so that salvation may be fruitful, and let it cause righteousness to sprout along with it. I myself, Yahweh, have created it.
Modern King James verseion
Drop down from above, O heavens, and let the clouds pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, and let salvation bear fruit; and let righteousness spring up together. I Jehovah have created it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The heavens above shall drop down, and the clouds shall rain righteousness. The earth shall open itself, and bring forth health, and thereby shall righteousness flourish. Even I the LORD shall bring it to pass.
NET Bible
O sky, rain down from above! Let the clouds send down showers of deliverance! Let the earth absorb it so salvation may grow, and deliverance may sprout up along with it. I, the Lord, create it.
New Heart English Bible
Distil, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it. I, the LORD, have created it.
The Emphasized Bible
Let the drops fall ye heavens, from above, Yea, let, the skies, pour down righteousness, - Let the earth open and let them bear as their fruit - deliverance And let, justice, spring forth therewith, I - Yahweh, have created it.
Webster
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
World English Bible
Distil, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it. I, Yahweh, have created it.
Youngs Literal Translation
Drop, ye heavens, from above, And clouds do cause righteousness to flow, Earth openeth, and they are fruitful, Salvation and righteousness spring up together, I, Jehovah, have prepared it.
Themes
Righteousness » Promised to the church
Unity of God » Exhibited in » His works of creation and providence
Topics
Interlinear
Ma`al
Nazal
Tsedeq
'erets
Pathach
Parah
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 45:8
Prayers for Isaiah 45:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Cyrus, God's Instrument
7 I shall form light and create darkness: making peace and creating evil: I Jehovah doing all these. 8 Drop, ye heavens, from above, and the clouds shall shake out justice: the earth shall open, and they shall bring forth salvation, and justice shall spring up together; I Jehovah created it 9 Wo to him striving with him forming him! the potsherd with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him forming it, What wilt thou make? and thy work, No hands to it?
Names
Cross References
Hosea 10:12
Sow to yourselves for justice, reap ye for the mouth of kindness; break up to you the fallow ground: and the time to seek Jehovah till he shall come and cast justice upon you.
Psalm 72:6
He shall come down as rain upon a fleece, as showers of pouring rain upon the earth.
Isaiah 61:11
For as the earth will bring forth her sprout, and as a garden will cause the things sown to sprout, so the Lord Jehovah will cause justice and praise to sprout before all nations.
Joel 3:18
And it was in that day the mountains shall drop new wine, and the hills shall flow milk, and all the channels of Judah shall flow waters, and a fountain shall come forth from the house of Jehovah, and it watered the valley of acacias.
Psalm 72:3
The mountains shall lift up peace to the people, and the hills in justice.
Psalm 85:9-12
Surely his salvation is near to those fearing him, for glory to dwell in his land.
Isaiah 4:2
In that day shall the springing up of Jehovah be for beauty and for glory, and the fruit of the earth for majesty and for ornament, for the escaping of Israel.
Isaiah 11:1
And a rod shall come forth from the stock of Jesse, and a sprout shall blossom from his roots:
Isaiah 32:15
Until the spirit shall be poured upon us from on high, and the desert be for Carmel, and Carmel be reckoned for a forest.
Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water upon the thirsty, and flowings upon the dry: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring.
Isaiah 53:2
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 60:21
And thy people all of them just: forever shall they inherit the land, watching his planting, the work of my hand for glory.
Isaiah 61:3
To set to those mourning in Zion, to give to them adorning instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the vestment of praise for the spirit of faintness; and it shall be called to them, The mighty trees of justice of the planting of Jehovah, to be honored.
Isaiah 65:17-18
For behold me creating new heavens and a new earth: and the former things shall not be remembered, and they shall not come upon the heart
Isaiah 66:22
For as the new heavens and the new earth which I made, standing before me, says Jehovah, so shall stand your seed and your name.
Jeremiah 31:22
How long wilt thou wander about, O daughter turning away? for Jehovah created a new thing in the earth: A female shall go about a male.
Ezekiel 34:26
And I gave them and round about my hill a blessing; and I brought down the rain in its time, and they shall be rains of blessing.
Hosea 14:5-8
I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall blossom as the lily and strike his roots as Lebanon.
Joel 2:28-29
And it was after this I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters prophesied, your old men shall dream your young men shall see visions.
Acts 2:33
Therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he poured out this, which ye now see and hear.
1 Corinthians 3:6-9
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God increased.
Ephesians 2:10
For we are his work, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.,
Ephesians 4:24
And to put on the new man, created according to God in justice and sanctity of truth.
Titus 3:3-6
For once we also were unwise disobedient, deceived, being slaves to eager desires and various pleasures, living in vexation and envy, hated, and hating one another.