Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Attend to me, my people, and give ear to me, my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will cause my judgment to rest for the light of the peoples.
New American Standard Bible
And give ear to Me, O My
For a
And I will
King James Version
Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
Holman Bible
and listen to Me, My nation;
for instruction will come from Me,
and My justice for a light to the nations.
I will bring it about quickly.
International Standard Version
"Pay attention to me, my people! Listen to me, my nation! For instruction will go out from me, and my justice will become a light for the nations.
A Conservative Version
Attend to me, O my people, and give ear to me, O my nation. For a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.
American Standard Version
Attend unto me, O my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.
Amplified
“Listen carefully to Me [says the Lord], O My people,
And hear Me, O My nation;
For a [divine] law will go forth from Me,
And I will quickly establish My justice as a light to the peoples.
Bible in Basic English
Give attention to me, O my people; and give ear to me, O my nation; for teaching will go out from me, and the knowledge of the true God will be a light to the peoples.
Darby Translation
Listen unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will establish my judgment for a light of the peoples.
King James 2000
Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my justice to rest for a light of the people.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Listen attentively to me, my people, and my nation, listen to me! For a teaching will go out from me, and I will cause my justice to rest for a light to [the] peoples.
Modern King James verseion
Listen to Me, My people; and give ear to Me, O My nation; for a law shall go out from Me, and I will make My judgment to rest for a light of peoples.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Hearken unto me, my people; and turn your ears to me, my folk. There shall a law go out from me, and my judgment will I establish to be a light unto nations.
NET Bible
Pay attention to me, my people! Listen to me, my people! For I will issue a decree, I will make my justice a light to the nations.
New Heart English Bible
"Attend to me, my people; and give ear to me, my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.
The Emphasized Bible
Attend unto me, O my people, And, O, my nation unto me give ear, - For, instruction, from me, shall go forth, And, my justice - for a light of peoples, will I establish:
Webster
Hearken to me, my people; and give ear to me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
World English Bible
"Attend to me, my people; and give ear to me, my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.
Youngs Literal Translation
Attend unto Me, O My people, And, O My nation, unto Me give ear. For a law from Me goeth out, And My judgment to the light, Peoples I do cause to rest.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 51:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Comforts Zion
3 For Jehovah comforted Zion: he comforted all her wastes, and he will set her desert as Eden, and her sterile region as the garden of Jehovah; joy and gladness shall be found in her confession, and the voice of song. 4 Attend to me, my people, and give ear to me, my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will cause my judgment to rest for the light of the peoples. 5 My justice is near; my salvation went forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples; the islands shall wait for me, and to mine arm shall they hope.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 2:3
And many people went and said, Come, and we will go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us from his ways, and we will go in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.
Isaiah 42:6
I Jehovah called thee in justice, and I will hold by thy hand, and I will guard thee and give thee for a covenant of the people, for the light of the nations,
Isaiah 49:6
And he will say, It was light thou being to me a servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to turn back the preserved of Israel: and I gave thee for a light of the nations to be my salvation even to the extremity of the earth.
Micah 4:2
And many nations went and said, Come, and we will go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us from his ways, and we will go in his paths: from Zion will instruction go forth, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.
Exodus 19:6
And ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These the words which thou shalt speak to the sons of Israel.
Exodus 33:13
And now, if now I found grace in thine eyes, make known to me now thy way, and I shall know thee, so that I shall find grace in thine eyes: and see that thy people is this nation.
Psalm 33:12
Happy the nation to whom Jehovah is his God; the people he chose for an inheritance to him.
Psalm 50:7
Hear ye, my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God thy God.
Psalm 78:1
Instruction to Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the sayings of my mouth.
Psalm 106:5
To see the goodness of thy chosen ones, to be glad in the gladness of thy nation, to boast with thine inheritance.
Psalm 147:20
He did not thus to every nation: and judgments they knew them not Praise ye Jah.
Proverbs 6:23
For the command is a lamp, and the law a light; and the way of life the reproof of instruction:
Isaiah 26:2
Open ye the gates and the just nation watching truths shall come in.
Isaiah 42:1-4
Behold my servant, I will hold fast in him; my chosen, my soul delighted; I gave my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the nations.
Matthew 12:18-20
Behold my servant, which I have chosen: my dearly beloved, in whom my soul was contented; I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall proclaim judgment to the nations.
Luke 2:32
A light for the revelation of the nations, and the glory of thy people Israel.
John 16:8-11
And having come, he will convict the world of sin, and of justice, and of judgment:
Romans 8:2-4
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus freed me from the law of sin and death.
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,
1 Peter 2:9
And ye a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for acquisition; so that ye should proclaim the excellencies of him having called you out of darkness into his wonderful light: