Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
For so says Jehovah to the eunuchs who keep My Sabbath, and choose things that please Me, and take hold of My covenant;
New American Standard Bible
For thus says the Lord,
“To the eunuchs who
And choose what pleases Me,
And
King James Version
For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
Holman Bible
“For the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths,
and choose what pleases Me,
and hold firmly to My covenant,
International Standard Version
For this is what the LORD says: "To the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me, and who hold fast my covenant
A Conservative Version
For thus says LORD of the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant:
American Standard Version
For thus saith Jehovah of the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant:
Amplified
This is what the Lord says,
And choose what pleases Me,
And hold firmly to My covenant,
Bible in Basic English
For the Lord says, As for the unsexed who keep my Sabbaths, and give their hearts to pleasing me, and keep their agreement with me:
Darby Translation
for thus saith Jehovah: Unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast to my covenant,
Julia Smith Translation
For thus said Jehovah to the eunuchs who shall watch my Sabbaths, and choose in what I delighted, and taking hold upon my covenant;
King James 2000
For thus says the LORD: Unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
Lexham Expanded Bible
For thus says Yahweh, "To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose that in which I delight, and who keep hold of my covenant.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For thus sayeth the LORD, first unto the gelded that keepeth my Sabbath - namely, that holdeth greatly of the thing that pleaseth me, and keepeth my covenant -
NET Bible
For this is what the Lord says: "For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths and choose what pleases me and are faithful to my covenant,
New Heart English Bible
For thus says the LORD, "To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant:
The Emphasized Bible
For thus, saith Yahweh - Of the eunuchs, Who shall keep my sabbaths, And choose what I delight in, - And lay firm hold on my covenant,
Webster
For thus saith the LORD to the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
World English Bible
For thus says Yahweh, "To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant:
Youngs Literal Translation
For thus said Jehovah of the eunuchs, Who do keep My sabbaths, And have fixed on that which I desired, And are keeping hold on My covenant:
Themes
Covenant » Those that keep the covenant of the lord
The Covenant » Blessings connected with
Endowments » Spiritual promised » An everlasting name
Eunuch » Prohibited from certain privileges of the congregation
Fidelity » Of women » In keeping the covenant with God
Gifts » Presents to men spiritual » An everlasting name
God » Spiritual promised » An everlasting name
God's Promises » Of spiritual gifts » An everlasting name
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Exhorts to sanctification
Name » Who shall receive a new name
Pleasure » Those that please the lord
Proselytes » Were entitled to all privileges
Sabbath » Those that keep the sabbath
Interlinear
Shamar
Bachar
Chaphets
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 56:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Salvation For All Who Obey
3 And do not let the son of the stranger, who has joined himself to Jehovah, speak, saying, Jehovah has utterly separated me from His people. And do not let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. 4 For so says Jehovah to the eunuchs who keep My Sabbath, and choose things that please Me, and take hold of My covenant; 5 even to them will I give within My house and within My walls a hand and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Joshua 24:15
And if it seems evil to you to serve Jehovah, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served Beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live. But as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
2 Samuel 23:5
Although my house is not so with God, yet He has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure. For all my salvation, and all my desire, will He not make it grow?
Psalm 119:111
I have taken Your testimonies as an inheritance forever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Isaiah 27:5
Or let them take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me; and he shall make peace with Me.
Isaiah 55:3
Bow down your ear, and come to Me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Isaiah 56:2
Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who lays hold on it; keeping the sabbath, from defiling it; and keeping his hand from doing any evil.
Isaiah 56:6
Also the sons of the stranger, who join themselves to Jehovah to serve Him, and to love the name of Jehovah, to be His servants, everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, and takes hold of My covenant;
Jeremiah 50:5
They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces there, saying, Come and let us join ourselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant never to be forgotten.
Luke 10:42
But one thing is needful, and Mary has chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Hebrews 6:17
In this way desiring to declare more fully to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, God interposed by an oath,