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Isaiah 30:21

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

KJV

Et aures tuæ audient verbum post tergum monentis : Hæc est via ; ambulate in ea, et non declinetis neque ad dexteram, neque ad sinistram.

Vulgate

καὶ τὰ ὦτά σου ἀκούσονται τοὺς λόγους τῶν ὀπίσω σε πλανησάντων, οἱ λέγοντες Αὕτη ἡ ὁδός, πορευθῶμεν ἐν αὐτῇ εἴτε δεξιὰ εἴτε ἀριστερά.

LXX

and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it; when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

ASV

וְ/אָזְנֶ֨י/ךָ֙ תִּשְׁמַ֣עְנָה דָבָ֔ר מֵֽ/אַחֲרֶ֖י/ךָ לֵ/אמֹ֑ר זֶ֤ה הַ/דֶּ֨רֶךְ֙ לְכ֣וּ ב֔/וֹ כִּ֥י תַאֲמִ֖ינוּ וְ/כִ֥י תַשְׂמְאִֽילוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָזְנֵ֣י
'zny
noun · 188×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
ו
v
noun · 717×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מַשְׂמִאלִים֙
mshm'lym
verb · 5×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
תַאֲמִ֖ינוּ
t'mynv
verb · 1×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1John 2:20 — But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
  • 1John 2:27 — But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as i
  • 2Kgs 22:2 — And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
  • Deut 4:12 — And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
  • Deut 5:32 — Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
  • Deut 28:14 — And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
  • Exod 33:13 — Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
  • Ezra 8:21 — Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
  • Gen 22:13 — And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his
  • Isa 29:24 — They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
  • Isa 35:8 — And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err ther
  • Isa 35:8 — And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err ther
  • Isa 42:16 — And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do
  • Isa 42:16 — And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do
  • Isa 48:17 — Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
  • Isa 58:11 — And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
  • Jer 6:16 — Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
  • Jer 6:16 — Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
  • Job 22:28 — Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
  • Joel 2:23 — Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter
  • John 8:32 — And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
  • Josh 1:7 — Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou ma
  • Josh 23:6 — Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
  • Matt 1:20 — But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceiv
  • Matt 2:22 — But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Ga
  • Matt 7:14 — Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
  • Prov 3:5 — Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
  • Prov 3:6 — In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
  • Prov 4:27 — Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
  • Prov 15:19 — The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
  • Ps 25:8 — Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
  • Ps 32:8 — I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
  • Ps 73:24 — Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
  • Ps 107:7 — And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
  • Ps 143:8 — Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
  • Ps 143:8 — Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.