Isaiah 42:2
He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
KJV
Non clamabit, neque accipiet personam, nec audietur vox ejus foris.
Vulgate
οὐ κεκράξεται οὐδὲ ἀνήσει, οὐδὲ ἀκουσθήσεται ἔξω ἡ φωνὴ αὐτοῦ.
LXX
He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.
ASV
לֹ֥א יִצְעַ֖ק וְ/לֹ֣א יִשָּׂ֑א וְ/לֹֽא יַשְׁמִ֥יעַ בַּ/ח֖וּץ קוֹלֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ה
h
noun · 164×
יִּצְעַ֥ק
yts'q
verb · 55×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
Prophecy
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§713The Messiah's characteristics are revealed above all in the "Servant songs."82 These songs proclaim the meaning of Jesus' Passion and show how he will pour out the Holy Spirit to give life to the many: not as an outsider, but by embracing our "form as slave."83 Taking our death upon himself, he can communicate to us his own Spirit of life.
2. Since however they still spoke of the multitude merely, and the place, and the wilderness (for whence, it is said, should we have in a wilderness so many loaves, as to fill so great a multitude?); and not even so understood what He said, He proceeds to contribute His own part, and says unto them, How many loaves do you have? And they say, Seven, and a few little fishes. Matt…
1. Of the men of that time some clung to their error, others laid hold on the truth, while of these last, some having retained it for a little while again fell off from it. Alluding to these, Christ compared them to seeds not deeply sown, but having their roots upon the surface of the earth; and He said that they should quickly perish. And these the Evangelist has here pointed …
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth. The first of the great Servant Songs describes the Messiah as one who does not cry out in the streets but brings justice gently and faithfully. A bruised reed he will not break, a smoking flax he will not quench. Matthew applies these words directly to Christ's healing ministry. The servant is also appoin…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 6:7 — And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in b
- 1Pet 2:23 — Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
- 2Tim 2:24 — And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
- Eccl 9:17 — The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
- John 7:10 — But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
- Josh 6:10 — And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shou
- Judg 14:6 — And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
- Luke 8:51 — And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.
- Luke 17:20 — And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
- Matt 11:29 — Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
- Matt 12:16 — And charged them that they should not make him known: