Isaiah 42:4
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
KJV
Non erit tristis, neque turbulentus, donec ponat in terra judicium ; et legem ejus insulæ exspectabunt.
Vulgate
ἀναλάμψει καὶ οὐ θραυσθήσεται, ἕως ἂν θῇ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κρίσιν· καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ ἔθνη ἐλπιοῦσιν.
LXX
He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.
ASV
לֹ֤א יִכְהֶה֙ וְ/לֹ֣א יָר֔וּץ עַד יָשִׂ֥ים בָּ/אָ֖רֶץ מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ/לְ/תוֹרָת֖/וֹ אִיִּ֥ים יְיַחֵֽילוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִיִּ֖ים
'yym
noun · 36×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
י
y
noun · 422×
י
y
noun · 221×
יִחָֽלְתִּי
ychlty
verb · 40×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
כִהָ֖ה
khh
verb · 8×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
רָצ֤וּץ
rtsvts
verb · 19×
Themes
Prophecy
Historic Christian voices
6 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.
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…
Was there sin in Christ? Was there the "fomes" of sin in Him? Was there ignorance? Was His soul passible? Was there sensible pain in Him? Was there sorrow? Was there fear? Was there wonder? Was there anger? Was He at once wayfarer and comprehensor? Article 1. Whether there was sin in Christ? Objection 1. It would seem that there was sin in Christ. For it is written (Psalm 21:2)…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 9:21 — To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
- 2Chr 20:12 — O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
- Gen 10:5 — By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
- Gen 49:10 — The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
- Isa 9:7 — Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even
- Isa 11:9 — They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
- Isa 11:11 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros,
- Isa 24:15 — Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
- Isa 24:15 — Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
- Isa 42:10 — Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
- Isa 42:12 — Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.
- Isa 42:21 — The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
- Isa 51:5 — My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
- Isa 52:13 — Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
- Isa 53:2 — For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
- Isa 55:5 — Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
- Isa 60:9 — Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel
- Isa 60:9 — Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel
- Isa 66:19 — And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not he
- Isa 66:19 — And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not he
- Luke 6:8 — But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.
- Matt 12:21 — And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
- Matt 12:21 — And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
- Mic 4:1 — But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow
- Ps 22:27 — All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
- Ps 72:8 — He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
- Ps 98:2 — The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
- Ps 110:6 — He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
- Ps 119:157 — Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
- Zech 2:11 — And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.