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Isaiah 51:6

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

KJV

Levate in cælum oculos vestros, et videte sub terra deorsum : quia cæli sicut fumus liquescent, et terra sicut vestimentum atteretur, et habitatores ejus sicut hæc interibunt : salus autem mea in sempiternum erit, et justitia mea non deficiet.

Vulgate

ἄρατε εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν, καὶ ἐμβλέψατε εἰς τὴν γῆν κάτω, ὅτι ὁ οὐρανὸς ὡς καπνὸς ἐστερεώθη, ἡ δὲ γῆ ὡς ἱμάτιον παλαιωθήσεται, οἱ δὲ κατοικοῦντες ὥσπερ ταῦτα ἀποθανοῦνται, τὸ δὲ σωτήριόν μου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἔσται, ἡ δὲ δικαιοσύνη μου οὐ μὴ ἐκλίπῃ.

LXX

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

ASV

שְׂאוּ֩ לַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם עֵֽינֵי/כֶ֜ם וְֽ/הַבִּ֧יטוּ אֶל הָ/אָ֣רֶץ מִ/תַּ֗חַת כִּֽי שָׁמַ֜יִם כֶּ/עָשָׁ֤ן נִמְלָ֨חוּ֙ וְ/הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ כַּ/בֶּ֣גֶד תִּבְלֶ֔ה וְ/יֹשְׁבֶ֖י/הָ כְּמוֹ כֵ֣ן יְמוּת֑וּ/ן וִ/ישֽׁוּעָתִ/י֙ לְ/עוֹלָ֣ם תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה וְ/צִדְקָתִ֖/י לֹ֥א תֵחָֽת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

22 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
ה
h
verb · 70×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
ו
v
noun · 218×
ו
v
noun · 505×
וֹ
v
verb · 16×
חַ֖תּוּ
chtv
verb · 51×
י
y
noun · 73×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
כְּמוֹ
kmv
preposition · 142×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כִּנָּ֔ם
knm
noun · 7×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מְמֻלָּ֖ח
mmlch
verb · 5×
עָשָׁ֣ן
'shn
noun · 24×
עוֹלָֽם
'vlm
noun · 427×
צְדָקָ֖ה
tsdqh
noun · 157×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

Answer to the cavils of the Gnostics. We are not to suppose that the true God can be changed, or come to an end because the heavens, which are His throne and the earth, His footstool, shall pass away. 1. Again, as to their malignantly asserting that if heaven is indeed the throne of God, and earth His footstool, and if it is declared that the heaven and earth shall pass away, t…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210214.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Did it belong for Christ to ascend into heaven? According to which nature did it become Him to ascend? Did He ascend by His own power? Did He ascend above all the corporeal heavens? Did He ascend above all spiritual creatures? The effect of the ascension Article 1. Whether it was fitting for Christ to ascend into heaven? Objection 1. It would seem that it was not fitting for Ch…

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 16:23 — Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation.
  • 1Pet 1:5 — Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • 2Pet 3:7 — But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
  • 2Pet 3:10 — But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that
  • 2Pet 3:10 — But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that
  • 2Thess 2:16 — Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
  • Dan 9:24 — Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting right
  • Dan 9:24 — Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting right
  • Deut 4:19 — And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD
  • Hab 3:6 — He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
  • Heb 1:10 — And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
  • Heb 1:11 — They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
  • Heb 8:13 — In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
  • Heb 9:12 — Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
  • Heb 9:15 — And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive th
  • Isa 13:13 — Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
  • Isa 13:13 — Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
  • Isa 33:6 — And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
  • Isa 34:4 — And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig fro
  • Isa 40:26 — Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power;
  • Isa 40:26 — Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power;
  • Isa 45:17 — But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
  • Isa 45:17 — But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
  • Isa 50:9 — Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
  • Isa 50:9 — Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
  • Isa 51:8 — For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
  • Isa 51:8 — For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
  • Isa 54:10 — For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
  • Job 14:12 — So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
  • John 3:15 — That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
  • John 5:24 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
  • John 10:27 — My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
  • Luke 16:17 — And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
  • Luke 21:33 — Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
  • Mark 13:31 — Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
  • Matt 5:18 — For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
  • Matt 24:35 — Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
  • Matt 24:35 — Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
  • Ps 8:3 — When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
  • Ps 27:1 — The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?