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Isaiah 63:8

For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.

KJV

Et dixit : Verumtamen populus meus est, filii non negantes ; et factus est eis salvator.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Οὐχ ὁ λαός μου; τέκνα, οὐ μὴ ἀθετήσωσιν· καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῖς εἰς σωτηρίαν

LXX

For he said, Surely, they are my people, children that will not deal falsely: so he was their Saviour.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אַךְ עַמִּ֣/י הֵ֔מָּה בָּנִ֖ים לֹ֣א יְשַׁקֵּ֑רוּ וַ/יְהִ֥י לָ/הֶ֖ם לְ/מוֹשִֽׁיעַ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַךְ
'k
adverb · 158×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר
yshqr
verb · 6×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִי
ny
verb · 204×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:34 — I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
  • Col 3:9 — Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
  • Eph 4:25 — Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
  • Exod 6:7 — And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
  • Gen 17:7 — And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
  • Isa 12:2 — Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
  • Jer 2:13 — For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
  • Ps 15:2 — He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.