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Isaiah 65:23

They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

KJV

Electi mei non laborabunt frustra, neque generabunt in conturbatione, quia semen benedictorum Domini est, et nepotes eorum cum eis.

Vulgate

οἱ ἐκλεκτοί μου οὐ κοπιάσουσιν εἰς κενόν, οὐδὲ τεκνοποιήσουσιν εἰς κατάραν, ὅτι σπέρμα εὐλογημένον ὑπὸ θεοῦ ἐστιν, καὶ τὰ ἔκγονα αὐτῶν μετ’ αὐτῶν.

LXX

They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.

ASV

לֹ֤א יִֽיגְעוּ֙ לָ/רִ֔יק וְ/לֹ֥א יֵלְד֖וּ לַ/בֶּהָלָ֑ה כִּ֣י זֶ֜רַע בְּרוּכֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ הֵ֔מָּה וְ/צֶאֱצָאֵי/הֶ֖ם אִתָּֽ/ם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
בֶּהָלָ֑ה
bhlh
noun · 4×
בָּר֥וּךְ
brvk
verb · 324×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
הָ
h
noun · 11×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָגַ֖עַתְּ
yg't
verb · 26×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
רִ֖יק
ryq
noun · 12×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 2:39 — For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
  • Deut 28:3 — Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
  • Gen 12:2 — And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
  • 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.
  • Hag 2:19 — Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
  • Isa 19:25 — Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
  • Isa 44:3 — For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
  • Isa 49:4 — Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
  • Isa 49:4 — Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
  • Isa 55:2 — Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in f
  • Isa 61:9 — And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
  • Isa 61:9 — And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
  • Jer 32:38 — And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
  • Jer 51:58 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they
  • Lev 26:3 — If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
  • Mark 10:14 — But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
  • Ps 25:13 — His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
  • Ps 115:14 — The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
  • Rom 9:7 — Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
  • Zech 10:8 — I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
  • Zech 10:9 — And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.
  • Zech 13:9 — And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my