Isaiah 50:7

What does Isaiah 50:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 50:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For the Lord Jehovah will help me; therefore have I not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For the Lord Jehovah will help me; therefore have I not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For the Lord God is my helper; I will not be put to shame: so I have made my face like a rock, and I am certain that he will give me my right.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Therefore I have not been ashamed, Therefore I have set my face as a flint, And I know that I am not ashamed.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The Lord God is my helper, therefore am I not confounded: therefore have I set my face as a most hard rock, and I know that I shall not be confounded.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

But the Lord Jehovah will help me: therefore shall I not be confounded; therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

Context

v.6I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

v.7This passage

v.8He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand up together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 110:1

    Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

  • 1 Peter 4:16

    but if a man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.

  • Hebrews 13:6

    So that with good courage we say, The Lord is my helper; I will not fear: What shall man do unto me?

  • Ezekiel 3:8

    Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.

  • Jeremiah 1:18

    For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

  • Matthew 23:13

    But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.

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