Isaiah 51:14
What does Isaiah 51:14 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 51:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The captive exile shall speedily be loosed; and he shall not die and go down into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The captive exile shall speedily be loosed; and he shall not die and go down into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The prisoner, bent under his chain, will quickly be made free, and will not go down into the underworld, and his bread will not come to an end.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Hastened hath a wanderer to be loosed, And he doth not die at the pit, And his bread is not lacking.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He shall quickly come that is going to open unto you, and he shall not kill unto utter destruction, neither shall his bread fail.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He that is bowed down shall speedily be loosed, and he shall not die in the pit, nor shall his bread fail.
Context
v.13and hast forgotten Jehovah thy Maker, that stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fearest continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he maketh ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
v.14This passage
v.15For I am Jehovah thy God, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 38:6
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
- Zechariah 9:11
As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have set free thy prisoners from the pit wherein is no water.
- Ezra 1:5
Then rose up the heads of fathers’housesof Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 37:16
When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
- Isaiah 52:2
Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit on thy throne, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bonds of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
- Isaiah 49:10
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water will he guide them.
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