Isaiah 51:4

Isaiah chapter 51 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Attend unto me, O my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Attend unto me, O my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.

Context

v.3For Jehovah hath comforted Zion; he hath comforted all her waste places, and hath made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

v.4This passage

v.5My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples; the isles shall wait for me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

Cross references

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

  • John 16:8

    And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

  • Psalms 33:12

    Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

  • Romans 8:2

    For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

  • Psalms 50:7

    Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, even thy God.

  • Isaiah 42:6

    I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

  • Micah 4:2

    And many nations shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem;