Isaiah 51:8

Isaiah chapter 51 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation unto all generations.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation unto all generations.

Context

v.7Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings.

v.8This passage

v.9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou that didst cut Rahab in pieces, that didst pierce the monster?

Cross references

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

  • Isaiah 45:17

    But Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end.

  • Hosea 5:12

    Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

  • Luke 1:50

    And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.

  • Job 4:19

    How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

  • Isaiah 46:13

    I bring near my righteousness, it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.

  • Job 13:28

    Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.