Isaiah 65:22

Isaiah chapter 65 · verse 22 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

Context

v.21And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

v.22This passage

v.23They 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.

Cross references

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

  • Isaiah 65:9

    And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

  • Leviticus 26:16

    I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

  • Genesis 5:27

    and all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

  • Psalms 92:12

    The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

  • Isaiah 65:15

    And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen; and the Lord Jehovah will slay thee; and he will call his servants by another name:

  • Psalms 21:4

    He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him, Even length of days for ever and ever.