Isaiah 65:23
What does Isaiah 65:23 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 65:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Their work will not be for nothing, and they will not give birth to children for destruction; for they are a seed to whom the Lord has given his blessing, and their offspring will be with them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862They labour not for a vain thing, Nor do they bring forth for trouble, For the seed of the blessed of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> they, And their offspring with them.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752My elect shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth in trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their posterity with them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for terror; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.
Context
v.22They 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.
v.23This passage
v.24And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 28:38
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
- Haggai 1:6
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
- Leviticus 26:22
And I will send the beast of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your ways shall become desolate.
- Acts 2:39
For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.
- Zechariah 10:8
I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they shall increase as they have increased.
- Acts 3:25
Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
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