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Isaiah 42:3

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1 “Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.

2 He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.

A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.

4 He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”

5 This is what God the LORD says— He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:

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BSB
A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.
KJV
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
WEB
He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.
ASV
A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth.
DARBY
A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment according to truth.
BLB
A bruised reed He will not break, and smoldering flax He will not quench; for [in] faithfulness He will bring forth justice.
ÅB
Det knekkede rør skal han ikke knuse, og den rykende tande skal han ikke slukke; på rette måte skal han føre retten ut til dem.
OTB
En knekket siv skal han ikke bryte, og en rykende veke skal han ikke slokke; han skal trofast føre rett fram.
B1930
Det knekkede rør skal han ikke knuse, og den rykende tande skal han ikke slukke; på rette måte skal han føre retten ut til dem.

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 34:16

    I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’

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  • Jeremiah 31:25

    for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”

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  • Psalms 147:3

    He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

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  • Matthew 11:28

    Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

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  • Isaiah 40:11

    He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

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  • Isaiah 11:3–4

    And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

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  • John 5:30

    I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

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  • Matthew 18:10–14

    See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

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