Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Isaiah 42:4

JusticeJesus ChristHope

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

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

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:

6 “I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,

Read the whole chapter

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
KJV
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
WEB
He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice on the earth, and the islands wait for his law.”
ASV
He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.
DARBY
He shall not faint nor be in haste, till he have set justice in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
BLB
He will not be dimmed and not be crushed, until He has established justice on the earth, and in His law the islands will put their hope.”
ÅB
Han skal ikke bli mødig, og hans kraft ikke bli knekket før han får grunnlagt retten på jorden; og på hans lov venter øyene.
OTB
Han skal ikke bli matt eller bli knust før han har satt rett på jorden; og kystlandene skal vente på hans lære.»
B1930
Han skal ikke bli mødig, og hans kraft ikke bli knekket før han får grunnlagt retten på jorden; og på hans lov venter øene.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 53:2–12

    He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 55:5

    Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”

    Read in context

  • Genesis 49:10

    The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.

    Read in context

  • Psalms 22:27

    All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 52:13–15

    Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.

    Read in context

  • Matthew 12:21

    In His name the nations will put their hope.”

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 9:7

    Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 60:9

    Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.

    Read in context