Isaiah 50:4
2 Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
3 I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.”
The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
5 The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.
6 I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
- KJV
- The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
- WEB
- The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
- ASV
- The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught.
- DARBY
- The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the instructed, that I should know how to succour by a word him that is weary. He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the instructed.
- BLB
- The Lord YHWH has given to me the tongue of the learned, knowing to help the weary with a word. He awakens me morning by morning; He awakens for me the ear to hear like the learned ones.
- ÅB
- Herren, Israels Gud, har gitt meg en disippeltunge, så jeg skal kunne kvege den trette med mitt ord; han vekker mitt øre hver morgen, han vekker det for at jeg skal høre som disipler hører.
- OTB
- Den suverene Herren har gitt meg de lærdes tunge, så jeg kan vite hvordan jeg skal styrke den trette med et ord. Han vekker meg morgen etter morgen, vekker mitt øre til å lytte som en som blir undervist.
- B1930
- Herren, Israels Gud, har gitt mig en disippeltunge, så jeg skal kunne kvege den trette med mitt ord; han vekker mitt øre hver morgen, han vekker det forat jeg skal høre som disipler hører.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 21:15
For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
Read in contextJeremiah 1:9
Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
Read in contextJohn 7:15–17
The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”
Read in contextExodus 4:11–12
And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
Read in contextProverbs 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Read in contextProverbs 15:23
A man takes joy in a fitting reply— and how good is a timely word!
Read in contextPsalms 143:8
Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
Read in contextPsalms 119:147
I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
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