Isaiah 51:8
6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
7 Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.
For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”
9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
10 Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”
- KJV
- For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
- WEB
- For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations.”
- ASV
- For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation unto all generations.
- DARBY
- For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
- BLB
- For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will devour them like wool; and My righteousness will be forever, and My salvation to all generations.”
- ÅB
- For møll skal fortære dem som et klæsplagg, og makk skal fortære dem som ull; men min rettferdighet skal vare til evig tid, og min frelse fra slekt til slekt.
- OTB
- For møllen vil fortære dem som et klesplagg, og ormen vil spise dem som ull. Men min rettferdighet vil vare evig, og min frelse gjennom alle generasjoner.”
- B1930
- For møll skal fortære dem som et klæsplagg, og makk skal fortære dem som ull; men min rettferdighet skal vare til evig tid, og min frelse fra slekt til slekt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
Read in contextIsaiah 50:9
Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.
Read in contextIsaiah 66:24
“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”
Read in contextHosea 5:12
So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
Read in contextLuke 1:50
His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
Read in contextJob 4:19
how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
Read in contextJob 13:28
So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
Read in contextIsaiah 45:17
But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
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