Isaiah 51:8
6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
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.
9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass 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 upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Read in contextIsaiah 50:9
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
Read in contextIsaiah 66:24
And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
Read in contextHosea 5:12
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Read in contextLuke 1:50
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
Read in contextJob 4:19
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
Read in contextJob 13:28
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
Read in contextIsaiah 45:17
But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
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