Isaiah 55:4
2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.
- KJV
- Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
- WEB
- Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.
- ASV
- Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.
- DARBY
- Behold, I have given him [for] a witness to the peoples, a prince and commander to the peoples.
- BLB
- Behold, as a witness to the nations I have placed him, a leader and commander of the peoples.
- ÅB
- Se, til et vitne for folkeslag har jeg satt ham[^2], til en fyrste og en hersker over folkeslag.
- OTB
- Se, jeg har utnevnt ham som et vitne for nasjonene, en leder og kommandør for folkene.
- B1930
- Se, til et vidne for folkeslag har jeg satt ham, til en fyrste og en hersker over folkeslag. / < i Messias. ÅPE 1, 5; 3, 14. SLM 2, 8; 72, 8 fg.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 1:5
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Read in contextIsaiah 9:6–7
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Read in contextHebrews 2:10
For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Read in contextRevelation 3:14
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
Read in contextJeremiah 30:9
But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
Read in contextDaniel 9:25
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:13
I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
Read in contextMatthew 28:18–20
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
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