Isaiah 56:3
1 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”
- KJV
- Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
- WEB
- Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD speak, saying, “The LORD will surely separate me from his people.” Do not let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”
- ASV
- Neither let the foreigner, that hath joined himself to Jehovah, speak, saying, Jehovah will surely separate me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
- DARBY
- And let not the son of the alien, that hath joined himself to Jehovah, speak saying, Jehovah hath entirely separated me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree;
- BLB
- Let no son of the foreigner [who] has joined himself to YHWH speak, saying, “YHWH will surely separate me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “Behold, I [am] a dry tree.”
- ÅB
- Den fremmede som holder seg til Herren, må ikke si: Herren vil visst skille meg fra sitt folk! Og gildingen må ikke si: Se, jeg er et tørt tre!
- OTB
- La ikke den fremmede som har sluttet seg til Herren si, “Herren vil sikkert skille meg fra sitt folk.” La heller ikke evnukken si, “Jeg er bare et tørt tre.”
- B1930
- Den fremmede som holder sig til Herren, må ikke si: Herren vil visst skille mig fra sitt folk! Og gildingen må ikke si: Se, jeg er et tørt tre!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 6:17
But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
Read in contextMatthew 19:12–30
For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
Read in contextActs 10:34
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Read in contextJeremiah 50:5
They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
Read in contextNumbers 18:4
And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
Read in contextLuke 7:6–8
Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:
Read in contextZephaniah 2:11
The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
Read in contextRomans 2:10–11
But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
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