Isaiah 61:11
9 Their descendants will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the LORD has blessed.
10 I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
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- BSB
- For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
- KJV
- For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
- WEB
- For as the earth produces its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
- ASV
- For as the earth bringeth forth its bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
- DARBY
- For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as a garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
- BLB
- For as the earth brings forth its sprout, and as the garden causes its sown things to sprout, so the Lord YHWH will make sprout righteousness and praise before all the nations.
- ÅB
- For som jorden lar sine spirer skyte fram, og som en have lar sine vekster spire, slik skal Herren, Israels Gud, la rettferdighet og lovsang fremspire for alle folkenes åsyn.
- OTB
- For som jorden bærer fram sine spirer, og som en hage får frø til å vokse, slik vil Herren Gud la rettferdighet og lovprisning spire fram for alle nasjoner.
- B1930
- For som jorden lar sine spirer skyte frem, og som en have lar sine vekster spire, således skal Herren, Israels Gud, la rettferdighet og lovsang fremspire for alle folkenes åsyn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 58:11
The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
Read in context1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Read in contextMark 4:26–32
Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:10–11
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
Read in contextPsalms 85:11
Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.
Read in contextIsaiah 45:8
Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 4:16–5:1
Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.
Read in contextIsaiah 62:1
For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.
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