Isaiah 33:21 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 33:21

But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass.

BSB

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ASV

But there Jehovah will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams, wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

KJV

But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

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Commentary

3 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Morals on the Book of Job, Book 18 (604)

For the plainly spoken words of these interpreting have made the sentences of the ancient Fathers henceforth clear to us. Hence the Prophet Isaiah viewing the words plain by the interpretation of Holy Church, not obscured by the darkness of allegories, exclaimed, saying, "The place of rivers, the broadest and open streams." For the sayings of the Old Testament were as narrow and close streams, which bound up the sentences of their lore in the darkest gathering together.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This the principal ground of their confidence: "He that is himself the glorious Lord will display his glory for us and be a glory to us, such as shall eclipse the rival-glory of the enemy." God, in being a gracious Lord, is a glorious Lord; for his goodness is his glory.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

But there - In Jersalem; or in his church, of which Jerusalem was the emblem. The glorious Lord - Lowth renders it, ‘The glorious name of Yahweh,’ שׁם shâm to be a noun, as if it were pointed שׁם shēm. So the Syriac and the Septuagint read it. The word ‘glorious’ (אדיר 'adiyr) means magnificent; denoting that Yahweh would manifest himself there as magnificent or great in the destruction of his enemies, and in the protection of his people.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Jerusalem had not the advantage of a river; Jehovah will be as one to it, affording all the advantages, without any of the disadvantages of one. galley with oars--war vessels of a long shape, and propelled by oars; merchant vessels were broader and carried sail. gallant--same Hebrew word as for "glorious," previously; "mighty" will suit both places; a ship of war is meant.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֣י	ki	that	H3588 →
אִם־	'im-	except	H518 →
שָׁ֞ם	sham	there	H8033 →
אַדִּ֤יר	'a.Dir	[will be] majestic	H117 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לָ֔נוּ	La.nu	for us
מְקוֹם־	me.kom-	a place of	H4725 →
נְהָרִ֥ים	ne.ha.Rim	rivers	H5104 →
יְאֹרִ֖ים	ye.'o.Rim	canals	H2975 →
רַחֲבֵ֣י	ra.cha.Vei	broad of	H7342 →
יָדָ֑יִם	ya.Da.yim	both hands	H3027 →
בַּל־	bal-	not	H1077 →
תֵּ֤לֶךְ	Te.lekh	it will go	H1980 →
בּוֹ֙	bo	on it
אֳנִי־	'o.ni-	a ship of	H590 →
שַׁ֔יִט	Sha.yit	rowing	H7885 →
וְצִ֥י	ve.Tzi	and a ship	H6716 →
אַדִּ֖יר	'a.Dir	majestic	H117 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יַעַבְרֶֽנּוּ׃	ya.'av.Re.nu	it will pass along it	H5674 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 41:18
I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.
leads to
- Isaiah 35:6–7
  Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
- Psalms 107:35
  He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.
- 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.
Through
Isaiah 48:18
If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:29
  If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
- Isaiah 66:12
  For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm,…
- Psalms 119:165
  Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.
Through
Isaiah 66:12
For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm,…
leads to
- Isaiah 48:18
  If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
- Isaiah 60:16
  You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Isaiah