Isaiah 42:4 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 42:4

He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”

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ASV

He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.

KJV

He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 4) He will not be sad or discouraged, until he establishes justice on earth: and the coastlands will wait for his law. LXX: he will shine and not be broken, until he establishes justice upon the earth: and the nations will hope in his name. But what follows: It will shine, and will not be crushed, until He establishes judgment upon the Earth, the Evangelist Matthew did not include (Mat. XII): or perhaps between judgment and judgment, they were omitted due to an error by the writer.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He sets judgment in the earth. He erects his government in the world, a church for himself among men, reforms the world, and by the power of his gospel and grace fixes such principles in the minds of men as tend to make them wise and just. The isles of the Gentiles wait for his law, wait for his gospel, that is, bid it welcome as if it had been a thing they had long waited for.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. We are sure that these verses are to be understood of Christ, for the evangelist tells us expressly that in him this prophecy was fulfilled, Matt. xii.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He shall not fail nor be discouraged “His force shall not be abated nor broken” - Rabbi Meir ita citat locum istum, ut post ירוץ yaruts, addat כוחו cocho, robur ejus, quod hodie Ilon comparet in textu Hebraeo, sed addendum videtur, ut sensus fiat planior. “Rabbi Meir cites this passage so as to add after ירוץ yarats כוחו cocho, his force, which word is not found in the present Hebrew text, but seems necessary to be added to make the sense more distinct.” Capell. Crit. Sac. p. 3

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לֹ֤א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יִכְהֶה֙	yikh.Heh	he will grow dim	H3543 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
יָר֔וּץ	ya.Rutz	he will be crushed	H7533 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
יָשִׂ֥ים	ya.Sim	he will establish	H7760 →
בָּאָ֖רֶץ	ba.'A.retz	on the earth	H776 →
מִשְׁפָּ֑ט	mish.Pat	justice	H4941 →
וּלְתוֹרָת֖וֹ	u.le.to.ra.To	and for instruction his	H8451 →
אִיִּ֥ים	'i.Yim	islands	H339 →
יְיַחֵֽילוּ׃ פ	ye.ya.Chei.lu	they will wait	H3176 →

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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
Genesis 49:10
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
leads to
- Numbers 24:17
  I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and…
- Luke 1:32–33
  He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
- Isaiah 9:6
  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of…
- Psalms 60:7
  Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
Through
Psalms 22:27
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
leads to
- Psalms 86:9
  All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
- Isaiah 45:22
  Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- Revelation 7:9–12
  After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes…
- Psalms 2:8
  Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Isaiah

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Isaiah