Isaiah 16:3

Isaiah 16:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
• New International Version (NIV)“Make up your mind,” Moab says. “Render a decision. Make your shadow like night— at high noon. Hide the fugitives, do not betray the refugees.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Give counsel; grant justice; make your shade like night at the height of noon; shelter the outcasts; do not reveal the fugitive;
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Take counsel, execute judgment; Make your shadow like the night in the middle of the day; Hide the outcasts, Do not betray him who escapes.

Context of Isaiah 16:3

1We must send sheep as gifts to the ruler of our land. Send them from Sela across the desert. Send them to Mount Zion in Jerusalem. 2Moab's women are standing at the shore of Arnon river. They want to go across. They are like birds that people have chased out of their nests. The Moabites say, ‘Tell us what we should do! Help us in our troubles! Give us some shade in the middle of the day! Hide the people who are escaping! Our enemies are chasing us. Do not let them find us. 4Let us escape from Moab and come to live among you. Our enemy wants to destroy us. Please keep us safe!’ Yes, one day, the cruel enemy will have gone. He will no longer attack the land and destroy it. 5One of David's descendants will rule as king. He will be true and honest. He will judge people in a fair way. He will quickly bring justice among his people.

Isaiah 16:3 word by word

הָבִ֤יאִי עֵצָה֙ עֲשׂ֣וּ פְלִילָ֔ה שִׁ֧יתִי כַלַּ֛יִל צִלֵּ֖ךְ בְּת֣וֹךְ צָהֳרָ֑יִם סַתְּרִי֙ נִדָּחִ֔ים נֹדֵ֖ד אַל־תְּגַלִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Takeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• counselעֵצָה‛êtsâh · counselH6098
• executeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: offerH6213
• judgmentפְּלִילָהpelîylâh · judgeH6415
• makeשִׁיתshîyth · to set: makeH7896
• thy shadowצֵלtsêl · shadowH6738
• as the nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• of the noondayצֹ֫הַרtsôhar · middayH6672
• hideסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
• the outcastsנָדַחnâdach · to banishH5080
• bewrayגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: revealH1540
• not him that wanderethנָדַדnâdad · to wanderH5074

Cross-references for Isaiah 16:3

• Isaiah 1:17Instead, learn to do what is right. Be honest and fair in what you do. Help people who are in pain. Make sure that widows and children who have no family receive justice.’
• Psalms 82:3You must help poor people and those with no family to receive justice. Help those who have pain and trouble to receive the help that they need.
• Jeremiah 21:12‘Descendants of King David, the Lord says this to you: Every day you must be fair as you judge people. Punish those who rob other people. Punish those who are cruel to other people. Help the people that they have hurt. If you do not do judge in a fair way, I will be very angry. My anger will burn like a hot fire that nobody can stop. It will destroy you because of the evil things that you have done.’ The Lord says:
• Jeremiah 22:3The Lord says: You must do things that are right and fair. Punish those who rob other people. Help the people that they have hurt. Do not be cruel to foreigners who are living among you. Do not cheat them. Do not hurt or cheat widows, or children who have no family. Stop killing people who have not done anything wrong.
• Ezekiel 45:9The Almighty Lord says this: Rulers of Israel, stop cheating my people and making them suffer! You have done enough bad things! Instead, do things that are right and fair. Stop chasing my people off their land. That is what the Almighty Lord says.
• Daniel 4:27So King Nebuchadnezzar, please do as I suggest. Stop doing bad things. Start to do things that are right. Turn away from your sins. Instead, be kind to poor people. Then, perhaps, you will continue to be comfortable and happy.’
• Zechariah 7:9‘The Lord Almighty has said, “Be sure that you are fair to all people. Be kind to each other.
• Isaiah 9:6Yes, your people are happy! A child has been born for us. We now have a son with the authority to rule. His names will be: Wonderful Advisor, Mighty God, Father for Ever, Ruler who brings Peace.
• Isaiah 25:4You Lord have been a safe place for poor people. When helpless people were in trouble, you have kept them safe. You were a place for them to hide from the storm. You gave them shade from the heat. Yes, cruel people attack them like a storm that hits against a wall.
• Isaiah 32:2Each leader will be like a safe place to hide from strong winds and storms. He will be like streams of water in a desert. And he will be like the shadow of a great rock in a hot, dry land.
• Judges 9:15The thorn bush said to the trees, “If you really want to choose me as your king, come here. Hide under my branches to keep safe. If not, I will cause fire to come out from the thorn bush. It will burn up all the big cedar trees in Lebanon!”
• Jonah 4:5Jonah went out of Nineveh. He built a little hut on the east side of the city. He sat in the shade of the hut. He waited to see what would happen to the city.
• Isaiah 56:8The Almighty Lord is the one who brings together all the Israelite people who are in exile. He says, ‘I will continue to bring more people to join with them.’
• Obadiah 1:12Your brothers in Judah were in great trouble. You thought that you were better than they. But you were wrong to think that. You should not have been happy when the people in Judah were dying. You should not have been happy when they were in trouble.
• Matthew 25:35I was hungry and you gave me some food to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me some water to drink. I was visiting your town and you asked me to stay in your home.
• Hebrews 13:2Always remember to be kind to strangers. Let them stay in your homes. In this way, some people have received angels as visitors, and they did not know that they were angels.

Commentaries on Isaiah 16:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Take counsel "Impart counsel" - The Vulgate renders the verbs in the beginning of this verse in the singular number, So the Keri; and so likewise sixty-one MSS. of Kennicott's and De Rossi's have it, and nineteen editions, and the Syriac. The verbs throughout the verse are also in the feminine gender; agreeing with Zion, which I suppose to be understood.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Take counsel - Hebrew, Bring counsel;‘ or cause it to come (הבאו hâbı̂'ı̂û or as it is in the keri הביאי ). The Vulgate, renders this in the singular number, and so is the keri, and so many manuscripts J. D. Michaelis, Lowth, Etchhorn, Gesenius, and Noyes, regard Isaiah 16:3-5 as a supplicatory address of the fugitive Moabites to the Jews to take them under their protection, and as imploring a blessing on the Jewish people if they would do it; and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4do not betray … be a refuge: Moab's situation would become so desperate that they would ask for refuge in other countries.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-53-5. Gesenius, Maurer, &c., regard these verses as an address of the fugitive Moabites to the Jews for protection; they translate Is 16:4, "Let mine outcasts of Moab dwell with thee, Judah"; the protection will be refused by the Jews, for the pride of Moab (Is 16:6). Vitringa makes it an additional advice to Moab, besides paying tribute. Give shelter to the Jewish outcasts who take refuge in thy land (Is 16:3, 4); so "mercy" will be shown thee in turn by…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 16:3

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In the dictionaries

• Bewray
• Grind
• Outcast
• Treader
• Arnon
• Bewray; Bewrayer
• Canon of the Old Testament
• Esther, the Rest of
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Isaiah 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings