English Standard Version
Isaiah 26:4
4Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
Isaiah 26:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:
- New International Version (NIV)Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Trust in the Lord forever, For in YAH, the Lord, is everlasting strength.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Trust in the Lord always, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.
Context of Isaiah 26:4
2Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in. 3You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock. 5For he has humbled the inhabitants of the height, the lofty city. He lays it low, lays it low to the ground, casts it to the dust. 6The foot tramples it, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy."
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בִּטְח֥וּ בַֽיהוָ֖ה עֲדֵי־עַ֑ד כִּ֚י בְּיָ֣הּ יְהוָ֔ה צ֖וּר עוֹלָמִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 26:4
- Isaiah 12:2"Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation."
- Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.
- 2 Chronicles 20:20And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed."
- 2 Chronicles 32:8With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles." And the people took confidence from the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
- Psalms 55:22Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
- Psalms 62:8Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
- Proverbs 3:5Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
- Isaiah 45:17But Israel is saved by the Lord with everlasting salvation; you shall not be put to shame or confounded to all eternity.
- Isaiah 63:1Who is this who comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he who is splendid in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? "It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save."
- Job 9:19If it is a contest of strength, behold, he is mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?
- Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Psalms 62:11Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God,
- Psalms 66:7who rules by his might forever, whose eyes keep watch on the nations— let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah
- Psalms 93:1The Lord reigns; he is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.
- Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
- Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Commentaries on Isaiah 26:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4In the Lord Jehovah "In Jehovah" - In Jah Jehovah, Heb.; but see Houbigant, and the note on Isaiah 12:2; (note). Everlasting strength - עולמים צור tsur olamim, "the rock of ages; "or, according to Rab. Maimon, - the eternal Fountain, Source, or Spring. Does not this refer to the lasting streams from the rock in the desert? And that rock was Christ. ge han hoped in the Lord fro the everlastinge worldis. - Old Ms. Bible.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Trust ye in the Lord for ever - The sense is, Let your confidence in God on no occasion fail. Let no calamity, no adversity, no persecution, no poverty, no trial of any kind, prevent your reposing entire confidence in him.‘ This is spoken evidently in view of the fact stated in the previous verse, that the mind that is stayed on him shall have perfect peace. For in the Lord Jehovah - This is one of the four places where our translators have retained the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-6The new community of God’s people is likened to the citizens of a city, securely held together by the Lord. They are righteous, faithful, peaceful, and trusting.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Lord Jehovah--Hebrew, Jah, Jehovah. The union of the two names expresses in the highest degree God's unchanging love and power (compare Psa 68:4). This passage, and Is 12:2; Ex 6:3; Psa 83:18, are the four in which the English Version retains the Jehovah of the original. Maurer translates, "For Jah (the eternal unchangeable One, Ex 3:14) is Jehovah, the rock of ages" (compare Is 45:17; De 32:15; 1Sa 2:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 26
- 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
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