God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 27:3
3I, the Lord, watch over it. I water it continually. I watch over it day and night so that no one will harm it.
Isaiah 27:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
- New International Version (NIV)I, the Lord, watch over it; I water it continually. I guard it day and night so that no one may harm it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I, the Lord, am its keeper; every moment I water it. Lest anyone punish it, I keep it night and day;
- New King James Version (NKJV)I, the Lord, keep it, I water it every moment; Lest any hurt it, I keep it night and day.
Context of Isaiah 27:3
1On that day the Lord will use his fierce and powerful sword to punish Leviathan, that slippery snake, Leviathan, that twisting snake. He will kill that monster which lives in the sea. 2On that day sing about a delightful vineyard. I, the Lord, watch over it. I water it continually. I watch over it day and night so that no one will harm it. 4I am no longer angry. If only thorns and briars would confront me! I would fight them in battle and set all of them on fire. 5Or else let them come to me for protection. Let them make peace with me. Yes, let them make peace with me.
Read all of Isaiah 27Isaiah 27:3 word by word
אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ נֹֽצְרָ֔הּ לִרְגָעִ֖ים אַשְׁקֶ֑נָּה פֶּ֚ן יִפְקֹ֣ד עָלֶ֔יהָ לַ֥יְלָה וָי֖וֹם אֶצֳּרֶֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 27:3
- Isaiah 46:4Even when you’re old, I’ll take care of you. Even when your hair turns gray, I’ll support you. I made you and will continue to care for you. I’ll support you and save you.
- Isaiah 60:16You will drink milk from other nations and nurse at royal breasts. Then you will know that I am the Lord, your Savior, the Mighty One of Jacob, your Defender.
- Genesis 6:17I’m about to send a flood on the earth to destroy all people under the sky—every living, breathing human. Everything on earth will die.
- Genesis 9:9“I am going to make my promise to you, your descendants,
- Ezekiel 34:11“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: I will search for my sheep myself, and I will look after them.
- Ezekiel 37:14I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live. I will place you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken, and I have done it, declares the Lord.’ ”
- Deuteronomy 33:26“There’s no one like your God, Jeshurun! He rides through the heavens to help you. In majesty he rides through the clouds.
- 1 Samuel 2:9He safeguards the steps of his faithful ones, but wicked people are silenced in darkness because humans cannot succeed by their own strength.
- Psalms 46:5God is in that city. It cannot fall. God will help it at the break of dawn.
- Psalms 121:3He will not let you fall. Your guardian will not fall asleep.
- John 10:27My sheep respond to my voice, and I know who they are. They follow me,
- John 15:1⌞Then Jesus said,⌟ “I am the true vine, and my Father takes care of the vineyard.
- Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland. It will never be pruned or hoed. Thorns and weeds will grow in it, and I will command the clouds not to rain on it.
- Isaiah 35:6Then those who are lame will leap like deer, and those who cannot speak will shout for joy. Water will gush out into the desert, and streams will gush out into the wilderness.
- Isaiah 41:13I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand and say to you, ‘Don’t be afraid; I will help you.’
- Isaiah 55:10“Rain and snow come down from the sky. They do not go back again until they water the earth. They make it sprout and grow so that it produces seed for farmers and food for people to eat.
Commentaries on Isaiah 27:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day - "I will take care of her by night; and by day I will keep guard over her" - For יפקד פן pen yiphkod, lest any visit it, the Syriac read ואפקד veephkod, and I will visit it. Twenty MSS. of Kennicott's, fourteen of De Rossi's, and two of my own, and six editions read אפקד ephkod, I will visit, in the first person.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3I the Lord do keep it - There is understood here or implied an introduction; as Yahweh said‘ (compare Psalm 121:3-5). I will water it every moment - That is, constantly, as a vinedresser does his vineyard.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3God calls himself the Lord of the covenant to assure his people that his words and actions are trustworthy (see Exodus 6:2–3). This phrase appears many times in Isaiah. keeper … water … guard: The Lord will give even greater care and protection to his ultimate vineyard than he did to Israel, his first vineyard (see Isaiah 5:1–2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. lest any hurt it--attack it [Maurer]. "Lest aught be wanting in her" [Horsley].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 27
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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