God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 6:3
3They called to each other and said, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Armies! The whole earth is filled with his glory.”
Isaiah 6:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
- New International Version (NIV)And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!"
- New King James Version (NKJV)And one cried to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!”
Context of Isaiah 6:3
1In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a high and lofty throne. The bottom of his robe filled the temple. 2Angels were standing above him. Each had six wings: With two they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. They called to each other and said, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Armies! The whole earth is filled with his glory.” 4Their voices shook the foundations of the doorposts, and the temple filled with smoke. 5So I said, “Oh, no! I’m doomed. Every word that passes through my lips is sinful. I live among people with sinful lips. I have seen the king, the Lord of Armies!”
Read all of Isaiah 6Isaiah 6:3 word by word
וְקָרָ֨א זֶ֤ה אֶל־זֶה֙ וְאָמַ֔ר קָד֧וֹשׁ׀ קָד֛וֹשׁ קָד֖וֹשׁ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת מְלֹ֥א כָל־הָאָ֖רֶץ כְּבוֹדֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And one criedקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
- unto another, and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Holyקָדוֹשׁqâdôsh qâdôsh · holyH6918
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
- the whole earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- fullמְלֹאmelô' melô' melô · fullnessH4393
- of his gloryכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
Cross-references for Isaiah 6:3
- Exodus 15:20Then the prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand. All the women, dancing with tambourines, followed her.
- Ezra 3:11As they praised and gave thanks to the Lord, they sang antiphonally: “He is good; his mercy toward Israel endures forever.” Then all the people shouted, “Praise the Lord,” because the foundation for the house of the Lord had been laid.
- Psalms 24:7Lift your heads, you gates. Be lifted, you ancient doors, so that the king of glory may come in.
- Exodus 15:11“Who is like you among the gods, O Lord? Who is like you? You are glorious because of your holiness and awe-inspiring because of your splendor. You perform miracles.
- Revelation 4:8Each of the four living creatures had six wings and were covered with eyes, inside and out. Without stopping day or night they were singing, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, who is, and who is coming.”
- Revelation 15:3and singing the song of God’s servant Moses and the song of the lamb. They sang, “The things you do are spectacular and amazing, Lord God Almighty. The way you do them is fair and true, King of the Nations.
- Isaiah 11:9They will not hurt or destroy anyone anywhere on my holy mountain. The world will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord like water covering the sea.
- Isaiah 24:16From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise that honor the Righteous One. But I kept saying, “I’m wasting away! I’m wasting away! How horrible it is for me! Traitors continue to betray, and their treachery grows worse and worse.”
- Isaiah 40:5Then the Lord’s glory will be revealed and all people will see it together. The Lord has spoken.”
- Numbers 14:21But as I live and as the glory of the Lord fills the whole earth, I solemnly swear that
- Psalms 19:1The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky displays what his hands have made.
- Psalms 57:11May you be honored above the heavens, O God. Let your glory extend over the whole earth.
- Psalms 72:19Thanks be to his glorious name forever. May the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and amen!
- Habakkuk 2:14But the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord’s glory like the water covers the sea.
- Zechariah 14:9The Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day the Lord will be the only Lord and his name the only name.
- Ephesians 1:18Then you will have deeper insight. You will know the confidence that he calls you to have and the glorious wealth that God’s people will inherit.
Commentaries on Isaiah 6:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Holy, holy, holy - This hymn performed by the seraphim, divided into two choirs, the one singing responsively to the other, which Gregory Nazian., Carm. 18, very elegantly calls , , , is formed upon the practice of alternate singing, which prevailed in the Jewish Church from the time of Moses, whose ode at the Red Sea was thus performed, (see Exodus 15:20, Exodus 15:21;), to that of Ezra, under whom the priests and Levites sung alternately, "O praise…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And one cried to another - Hebrew This cried to this.‘ That is, they cried to each other in alternate responses. One cried holy;‘ the second repeated it; then the third; and then they probably united in the grand chorus, Full is all the earth of his glory.‘ This was an ancient mode of singing or recitative among the Hebrews; see Exodus 15:20-21, where Miriam is represented as going before in the dance with a timbrel, and the other females as following…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The repeated use of the word holy shows that the Lord is completely set apart from all creation. all the earth is full: The Hebrew text does not include a verb in this line. Because of this, translators understand the seraphim’s words in two possible ways. The earth may already be filled with God’s glory through creation, even though sin has damaged it. The earth may be filled with the Lord’s glory in the future, when he fully establishes his rule as King…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. (Re 4:8). The Trinity is implied (on "Lord," see on Is 6:1). God's holiness is the keynote of Isaiah's whole prophecies. whole earth--the Hebrew more emphatically, the fulness of the whole earth is His glory (Psa 24:1; 72:19).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 6
- 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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