New American Standard Bible 1995
Isaiah 65:23
23They will 1not labor in vain, Or bear children for calamity; For they are the 23offspring of those blessed by the Lord, And their descendants with them.
Isaiah 65:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.
- New International Version (NIV)They will not labor in vain, nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the Lord, they and their descendants with them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They shall not labor in vain or bear children for calamity, for they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord, and their descendants with them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They shall not labor in vain, Nor bring forth children for trouble; For they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord, And their offspring with them.
Context of Isaiah 65:23
21They will build houses and inhabit them; They will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22They will not build and another inhabit, They will not plant and another eat; For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, And My chosen ones will wear out the work of their hands. They will not labor in vain, Or bear children for calamity; For they are the offspring of those blessed by the Lord, And their descendants with them. 24It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear. 25The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain,” says the Lord.
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לֹ֤א יִֽיגְעוּ֙ לָרִ֔יק וְלֹ֥א יֵלְד֖וּ לַבֶּהָלָ֑ה כִּ֣י זֶ֜רַע בְּרוּכֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ הֵ֔מָּה וְצֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֖ם אִתָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Isaiah 65:23
- Isaiah 49:4But I said, “I have toiled in vain, I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity; Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the Lord, And My reward with My God.”
- Isaiah 55:2Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And delight yourself in abundance.
- Isaiah 61:9Then their offspring will be known among the nations, And their descendants in the midst of the peoples. All who see them will recognize them Because they are the offspring whom the Lord has blessed.
- Leviticus 26:3If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments so as to carry them out,
- Deuteronomy 28:3“Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.
- Hosea 9:11As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird-- No birth, no pregnancy and no conception!
- Haggai 1:6You have sown much, but harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a purse with holes.”
- Haggai 2:19Is the seed still in the barn? Even including the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree, it has not borne fruit. Yet from this day on I will bless you.’”
- Malachi 3:10Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.
- Genesis 12:2And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing;
- Genesis 17:7I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
- Psalms 115:14May the Lord give you increase, You and your children.
- Jeremiah 32:38They shall be My people, and I will be their God;
- Zechariah 10:8I will whistle for them to gather them together, For I have redeemed them; And they will be as numerous as they were before.
- Acts 2:39For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
Commentaries on Isaiah 65:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23They shall not labor in vain "My chosen shall not labor in vain" - I remove בחירי bechirai, my elect, from the end of the twenty-second to the beginning of the twenty-third verse, on the authority of the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, and a MS.; contrary to the division in the Masoretic text. - L. The Septuagint is beautiful: My chosen shall not labor in vain, neither shall they beget children for the curse; for the seed is blessed of the Lord, and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23They shall not labor in vain - That is, either because their land shall be unfruitful, or because others shall plunder them. Nor bring forth for trouble - Lowth renders this, Neither shall they generate a short-lived race.‘ Noyes, Nor bring forth children for an early death.‘ The Septuagint renders it, ̓̀ ́ ̓ ́ Oude teknopoiēsousin eis kataran - Nor shall they bring forth children for a curse.‘ The Chaldee, Nor shall they nourish them for death.‘ There…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-25Verses 17-25 In the grace and comfort believers have in and from Christ, we are to look for this new heaven and new earth. The former confusions, sins and miseries of the human race, shall be no more remembered or renewed. The approaching happy state of the church is described under a variety of images. He shall be thought to die in his youth, and for his sins, who only lives to the age of a hundred years. The event alone can determine what is meant; but…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-25Here, the Lord responds to the prayer in Isaiah 63:7–64:12.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. bring forth for trouble--literally, "for terror," that is, "They shall not bring forth children for a sudden death" (Le 26:16; Jr 15:8). seed ... blessed--(Is 61:9). offspring with them--(Ho 9:12). "Their offspring shall be with themselves" [Maurer]; not "brought forth" only to be cut off by "sudden death" (see the parallel clause).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 65
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- 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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