Isaiah 50:4

Isaiah 50:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
• New International Version (NIV)The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“The Lord God has given Me The tongue of the learned, That I should know how to speak A word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear To hear as the learned.

Context of Isaiah 50:4

2Why was there no one when I came? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Is My hand so short that it cannot redeem? Or do I have no power to rescue? Behold, I dry up the sea with My rebuke, I turn rivers into a wilderness; Their fish stink for lack of water, And die of thirst. 3I clothe the heavens with blackness, And make sackcloth their covering.” The Lord God has given Me the tongue of disciples, So that I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple. 5The Lord God has opened My ear, And I was not disobedient, Nor did I turn back. 6I gave My back to those who strike Me, And My cheeks to those who pull out My beard; I did not hide My face from insults and spitting.

Isaiah 50:4 word by word

אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֗ה נָ֤תַן לִי֙ לְשׁ֣וֹן לִמּוּדִ֔ים לָדַ֛עַת לָע֥וּת אֶת־יָעֵ֖ף דָּבָ֑ר יָעִ֣יר׀ בַּבֹּ֣קֶר בַּבֹּ֗קֶר יָעִ֥יר לִי֙ אֹ֔זֶן לִשְׁמֹ֖עַ כַּלִּמּוּדִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• The Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• has givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• Me the tongueלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956
• disciplesלִמֻּדlimmûd limmûd · discipleH3928
• So that I may knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• sustainעוּת‛ûth · to helpH5790
• the wearyיָעֵףyâ‛êph · wearyH3287
• with a wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• He awakensעוּר‛ûr · to rouseH5782
• morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• My earאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
• to listenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085

Cross-references for Isaiah 50:4

• Exodus 4:11But the Lord said to him, “Who has made the human mouth? Or who makes anyone unable to speak or deaf, or able to see or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
• Psalms 45:2You are the most handsome of the sons of mankind; Grace is poured upon Your lips; Therefore God has blessed You forever.
• Jeremiah 1:9Then the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
• Matthew 22:46No one was able to offer Him a word in answer, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him any more questions.
• Luke 4:22And all the people were speaking well of Him, and admiring the gracious words which were coming from His lips; and yet they were saying, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”
• Luke 21:15for I will provide you eloquence and wisdom which none of your adversaries will be able to oppose or refute.
• John 7:46The officers answered, “Never has a man spoken in this way!”
• Isaiah 57:15For this is what the high and exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in a high and holy place, And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit In order to revive the spirit of the lowly And to revive the heart of the contrite.
• Proverbs 15:23A person has joy in an apt answer, And how delightful is a timely word!
• Proverbs 25:11Like apples of gold in settings of silver, Is a word spoken at the proper time.
• Matthew 11:28“Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
• Matthew 13:54And He came to His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, with the result that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man acquire this wisdom and these miraculous powers?
• John 7:15The Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has this Man become learned, not having been educated?”

Commentaries on Isaiah 50:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The Lord God hath given me - This verse commences a new subject, and the deliverer is directly introduced as himself speaking. The reasons why this is supposed to refer to the Messiah, have been given in the analysis to the chapter. Those reasons will be strengthened by the examination of the particular expressions in the passage, and by showing, as we proceed in the exposition, in what way they are applicable to him. It will be assumed that the reference…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-9Verses 4-9 As Jesus was God and man in one person, we find him sometimes speaking, or spoken of, as the Lord God; at other times, as man and the servant of Jehovah. He was to declare the truths which comfort the broken, contrite heart, those weary of sin, harassed with afflictions. And as the Holy Spirit was upon him, that he might speak as never man spake; so the same Divine influence daily wakened him to pray, to preach the gospel, and to receive and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The Lord, who never gets tired (Isaiah 40:28), sends the servant with good news (see 40:28–31) to comfort those who are tired (see study note on Isaiah 40:1–31).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Messiah, as "the servant of Jehovah" (Is 42:1), declares that the office has been assigned to Him of encouraging the "weary" exiles of Israel by "words in season" suited to their case; and that, whatever suffering it is to cost Himself, He does not shrink from it (Is 50:5, 6), for that He knows His cause will triumph at last (Is 50:7, 8). learned--not in mere human learning, but in divinely taught modes of instruction and eloquence (Is 49:2; Ex 4:11…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 50:4

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Jesus Continued
• Words

In the dictionaries

• God
• Isaiah
• Job, Book of
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Mediation; Mediator
• Revelation
• Saviour
• Servant of Jehovah; Servant of the Lord; Servant of Yahweh

Commentaries on Isaiah 50

• 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