New English Translation
Isaiah 27:3
3I, the Lord, protect it; I water it regularly. I guard it night and day, so no one can 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
1At that time the Lord will punish with his destructive, great, and powerful sword Leviathan the fast-moving serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent; he will kill the sea monster. 2When that time comes, sing about a delightful vineyard! I, the Lord, protect it; I water it regularly. I guard it night and day, so no one can harm it. 4I am not angry. I wish I could confront some thorns and briers! Then I would march against them for battle; I would set them all on fire, 5unless they became my subjects and made peace with me; 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 are old, I will take care of you, even when you have gray hair, I will carry you. I made you and I will support you; I will carry you and rescue you.
- Isaiah 60:16You will drink the milk of nations; you will nurse at the breasts of kings. Then you will recognize that I, the Lord, am your deliverer, your protector, the powerful ruler of Jacob.
- Genesis 6:17I am about to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy from under the sky all the living creatures that have the breath of life in them. Everything that is on the earth will die,
- Genesis 9:9“Look! I now confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you
- Ezekiel 34:11“‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out.
- Ezekiel 37:14I will place my breath in you and you will live; I will give you rest in your own land. Then you will know that I am the Lord – I have spoken and I will act, declares the Lord.’”
- Deuteronomy 33:26There is no one like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the sky to help you, on the clouds in majesty.
- 1 Samuel 2:9He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.
- Psalms 46:5God lives within it, it cannot be moved. God rescues it at the break of dawn.
- Psalms 121:3May he not allow your foot to slip! May your protector not sleep!
- John 10:27My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
- John 15:1“I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.
- Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland; no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground, and thorns and briers will grow there. I will order the clouds not to drop any rain on it.
- Isaiah 35:6Then the lame will leap like a deer, the mute tongue will shout for joy; for water will flow in the desert, streams in the wilderness.
- Isaiah 41:13For I am the Lord your God, the one who takes hold of your right hand, who says to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, I am helping you.’
- Isaiah 55:10The rain and snow fall from the sky and do not return, but instead water the earth and make it produce and yield crops, and provide seed for the planter and food for those who must 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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