New English Translation
Isaiah 33:17
17You will see a king in his splendor; you will see a wide land.
Isaiah 33:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
- New International Version (NIV)Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty; they will see a land that stretches afar.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; They will see the land that is very far off.
Context of Isaiah 33:17
15The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others – 16This is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water. You will see a king in his splendor; you will see a wide land. 18Your mind will recall the terror you experienced, and you will ask yourselves, “Where is the scribe? Where is the one who weighs the money? Where is the one who counts the towers?” 19You will no longer see a defiant people whose language you do not comprehend, whose derisive speech you do not understand.
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מֶ֥לֶךְ בְּיָפְי֖וֹ תֶּחֱזֶ֣ינָה עֵינֶ֑יךָ תִּרְאֶ֖ינָה אֶ֥רֶץ מַרְחַקִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 33:17
- Isaiah 32:1Look, a king will promote fairness; officials will promote justice.
- Isaiah 37:1When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord’s temple.
- 2 Chronicles 32:23Many were bringing presents to the Lord in Jerusalem and precious gifts to King Hezekiah of Judah. From that time on he was respected by all the nations.
- Psalms 45:2You are the most handsome of all men! You speak in an impressive and fitting manner! For this reason God grants you continual blessings.
- Zechariah 9:17How precious and fair! Grain will make the young men flourish and new wine the young women.
- Matthew 17:2And he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.
- John 1:14Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory – the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.
- John 14:21The person who has my commandments and obeys them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him.”
- John 17:24“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
- 1 John 3:2Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever it is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.
- Psalms 31:8You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy; you enable me to stand in a wide open place.
- 2 Corinthians 4:18because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.
- Hebrews 11:13These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.
Commentaries on Isaiah 33:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Thine eyes - The eyes of the righteous, described in Isaiah 33:15. Shall see the king in his beauty - Some understand this of the Assyrian king. Thus Kimchi understands it, and supposes it means that they shall see him at the walls of Jerusalem; that is, shall see him destroyed. Vitringa supposes it means Yahweh himself as the king of his people, and that they should see him in his glory. Others suppose it relates to the Messiah. But the immediate…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-24Verses 15-24 The true believer watches against all occasions of sin. The Divine power will keep him safe, and his faith in that power will keep him easy. He shall want nothing needful for him. Every blessing of salvation is freely bestowed on all that ask with humble, believing prayer; and the believer is safe in time and for ever. Those that walk uprightly shall not only have bread given, and their water sure, but they shall, by faith, see the King of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17The king is the human representative (32:1) of the Great King, God himself (33:22). The land belonging to God’s people would appear to be without borders because the foreign enemies had been judged (54:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Thine--the saints'. king in ... beauty--not as now, Hezekiah in sackcloth, oppressed by the enemy, but King Messiah (Is 32:1) "in His beauty" (So 5:10, 16; Re 4:3). land ... very far off--rather, "the land in its remotest extent" (no longer pent up as Hezekiah was with the siege); see Margin. For Jerusalem is made the scene of the king's glory (Is 33:20, &c.), and it could not be said to be "very far off," unless the far-off land be heaven, the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 33
- 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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