New English Translation
Isaiah 50:5
5The sovereign Lord has spoken to me clearly; I have not rebelled, I have not turned back.
Isaiah 50:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
- New International Version (NIV)The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears; I have not been rebellious, I have not turned away.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not backward.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord God has opened My ear; And I was not rebellious, Nor did I turn away.
Context of Isaiah 50:5
3I can clothe the sky in darkness; I can cover it with sackcloth.” 4The sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, so that I know how to help the weary. He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do. The sovereign Lord has spoken to me clearly; I have not rebelled, I have not turned back. 6I offered my back to those who attacked, my jaws to those who tore out my beard; I did not hide my face from insults and spitting. 7But the sovereign Lord helps me, so I am not humiliated. For that reason I am steadfastly resolved; I know I will not be put to shame.
Read all of Isaiah 50Isaiah 50:5 word by word
אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ פָּתַֽח־לִ֣י אֹ֔זֶן וְאָנֹכִ֖י לֹ֣א מָרִ֑יתִי אָח֖וֹר לֹ֥א נְסוּגֹֽתִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 50:5
- Isaiah 48:8You did not hear, you do not know, you were not told beforehand. For I know that you are very deceitful; you were labeled a rebel from birth.
- Psalms 40:6Receiving sacrifices and offerings are not your primary concern. You make that quite clear to me! You do not ask for burnt sacrifices and sin offerings.
- Matthew 26:39Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
- John 8:29And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do those things that please him.”
- John 14:31but I am doing just what the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up, let us go from here.”
- John 15:10If you obey my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
- Philippians 2:8He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death – even death on a cross!
- Hebrews 5:8Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered.
- Hebrews 10:5So when he came into the world, he said, “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.
Commentaries on Isaiah 50:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Neither turned away back "Neither did I withdraw myself backward" - Eleven MSS. and the oldest edition prefix the conjunction ו vau ; and so also the Septuagint and Syriac.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The Lord God hath opened mine ear - This is another expression denoting that he was attentive to the import of the divine commission (see Psalm 40:6). And I was not rebellious - I willingly undertook the task of communicating the divine will to mankind. The statement here is in accordance with all that is said of the Messiah, that he was willing to come and do the will of God, and that whatever trials the work involved he was prepared to meet them (see…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. 4-11This is the third of four servant songs (see study note on Isaiah 42:1–4). The loyal and suffering servant represents an ideal Israel. This image came true in Jesus Christ.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. opened ... ear--(See on Is 42:20; Is 48:8); that is, hath made me obediently attentive (but Maurer, "hath informed me of my duty"), as a servant to his master (compare Psa 40:6-8, with Php 2:7; Is 42:1; 49:3, 6; 52:13; 53:11; Mt 20:28; Lu 22:27). not rebellious--but, on the contrary, most willing to do the Father's will in proclaiming and procuring salvation for man, at the cost of His own sufferings (He 10:5-10).Read the comment
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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
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