New International Version
Isaiah 33:17
17Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Your eyes will see the king in all his splendor, and you will see a land that stretches into the distance.
Context of Isaiah 33:17
15Those who walk righteously and speak what is right, who reject gain from extortion and keep their hands from accepting bribes, who stop their ears against plots of murder and shut their eyes against contemplating evil— 16they are the ones who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be the mountain fortress. Their bread will be supplied, and water will not fail them. Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar. 18In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror: “Where is that chief officer? Where is the one who took the revenue? Where is the officer in charge of the towers?” 19You will see those arrogant people no more, people whose speech is obscure, whose language is strange and incomprehensible.
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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 32:1See, a king will reign in righteousness and rulers will rule with justice.
- Isaiah 37:1When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and went into the temple of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 32:23Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the Lord and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah. From then on he was highly regarded by all the nations.
- Psalms 45:2You are the most excellent of men and your lips have been anointed with grace, since God has blessed you forever.
- Zechariah 9:17How attractive and beautiful they will be! Grain will make the young men thrive, and new wine the young women.
- Matthew 17:2There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.
- John 1:14The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- John 14:21Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
- John 17:24“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
- 1 John 3:2Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
- Psalms 31:8You have not given me into the hands of the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place.
- 2 Corinthians 4:18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
- Hebrews 11:13All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on 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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