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Isaiah 43:4
4Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life.
Isaiah 43:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Since you were precious in My sight, You have been honored, And I have loved you; Therefore I will give men for you, And people for your life.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Others were given in exchange for you. I traded their lives for yours because you are precious to me. You are honored, and I love you.
Context of Isaiah 43:4
2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. 3For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead. Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life. 5Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. 6I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth—
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מֵאֲשֶׁ֨ר יָקַ֧רְתָּ בְעֵינַ֛י נִכְבַּ֖דְתָּ וַאֲנִ֣י אֲהַבְתִּ֑יךָ וְאֶתֵּ֤ן אָדָם֙ תַּחְתֶּ֔יךָ וּלְאֻמִּ֖ים תַּ֥חַת נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Since thou wast preciousיָקַרyâqar · be preciousH3365
- in my sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
- thou hast been honourableכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: honourH3513
- and I have lovedאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
- thee: therefore will I giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- menאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
- for thee, and peopleלְאֹםle'ôm le'ôm · peopleH3816
- for thy lifeנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315
Cross-references for Isaiah 43:4
- Exodus 19:5Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine,
- Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.
- Deuteronomy 14:2for you are a people holy to the Lord your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lord has chosen you to be his treasured possession.
- Deuteronomy 26:18And the Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands.
- Deuteronomy 32:9For the Lord’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted inheritance.
- Psalms 135:4For the Lord has chosen Jacob to be his own, Israel to be his treasured possession.
- Malachi 3:17“On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him.
- 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
- Genesis 12:2“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
- Psalms 112:9They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor, their righteousness endures forever; their horn will be lifted high in honor.
- John 5:44How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
- 1 Peter 1:7These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
- Jeremiah 31:3The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
- Hosea 11:1“When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
- Malachi 1:2“I have loved you,” says the Lord. “But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’ “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob,
- John 16:27No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
Commentaries on Isaiah 43:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Since thou wast precious in my sight - This verse contains another reason why God would defend and deliver them. That reason was, that he had loved them as his people; and he was willing, therefore, that other people should be overcome in order that they might be saved. Thou hast been honorable - This does not refer so much to their personal character, as to the fact that they had been honored by him with being the depository of the precious truths of his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-7In this promise of salvation, the Lord spoke directly to his people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Since--All along from the beginning; for there was never a time when Israel was not Jehovah's people. The apodosis should be at, "I will give." "Since ever thou wast precious in My sight, honorable, and that I loved thee, I will give," &c. [Maurer]. Gesenius, as English Version, takes "Since" to mean, "Inasmuch as." If the apodosis be as in English Version, "Since thou wast precious" will refer to the time when God called His people out of Egypt…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 43
- 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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