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Isaiah 61:11
11For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations.
Isaiah 61:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to sprout up before all the nations.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For as the earth brings forth its bud, As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth, So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The Sovereign Lord will show his justice to the nations of the world. Everyone will praise him! His righteousness will be like a garden in early spring, with plants springing up everywhere.
Context of Isaiah 61:11
9Their descendants will be known among the nations and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the Lord has blessed.” 10I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations.
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כִּ֤י כָאָ֙רֶץ֙ תּוֹצִ֣יא צִמְחָ֔הּ וּכְגַנָּ֖ה זֵרוּעֶ֣יהָ תַצְמִ֑יחַ כֵּ֣ן׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה יַצְמִ֤יחַ צְדָקָה֙ וּתְהִלָּ֔ה נֶ֖גֶד כָּל־הַגּוֹיִֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- For as the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- bringeth forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: produceH3318
- her budצֶ֫מַחtsemach · branchH6780
- and as the gardenגַּנָּהgannâh · gardenH1593
- causeth the things that are sownזֵרוּעַzêrûa‛ · sowingH2221
- in it to spring forthצָמַחtsâmach · to springH6779
- so the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
- Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
- will cause righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedâqâh · righteousnessH6666
- and praiseתְּהִלָּהtehillâh · praiseH8416
- before all the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
Cross-references for Isaiah 61:11
- Isaiah 55:10As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
- Isaiah 58:11The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
- Matthew 13:3Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed.
- Mark 4:26He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.
- Isaiah 45:8“You heavens above, rain down my righteousness; let the clouds shower it down. Let the earth open wide, let salvation spring up, let righteousness flourish with it; I, the Lord, have created it.
- Isaiah 62:1For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her vindication shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch.
- Psalms 72:3May the mountains bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness.
- Psalms 85:11Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.
- Isaiah 60:18No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
- Isaiah 62:7and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.
- 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.
Commentaries on Isaiah 61:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11The Lord God "The Lord Jehovah" - "אדני Adonai, the Lord, makes the line longer than the preceding and following; and the Septuagint, Alexandrian, (and MSS. Pachom. and 1. D. II.), and Arabic, do not so render it. Hence it seems to be interpolated." - Dr. Jubb. Three MSS. have it not. See the note on Isaiah 61:1; (note). Both words יהוה אדני Adonai Jehovah, are wanting in one of my MSS.; but are supplied in the margin by a later hand.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11For as the earth bringeth forth - This figure is several times used by the prophet (see the notes at Isaiah 45:8; Isaiah 55:10-11). The idea is an exceedingly beautiful one, that, on the coming of the Messiah, truth and righteousness would spring up and abound like grass and fruits in the vegetable world when the earth is watered with rain. Her bud - The word bud‘ we now apply usually to the small bunch or protuberance on the branches of a plant…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. (Is 45:8, 55:10, 11; Psa 72:3; 85:11). bud--the tender shoots. praise--(Is 60:18; 62:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 61
- 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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