New King James Version
Isaiah 27:3
3I, the Lord, keep it, I water it every moment; Lest any hurt it, I keep it night and day.
Isaiah 27:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
- New International Version (NIV)I, the Lord, watch over it; I water it continually. I guard it day and night so that no one may harm it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I, the Lord, am its keeper; every moment I water it. Lest anyone punish it, I keep it night and day;
- New Living Translation (NLT)I, the Lord, will watch over it, watering it carefully. Day and night I will watch so no one can harm it.
Context of Isaiah 27:3
1In that day the Lord with His severe sword, great and strong, Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan that twisted serpent; And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea. 2In that day sing to her, “A vineyard of red wine! I, the Lord, keep it, I water it every moment; Lest any hurt it, I keep it night and day. 4Fury is not in Me. Who would set briers and thorns Against Me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. 5Or let him take hold of My strength, That he may make peace with Me; And he shall make peace with Me.”
Read all of Isaiah 27Isaiah 27:3 word by word
אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ נֹֽצְרָ֔הּ לִרְגָעִ֖ים אַשְׁקֶ֑נָּה פֶּ֚ן יִפְקֹ֣ד עָלֶ֔יהָ לַ֥יְלָה וָי֖וֹם אֶצֳּרֶֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 27:3
- Isaiah 46:4Even to your old age, I am He, And even to gray hairs I will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; Even I will carry, and will deliver you.
- Isaiah 60:16You shall drink the milk of the Gentiles, And milk the breast of kings; You shall know that I, the Lord, am your Savior And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
- Genesis 6:17And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.
- Genesis 9:9“And as for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your descendants after you,
- Ezekiel 34:11‘For thus says the Lord God: “Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out.
- Ezekiel 37:14I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it and performed it,” says the Lord.’ ”
- Deuteronomy 33:26“There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, Who rides the heavens to help you, And in His excellency on the clouds.
- 1 Samuel 2:9He will guard the feet of His saints, But the wicked shall be silent in darkness. “For by strength no man shall prevail.
- Psalms 46:5God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, just at the break of dawn.
- Psalms 121:3He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber.
- John 10:27My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
- John 15:1“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
- Isaiah 5:6I will lay it waste; It shall not be pruned or dug, But there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds That they rain no rain on it.”
- Isaiah 35:6Then the lame shall leap like a deer, And the tongue of the dumb sing. For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, And streams in the desert.
- Isaiah 41:13For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, Saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.’
- Isaiah 55:10“For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater,
Commentaries on Isaiah 27:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day - "I will take care of her by night; and by day I will keep guard over her" - For יפקד פן pen yiphkod, lest any visit it, the Syriac read ואפקד veephkod, and I will visit it. Twenty MSS. of Kennicott's, fourteen of De Rossi's, and two of my own, and six editions read אפקד ephkod, I will visit, in the first person.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3I the Lord do keep it - There is understood here or implied an introduction; as Yahweh said‘ (compare Psalm 121:3-5). I will water it every moment - That is, constantly, as a vinedresser does his vineyard.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3God calls himself the Lord of the covenant to assure his people that his words and actions are trustworthy (see Exodus 6:2–3). This phrase appears many times in Isaiah. keeper … water … guard: The Lord will give even greater care and protection to his ultimate vineyard than he did to Israel, his first vineyard (see Isaiah 5:1–2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. lest any hurt it--attack it [Maurer]. "Lest aught be wanting in her" [Horsley].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 27
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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