New King James Version
Isaiah 57:2
2He shall enter into peace; They shall rest in their beds, Each one walking in his uprightness.
Isaiah 57:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
- New International Version (NIV)Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death.
- English Standard Version (ESV)he enters into peace; they rest in their beds who walk in their uprightness.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For those who follow godly paths will rest in peace when they die.
Context of Isaiah 57:2
1The righteous perishes, And no man takes it to heart; Merciful men are taken away, While no one considers That the righteous is taken away from evil. He shall enter into peace; They shall rest in their beds, Each one walking in his uprightness. 3“But come here, You sons of the sorceress, You offspring of the adulterer and the harlot! 4Whom do you ridicule? Against whom do you make a wide mouth And stick out the tongue? Are you not children of transgression, Offspring of falsehood,
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יָב֣וֹא שָׁל֔וֹם יָנ֖וּחוּ עַל־מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָ֑ם הֹלֵ֖ךְ נְכֹחֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 57:2
- Job 3:17There the wicked cease from troubling, And there the weary are at rest.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it.
- Matthew 25:21His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
- Luke 16:22So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
- 2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
- Philippians 1:23For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
- Revelation 14:13Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.”
- Luke 2:29“Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace, According to Your word;
- Luke 7:50Then He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”
- Isaiah 14:18“All the kings of the nations, All of them, sleep in glory, Everyone in his own house;
- 2 Chronicles 16:14They buried him in his own tomb, which he had made for himself in the City of David; and they laid him in the bed which was filled with spices and various ingredients prepared in a mixture of ointments. They made a very great burning for him.
- Ezekiel 32:25They have set her bed in the midst of the slain, With all her multitude, With her graves all around it, All of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; Though their terror was caused In the land of the living, Yet they bear their shame With those who go down to the Pit; It was put in the midst of the slain.
- Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.
- Luke 1:6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
Commentaries on Isaiah 57:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2He shalt enter into peace "He shall go in peace" - שלום יבוא yabo shalom ; the expression is elliptical, such as the prophet frequently uses. The same sense is expressed at large and in full terms, Genesis 15:15; : בשלום אבותיך אל תבא ואתה veattah libbo al abotheycha beshalom, "and thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace." They shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness "He shall rest in his bed; even the perfect man" - This obscure…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2He shall enter into peace - Lowth, He shall go in peace.‘ So the margin. Vulgate, Peace shall come.‘ Septuagint, His sepulture ( ̔ ̀ ̓͂ hē taphē autou ) shall be in peace.‘ The idea is, that by his death the righteous man shall enter into rest. He shall get away from conflict, strife, agitation, and distress. This may either refer to the peaceful rest of the grave, or to that which awaits the just in a better world. The direct meaning here intended is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The wicked would not be able to rest in peace (57:21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Or, "he entereth into peace"; in contrast to the persecutions which he suffered in this world (Job 3:13, 17). The Margin not so well translates, "he shall go in peace" (Psa 37:37; Lu 2:29). rest--the calm rest of their bodies in their graves (called "beds," 2Ch 16:14; compare Is 14:18; because they "sleep" in them, with the certainty of awakening at the resurrection, 1Th 4:14) is the emblem of the eternal "rest" (He 4:9; Re 14:13). each one walking in…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 57
- 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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