New King James Version
Isaiah 58:11
11The Lord will guide you continually, And satisfy your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
Isaiah 58:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
- New International Version (NIV)The 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength. You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring.
Context of Isaiah 58:11
9Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness, 10If you extend your soul to the hungry And satisfy the afflicted soul, Then your light shall dawn in the darkness, And your darkness shall be as the noonday. The Lord will guide you continually, And satisfy your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail. 12Those from among you Shall build the old waste places; You shall raise up the foundations of many generations; And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In. 13“If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, From doing your pleasure on My holy day, And call the Sabbath a delight, The holy day of the Lord honorable, And shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, Nor finding your own pleasure, Nor speaking your own words,
Read all of Isaiah 58Isaiah 58:11 word by word
וְנָחֲךָ֣ יְהוָה֮ תָּמִיד֒ וְהִשְׂבִּ֤יעַ בְּצַחְצָחוֹת֙ נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ וְעַצְמֹתֶ֖יךָ יַחֲלִ֑יץ וְהָיִ֙יתָ֙ כְּגַ֣ן רָוֶ֔ה וּכְמוֹצָ֣א מַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יְכַזְּב֖וּ מֵימָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- shall guideנָחָהnâchâh · to leadH5148
- thee continuallyתָּמִידtâmîyd · continuallyH8548
- and satisfyשָׂבֵעַώâba‛ ώâbêa‛ · to satisfyH7646
- thy soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: appetiteH5315
- in droughtצַחְצָחָהtsachtsâchâh · scorchedH6710
- and make fatחָלַץchâlats · to armH2502
- thy bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
- and thou shalt be like a wateredרָוֶהrâveh · wateredH7302
- gardenגַּןgan · gardenH1588
- and like a springמוֹצָאmôtsâ' môtsâ' · exitH4161
- of waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
- failכָּזַבkâzab · to lieH3576
Cross-references for Isaiah 58:11
- Isaiah 49:10They shall neither hunger nor thirst, Neither heat nor sun shall strike them; For He who has mercy on them will lead them, Even by the springs of water He will guide them.
- Psalms 25:9The humble He guides in justice, And the humble He teaches His way.
- Psalms 32:8I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.
- Psalms 48:14For this is God, Our God forever and ever; He will be our guide Even to death.
- Psalms 73:24You will guide me with Your counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
- John 16:13However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:11Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.
- Isaiah 33:16He will dwell on high; His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; Bread will be given him, His water will be sure.
- Job 5:20In famine He shall redeem you from death, And in war from the power of the sword.
- Psalms 33:19To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
- Psalms 34:9Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him.
- Psalms 37:19They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
- Jeremiah 17:8For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
- Hosea 13:5I knew you in the wilderness, In the land of great drought.
- Psalms 92:14They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing,
- Proverbs 3:8It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones.
Commentaries on Isaiah 58:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11And make fat thy bones "And he shall renew thy strength" - Chaldaeus forte legit עצמתך יחכיף yachaliph otsmathecha ; confer cap. Isaiah 40:29, Isaiah 40:31, et Isaiah 41:1. - Secker. "The Chaldee perhaps read עצמתך יחליף yachaliph otsmathecha . "The Chaldee has עלמא בחיי יחיי וגופך veguphach vechaiyey bechaiyey alma, "and he will vivify thy body in life eternal." The rest of the ancients seem not to know what to make of יחליץ yachalits ; and the rendering…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11And the Lord shall guide thee continually - Yahweh will go before you and will lead you always. And satisfy thy soul in drought - (See the notes at Isaiah 41:17-18). The word rendered drought‘ (Margin, droughts;‘ Hebrew, צחצחות tsachetsâchôth ) means “dry places” - places exposed to the intense heat of a burning sun and parched up for the want of moisture. The idea is, that God would provide for them as if in such places copious rains were to fall, or…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-12Verses 3-12 A fast is a day to afflict the soul; if it does not express true sorrow for sin, and does not promote the putting away of sin, it is not a fast. These professors had shown sorrow on stated or occasioned fasts. But they indulged pride, covetousness, and malignant passions. To be liberal and merciful is more acceptable to God than mere fasting, which, without them, is vain and hypocritical. Many who seem humble in God's house, are hard at home…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. satisfy ... in drought--(Is 41:17, 18). Literally, "drought," that is, parched places [Maurer]. make fat--rather, "strengthen" [Noyes]. "Give thee the free use of thy bones" [Jerome], or, "of thy strength" [Horsley]. watered garden--an Oriental picture of happiness. fail not--Hebrew, "deceive not"; as streams that disappoint the caravan which had expected to find water, as formerly, but find it dried up (Job 6:15-17).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 58
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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