Isaiah 30:21

Isaiah 30:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
• New International Version (NIV)Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it," when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” Whenever you turn to the right hand Or whenever you turn to the left.

Context of Isaiah 30:21

19For the people of Zion who are dwelling in Jerusalem will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. When He hears you, He will answer. 20Though Adonai gives you the bread of adversity and the water of oppression, your teachers will no longer be hidden, but your eyes will see your teachers. Your ears will hear a word behind you saying: “This is the way, walk in it. When you turn to the right, or when you turn to the left.” 22You will defile your graven images overlaid with silver, and your metal images covered with gold. You will throw them away like a menstrual cloth. You will say, “Be gone!” 23Then He will give you rain for your seed, which you will sow in the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will feed in wide-open pasture.

Isaiah 30:21 word by word

וְאָזְנֶ֙יךָ֙ תִּשְׁמַ֣עְנָה דָבָ֔ר מֵֽאַחֲרֶ֖יךָ לֵאמֹ֑ר זֶ֤ה הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ לְכ֣וּ ב֔וֹ כִּ֥י תַאֲמִ֖ינוּ וְכִ֥י תַשְׂמְאִֽילוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thine earsאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
• shall hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• a wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• behindאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• thee, sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
• walk ye in itיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• when ye turn to the right handאָמַן'âman · to turn rightH541
• and when ye turn to the leftשִׂמְאֵלώâma'l · to go leftH8041

Cross-references for Isaiah 30:21

• Isaiah 35:8A highway will be there—a roadway. It will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it. It is for the one who walks the way. Fools will not go astray.
• Isaiah 42:16I will bring the blind by a way they do not know. in paths they have not known, I will guide them. I will turn darkness before them to light and the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do, and I will not forsake them.
• Isaiah 48:17Thus says Adonai, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am Adonai your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go.
• Isaiah 58:11Then Adonai will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in drought and strengthen your bones. You will be like a watered garden, like a spring of water whose waters never fail.
• Psalms 25:8Good and upright is Adonai. Therefore He directs sinners in the way.
• Psalms 143:8Make me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, for in You I trust. Show me the way I should go, for to You I lift up my soul.
• Proverbs 3:5Trust in Adonai with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding.
• Jeremiah 6:16Thus says Adonai: “Stand in the roads and look. Ask for the ancient paths— where the good way is— and walk in it. Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We won’t walk in it.’
• 1 John 2:20But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.
• Joshua 1:7Only be very strong, and resolute to observe diligently the Torah which Moses, My servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so you may be successful wherever you go.
• Joshua 23:6“Be very resolute to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the Torah of Moses, so that you may not turn aside from it to the right or to the left,
• 2 Kings 22:2Now he did what was right in the eyes of Adonai and walked in all the ways of his father David, and turned not aside to the right or to the left.
• Psalms 32:8“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go. I will give counsel—My eye is on you.
• Proverbs 4:27Do not turn to the right or to the left. Divert your foot from evil.

Commentaries on Isaiah 30:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21When ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left "Turn not aside, to the right or to the left" - The Syriac Chaldee, and Vulgate, translate as if, instead of כי־וכי ki -vechi, they read לא־ולא lo -velo .Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21And thine ears shall hear a word - A command or admonition. You shall not be left without spiritual guides and directors. Behind thee - That is, says Vitringa, the voice of conscience, as an “invisible” guide, shall admonish you. The idea, however, seems to be that if they were ignorant of the way, or if they were inclined to err, they should be admonished of the true path which they ought to pursue. The idea is taken either from the practice of teachers…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-26Verses 19-26 God's people will soon arrive at the Zion above, and then they will weep no more for ever. Even now they would have more comfort, as well as holiness, if they were more constant in prayer. A famine of bread is not so great a judgment as a famine of the word of God. There are right-hand and left-hand errors; the tempter is busy courting us into by-paths. It is happy if, by the counsels of a faithful minister or friend, or the checks of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21The people’s own ears will hear and follow God’s instructions (see Isaiah 6:9–10; 29:18; 35:5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. word--conscience, guided by the Holy Spirit (Joh 16:13).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 30:21

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Isaiah
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Walking
• Wisdom
• Word of God

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Commentaries on Isaiah 30

• 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