Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 35:8
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 35:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
- New International Version (NIV)And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A highway shall be there, and a road, And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, But it shall be for others. Whoever walks the road, although a fool, Shall not go astray.
Context of Isaiah 35:8
6Then the lame will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing. For water will burst forth in the desert and streams in the wilderness. 7The parched land will become a pool, the thirsty ground springs of water. In the haunt of jackals, where they rest, grass will become reeds and rushes. A 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. 9No lion will be there. No ravenous beast will go up on it. They will not be found there. But the redeemed will walk there. 10The ransomed of Adonai will return and come to Zion with singing, with everlasting joy upon their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
Read all of Isaiah 35Isaiah 35:8 word by word
וְהָיָה־שָׁ֞ם מַסְל֣וּל וָדֶ֗רֶךְ וְדֶ֤רֶךְ הַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙ יִקָּ֣רֵא לָ֔הּ לֹֽא־יַעַבְרֶ֥נּוּ טָמֵ֖א וְהוּא־לָ֑מוֹ הֹלֵ֥ךְ דֶּ֛רֶךְ וֶאֱוִילִ֖ים לֹ֥א יִתְעֽוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And an highwayמַסְלוּלmaslûl · highwayH4547
- shall be there, and a wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
- and it shall be calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
- of holinessקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · (Way of) HolinessH6944
- the uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · uncleanH2931
- shall not pass overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
- for those: the wayfaring menהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
- though foolsאֱוִיל'ĕvîyl · fool(ish)H191
- shall not errתָּעָהtâ‛âh · to go astrayH8582
Cross-references for Isaiah 35:8
- Isaiah 11:16So there will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain, from Assyria, as there was for Israel in the day they came up out of the land of Egypt.
- Isaiah 19:23In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrians will come to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
- Isaiah 40:3A voice cries out in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of Adonai, Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
- 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 49:11I will make all My mountains a road, and My highways will be raised up.
- Isaiah 57:14Then it will be said: “Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every stumbling block out of the way of My people.”
- Isaiah 62:10Go through, go through the gates. Clear the way for the people! Build up, build up the highway! Remove the stones. Lift up a banner over the peoples.
- Jeremiah 31:21How long will you waver, O backsliding daughter? For Adonai has created a new thing on earth: a woman surrounds a man.
- John 14:6Yeshua said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life! No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- Hebrews 10:20He inaugurated a new and living way for us through the curtain—that is, His flesh.
- Ephesians 2:10For we are His workmanship—created in Messiah Yeshua for good deeds, which God prepared beforehand so we might walk in them.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:7For God did not call us to impurity, but in holiness.
- 2 Timothy 1:9He has saved us and called us with a holy calling— not because of our deeds but because of His own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Messiah Yeshua before time began,
- Hebrews 12:14Pursue shalom with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
- 1 Peter 1:14Like obedient children, do not be shaped by the cravings you had formerly in your ignorance.
- 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Commentaries on Isaiah 35:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8And a highway - The word ודרך vederech is by mistake added to the first member of the sentence from the beginning of the following member. Sixteen MSS. of Dr. Kennicott's, seven ancient, and two of De Rossi's have it but once; so likewise the Syriac, Septuagint, and Arabic. Err therein - A MS. of Dr. Kennicott's adds בו bo, in it, which seems necessary to the sense, and so the Vulgate, per eam, "by it. "One of De Rossi's has שם sham, there. But it shall…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-10Verses 5-10 When Christ shall come to set up his kingdom in the world, then wonders, great wonders, shall be wrought on men's souls. By the word and Spirit of Christ, the spiritually blind were enlightened; and those deaf to the calls of God were made to hear them readily. Those unable to do any thing good, by Divine grace were made active therein. Those that knew not how to speak of God or to God, had their lips opened to show forth his praise. When the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The image of the highway recalls Israel’s crossing through the Red Sea (Isaiah 51:10). only those who walk: This means that only those who follow God will walk on his holy path. God's goal in salvation is for humans to share his character and act like him (see Ephesians 5:1–2; 1 Peter 2:21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. highway--such a causeway (raised way, from a Hebrew root, "to cast up") as was used for the march of armies; valleys being filled up, hills and other obstructions removed (Is 62:10; compare Is 40:3, 4). way of holiness--Hebraism for "the holy way." Horsley translates, "the way of the Holy One;" but the words that follow, and Is 35:10, show it is the way leading the redeemed back to Jerusalem, both the literal and the heavenly (Is 52:1; Joe 3:17; Re…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 35
- 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
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