11 translations · Hebrew
Isaiah 42:6
“I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations;
Isaiah 42:6 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- “I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations;
- KJV King James Version
- I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
- ASV American Standard Version
- I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- I, YHWH, called you in righteousness, || And I lay hold on your hand, and keep you, || And I give you for a covenant of a people, || And a light of nations.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- “I, the Lord, have called you to demonstrate what's right, and I will hold your hand. I will take care of you, and give you as a sign of my agreement with the people and as a light to the nations.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- I, Jehovah, did call thee in righteousness, And I lay hold on thy hand, and keep thee, And I give thee for a covenant of a people, And a light of nations.
- DBY Darby Translation
- I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, and will take hold of thy hand; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the nations,
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness. I will hold your hand. I will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- I the Lord have called thee in justice, and taken thee by the hand, and preserved thee. And I have given thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles:
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֲנִ֧י | ’ă·nî | I | H589 אֲנִי I |
| יְהוָ֛ה | Yah·weh | the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| קְרָאתִ֥יךָֽ | qə·rā·ṯî·ḵā | have called you | H7121 קָרָא to call: call to |
| בְצֶ֖דֶק | ḇə·ṣe·ḏeq | for a righteous purpose | H6664 צֶ֫דֶק righteousness |
| וְאַחְזֵ֣ק | wə·’aḥ·zêq | and I will take hold | H2388 חָזַק to strengthen: strengthen |
| בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ | bə·yā·ḏe·ḵā | of your hand | H3027 יָד hand |
| וְאֶצָּרְךָ֗ | wə·’eṣ·ṣā·rə·ḵā | I will keep you | H5341 נָצַר to watch |
| וְאֶתֶּנְךָ֛ | wə·’et·ten·ḵā | and appoint you | H5414 נָתַן to give: give |
| לִבְרִ֥ית | liḇ·rîṯ | to be a covenant | H1285 בְּרִית covenant |
| עָ֖ם | ‘ām | for the people | H5971 עַם people |
| לְא֥וֹר | lə·’ō·wr | and a light | H216 אוֹר light |
| גּוֹיִֽם׃ | gō·w·yim | to the nations | H1471 גּוֹי nation |
Related verses
- John 8:12
Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- Luke 2:32
a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”
- Isaiah 26:3
You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.
- Isaiah 49:8
Yahweh says, “In an acceptable time I have answered you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you. I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage,
- Acts 13:47
For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.’”
- Isaiah 49:6
Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel? I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
- 1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
- Isaiah 60:1–3
“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you. For, behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but Yahweh will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
- Jeremiah 23:5–6
“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely. This is his name by which he will be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
- Hebrews 13:20
Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
4 He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands will wait for his law.”
5 Thus says God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it.
6 “I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations;
7 to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
8 “I am Yahweh. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.
Read all of Isaiah 42 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
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Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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