11 translations · Hebrew
Isaiah 50:4
The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
Isaiah 50:4 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
- KJV King James Version
- The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Lord YHWH has given to Me || The tongue of taught ones, || To know to aid the weary [by] a word, || He awakens [Me] morning by morning, || He awakens [My] ear to hear as taught ones.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- The Lord God has given me the ability to teach others, to know how to encourage those who are exhausted with a word. He wakes me up every morning; he helps me listen as a disciple.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- The Lord Jehovah hath given to me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary [by] a word, He waketh morning by morning, He waketh for me an ear to hear as taught ones.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the instructed, that I should know how to succour by a word him that is weary. He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the instructed.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth my ear to hear as the learned.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- The Lord hath given me a learned tongue, that I should know how to uphold by word him that is weary: he wakeneth in the morning, in the morning he wakeneth my ear, that I may hear him as a master.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | ’ă·ḏō·nāy | The Lord | H136 אֲדֹנָי Lord |
| יְהֹוִ֗ה | Yah·weh | GOD | H3069 יְהֹוִה YHWH/God |
| נָ֤תַן | nā·ṯan | has given | H5414 נָתַן to give: give |
| לִי֙ | lî | Me | H9005 ל to/for |
| לְשׁ֣וֹן | lə·šō·wn | the tongue | H3956 לָשׁוֹן tongue |
| לִמּוּדִ֔ים | lim·mū·ḏîm | of discipleship | H3928 לִמֻּד disciple |
| לָדַ֛עַת | lā·ḏa·‘aṯ | — | H3045 יָדַע to know |
| לָע֥וּת | lā·‘ūṯ | to sustain | H5790 עוּת to help |
| אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | — | H853 אֵת [Obj.] |
| יָעֵ֖ף | yā·‘êp̄ | the weary | H3287 יָעֵף weary |
| דָּבָ֑ר | dā·ḇār | with a word | H1697 דָּבָר word |
| יָעִ֣יר׀ | yā·‘îr | He awakens Me | H5782 עוּר to rouse |
| בַּבֹּ֣קֶר | bab·bō·qer | morning | H1242 בֹּ֫קֶר morning |
| בַּבֹּ֗קֶר | bab·bō·qer | by morning | H1242 בֹּ֫קֶר morning |
| יָעִ֥יר | yā·‘îr | He awakens | H5782 עוּר to rouse |
| לִי֙ | lî | My | H9005 ל to/for |
| אֹ֔זֶן | ’ō·zen | ear | H241 אֹ֫זֶן ear |
| לִשְׁמֹ֖עַ | liš·mō·a‘ | to listen | H8085 שָׁמַע to hear: hear |
| כַּלִּמּוּדִֽים׃ | kal·lim·mū·ḏîm | as a disciple | H3928 לִמֻּד disciple |
Related verses
- Luke 21:15
for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
- Jeremiah 1:9
Then Yahweh stretched out his hand, and touched my mouth. Then Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
- Exodus 4:11–12
Yahweh said to him, “Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn’t it I, Yahweh? Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.”
- John 7:15–17
The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?” Jesus therefore answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.
- Proverbs 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
- Proverbs 15:23
Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!
- Psalm 143:8
Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
- Psalm 119:147
I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
- Psalm 5:3
Yahweh, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.
- Isaiah 57:15–19
For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite. For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls whom I have made. I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness, and struck him; I hid myself and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart. …
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
2 Why, when I came, was there no one? when I called, why was there no one to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can’t redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea. I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.”
4 The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
5 The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious. I have not turned back.
6 I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting.
Read all of Isaiah 50 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
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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