11 translations · Hebrew
Isaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a garment; and its inhabitants will die in the same way: but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be abolished.
Isaiah 51:6 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a garment; and its inhabitants will die in the same way: but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be abolished.
- KJV King James Version
- Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Lift up your eyes to the heavens, || And look attentively to the earth beneath, || For the heavens have vanished as smoke, || And the earth wears out as a garment, || And its inhabitants die as gnats, || And My salvation is for all time, || And My righteousness is not broken.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Look up at the heavens, and look down at the earth beneath. The heavens will disappear like smoke, the earth will wear out like old clothes. The people living there will die like flies, but my salvation will last forever, and my way of goodness and right will never be destroyed.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Lift ye up to the heavens your eyes, And look attentively unto the earth beneath, For the heavens as smoke have vanished, And the earth as a garment weareth out, And its inhabitants as gnats do die, And My salvation is to the age, And My righteousness is not broken.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall grow old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall become old like a garment, and its inhabitants shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a garment. Its inhabitants will die in the same way, but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be abolished.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Lift up your eyes to heaven, and look down to the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish like smoke, and the earth shall be worn away like a garment, and the inhabitants thereof shall perish in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my justice shall not fail.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| שְׂאוּ֩ | śə·’ū | Lift up | H5375 נָשָׂא to lift: raise |
| לַשָּׁמַ֨יִם | laš·šā·ma·yim | to the heavens | H8064 שָׁמַיִם heaven |
| עֵֽינֵיכֶ֜ם | ‘ê·nê·ḵem | your eyes | H5869 עַ֫יִן eye |
| וְֽהַבִּ֧יטוּ | wə·hab·bî·ṭū | and look | H5027 נָבַט to look |
| אֶל־ | ’el- | at | H413 אֶל to(wards) |
| הָאָ֣רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | the earth | H776 אֶ֫רֶץ land: country/planet |
| מִתַּ֗חַת | mit·ta·ḥaṯ | below | H8478 תַּחַת underneath: under |
| כִּֽי־ | kî- | for | H3588 כִּי for |
| שָׁמַ֜יִם | šā·ma·yim | the heavens | H8064 שָׁמַיִם heaven |
| כֶּעָשָׁ֤ן | ke·‘ā·šān | like smoke | H6227 עָשָׁן smoke |
| נִמְלָ֙חוּ֙ | nim·lā·ḥū | will vanish | H4414 מָלַח to dissipate |
| וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ | wə·hā·’ā·reṣ | the earth | H776 אֶ֫רֶץ land: country/planet |
| כַּבֶּ֣גֶד | kab·be·ḡeḏ | like a garment | H899 בֶּ֫גֶד treachery |
| תִּבְלֶ֔ה | tiḇ·leh | will wear out | H1086 בָּלָה to become old |
| וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ | wə·yō·šə·ḇe·hā | and its people | H3427 יָשַׁב to dwell |
| כְּמוֹ־ | kə·mōw- | like [gnats] | H3644 כְּמוֹ like |
| כֵ֣ן | ḵên | — | H3654 כֵּן gnat |
| יְמוּת֑וּן | yə·mū·ṯūn | will die | H4191 מוּת to die |
| וִישֽׁוּעָתִי֙ | wî·šū·‘ā·ṯî | But My salvation | H3444 יְשׁוּעָה salvation |
| לְעוֹלָ֣ם | lə·‘ō·w·lām | — | H5769 עוֹלָם forever: enduring |
| תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה | tih·yeh | will last forever | H1961 הָיָה to be |
| וְצִדְקָתִ֖י | wə·ṣiḏ·qā·ṯî | and My righteousness | H6666 צְדָקָה righteousness |
| לֹ֥א | lō | will never | H3808 לֹא not |
| תֵחָֽת׃ס | ṯê·ḥāṯ | fail | H2865 חָתַת to to be dismayed |
Related verses
- Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
- Psalm 102:25–26
Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands. They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
- Hebrews 1:10–12
And, “You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands. They will perish, but you continue. They all will grow old like a garment does. You will roll them up like a mantle, and they will be changed; but you are the same. Your years will not fail.”
- Isaiah 34:4
All of the army of the sky will be dissolved. The sky will be rolled up like a scroll, and all its armies will fade away, as a leaf fades from off a vine or a fig tree.
- Revelation 6:12–14
I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood. The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind. The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
- John 3:15–16
that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- 2 Peter 3:10–12
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness, looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
- John 10:27–29
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
- Isaiah 51:8
For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations.”
- Isaiah 13:13
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place in Yahweh of Armies’ wrath, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
4 “Listen to me, my people; and hear me, my nation: for a law will go out from me, and I will establish my justice for a light to the peoples.
5 My righteousness is near. My salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples. The islands will wait for me, and they will trust my arm.
6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a garment; and its inhabitants will die in the same way: but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be abolished.
7 “Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law: Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.
8 For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations.”
Read all of Isaiah 51 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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