11 translations · Hebrew
Isaiah 55:11
so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
Isaiah 55:11 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
- KJV King James Version
- So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
- ASV American Standard Version
- so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- So is My word that goes out of My mouth, || It does not return to Me empty, || But has done that which I desired, || And prosperously effected that [for] which I sent it.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- In the same way the words I say don't come back to me unfulfilled, they accomplish what I want—they successfully achieve my purpose.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- So is My word that goeth out of My mouth, It turneth not back unto Me empty, But hath done that which I desired, And prosperously effected that [for] which I sent it.
- DBY Darby Translation
- so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall do that which I please, and it shall accomplish that for which I send it.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- So shall my word be that proceedeth from my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- So shall my word be, which shall go forth from my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall do whatsoever I please, and shall prosper in the things for which I sent it.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| כֵּ֣ן | kên | so | H3651 כֵּן right |
| יִֽהְיֶ֤ה | yih·yeh | — | H1961 הָיָה to be |
| דְבָרִי֙ | ḏə·ḇā·rî | My word | H1697 דָּבָר word |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ’ă·šer | that | H834 אֲשֶׁר which |
| יֵצֵ֣א | yê·ṣê | proceeds | H3318 יָצָא to come out: come |
| מִפִּ֔י | mip·pî | from My mouth | H6310 פֶּה lip |
| לֹֽא־ | lō- | will not | H3808 לֹא not |
| יָשׁ֥וּב | yā·šūḇ | return | H7725 שׁוּב to return: return |
| אֵלַ֖י | ’ê·lay | to Me | H413 אֶל to(wards) |
| רֵיקָ֑ם | rê·qām | empty | H7387 רֵיקָם emptily |
| כִּ֤י | kî | but | H3588 כִּי for |
| אִם־ | ’im- | — | H518 אִם if |
| עָשָׂה֙ | ‘ā·śāh | it will accomplish | H6213 עָשָׂה to make: do |
| אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | — | H853 אֵת [Obj.] |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ’ă·šer | what | H834 אֲשֶׁר which |
| חָפַ֔צְתִּי | ḥā·p̄aṣ·tî | I please | H2654 חָפֵץ to delight in |
| וְהִצְלִ֖יחַ | wə·hiṣ·lî·aḥ | and it will prosper | H6743 צָלַח to rush |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă·šer | where | H834 אֲשֶׁר which |
| שְׁלַחְתִּֽיו׃ | šə·laḥ·tîw | I send it | H7971 שָׁלַח to send: depart |
Related verses
- Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
- Isaiah 46:10
I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. I say: My counsel will stand, and I will do all that I please.
- Romans 10:17
So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
- John 6:63
It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
- Isaiah 45:23
I have sworn by myself. The word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and will not be revoked, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath.
- Luke 8:11–16
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved. Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation. …
- 1 Corinthians 1:18
For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13
For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.
- 1 Peter 1:23
having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
- James 1:18
Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn’t return there, but waters the earth, and makes it grow and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
11 so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
12 For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.
13 Instead of the thorn the cypress tree will come up; and instead of the brier the myrtle tree will come up: and it will make a name for Yahweh, for an everlasting sign that will not be cut off.”
Read all of Isaiah 55 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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