Isaiah 26:2-3
New King James Version
2 (A)Open the gates,
That the righteous nation which [a]keeps the truth may enter in.
3 You will keep him in perfect (B)peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:2 Or remains faithful
Isaiah 26:2-3
New American Standard Bible
2 Open the (A)gates, that the (B)righteous nation may enter,
The one that [a]remains faithful.
3 The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect (C)peace,
Because he trusts in You.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:2 Lit keeps faithfulness
Isaiah 26:2-3
Amplified Bible
2
“Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter,
The one that [a]remains faithful and trustworthy.
3
“You will keep in [b]perfect and constant peace the one whose mind is steadfast [that is, committed and focused on You—in both [c]inclination and character],
Because he trusts and takes refuge in You [with hope and confident expectation].
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:2 Lit keeps trustworthiness.
- Isaiah 26:3 Lit peace, peace, a Hebrew idiom of emphasis.
- Isaiah 26:3 The Hebrew word for inclination became a technical term in Jewish tradition, and the rabbis frequently referred to the “evil inclination” much in the same sense as the sin nature. They also recognized a “good inclination,” which the righteous choose to follow, and urged people to make their good inclination king over the evil inclination.
Isaiah 26:2-3
New International Version
Isaiah 26:2-3
King James Version
2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
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