Isaiah 26:3-5
New King James Version
3 You will keep him in perfect (A)peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
4 Trust in the Lord forever,
(B)For in Yah, the Lord, is [a]everlasting strength.
5 For He brings [b]down those who dwell on high,
(C)The lofty city;
He lays it low,
He lays it low to the ground,
He brings it down to the dust.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:4 Or Rock of Ages
- Isaiah 26:5 low
Isaiah 26:3-5
New American Standard Bible
3 The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect (A)peace,
Because he trusts in You.
4 (B)Trust in the Lord forever,
For in [a]God the Lord, we have an everlasting (C)Rock.
5 For He has brought low those who dwell on high, the (D)unassailable city;
(E)He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:4 Heb Yah, usually rendered Lord
Isaiah 26:3-5
Amplified Bible
3
“You will keep in [a]perfect and constant peace the one whose mind is steadfast [that is, committed and focused on You—in both [b]inclination and character],
Because he trusts and takes refuge in You [with hope and confident expectation].
4
“Trust [confidently] in the Lord forever [He is your fortress, your shield, your banner],
For the Lord God is an everlasting Rock [the Rock of Ages].
5
“For He has thrown down the [arrogant] ones who dwell on high, the lofty and inaccessible city;
He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He hurls it to the dust.
Footnotes
- 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 26:3-5
New International Version
3 You will keep in perfect peace(A)
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust(B) in you.
4 Trust(C) in the Lord forever,(D)
for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock(E) eternal.
5 He humbles those who dwell on high,
he lays the lofty city low;
he levels it to the ground(F)
and casts it down to the dust.(G)
Isaiah 26:3-5
King James Version
3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:
5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
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