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English Standard Version

Isaiah 26:3

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   Peace;   Righteous;   Spirituality;   Scofield Reference Index - Day (of Jehovah);   Thompson Chain Reference - Faith-Unbelief;   Peace;   Promises, Divine;   Rest-Unrest;   Trust in God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Backsliding;   Peace, Spiritual;   Trust;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Peace;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Trust in God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Arms;   Sandal;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ancient of Days;   Isaiah;   Mind;   Peace, Spiritual;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Care ;   Peace (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Peace;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Affliction;   Imagination;   Isaiah;   Peace;   Quotations, New Testament;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Yeẓer Ha-Ra';  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for October 22;   Every Day Light - Devotion for May 3;   Today's Word from Skip Moen - Devotion for January 23;   My Utmost for His Highest - Devotion for February 11;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
God, you give true peace to people who depend on you, to those who trust in you.
New Living Translation
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
Update Bible Version
You will keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on you]; because he trusts in you.
New Century Version
You, Lord , give true peace to those who depend on you, because they trust you.
New English Translation
You keep completely safe the people who maintain their faith, for they trust in you.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]: because he trusteth in thee.
World English Bible
You will keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on you]; because he trusts in you.
Amplified Bible
"You will keep in perfect and constant peace the one whose mind is steadfast [that is, committed and focused on You—in both inclination and character], Because he trusts and takes refuge in You [with hope and confident expectation].
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The elde errour is gon awei; thou schalt kepe pees, pees, for thou, Lord, we hopiden in thee.
English Revised Version
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Berean Standard Bible
The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord gives perfect peace to those whose faith is firm.
American Standard Version
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee.
Bible in Basic English
The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you.
Complete Jewish Bible
"A person whose desire rests on you you preserve in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.
Darby Translation
Thou wilt keep in perfect peace the mind stayed [on thee], for he confideth in thee.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The mind stayed on Thee Thou keepest in perfect peace; because it trusteth in Thee.
King James Version (1611)
Thou wilt keepe him in perfect peace, whose minde is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee.
New Life Bible
You will keep the man in perfect peace whose mind is kept on You, because he trusts in You.
New Revised Standard
Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace— in peace because they trust in you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
By an assured purpose wilt thou preserue perfite peace, because they trusted in thee.
George Lamsa Translation
Thou wilt keep us in perfect peace, for in thee we have trusted, O LORD, for ever and ever.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A purpose sustained, thou wilt guard, saying , Prosper! Prosper! Because in thee, hath he been led to trust.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The old error is passed away: thou wilt keep peace: peace, because we have hoped in thee.
Revised Standard Version
Thou dost keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusts in thee.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
By an assured purpose wylt thou preserue perfect peace, because they put their trust in thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
supporting truth, and keeping peace: for on thee, O Lord,
Good News Translation
You, Lord , give perfect peace to those who keep their purpose firm and put their trust in you.
Christian Standard Bible®
You will keep the mind that is dependent on youin perfect peace,for it is trusting in you.
Hebrew Names Version
You will keep [him] in perfect shalom, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on you]; because he trusts in you.
King James Version
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Lexham English Bible
You will protect a firm inclination in peace, in peace because he trusts in you.
Literal Translation
You will keep in perfect peace the mind stayed on You , for he trusts in You.
Young's Literal Translation
An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace -- peace! For in Thee it is confident.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And thou, which art the doer and hast the matter in honde: shalt prouyde for peace, eue the peace yt me hope for in the.
New American Standard Bible
"The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, Because he trusts in You.
New King James Version
You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, Because he trusts in You.
Legacy Standard Bible
The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peaceBecause he trusts in You.

Contextual Overview

1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks. 2 Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in. 3 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. 4 Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

wilt: Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 57:19-21, Psalms 85:7, Psalms 85:8, Micah 5:5, John 14:27, John 16:33, Romans 5:1, Ephesians 2:14-16, Philippians 4:7

in perfect peace: Heb. peace

peace: mind, or, thought, or imagination

stayed: Isaiah 31:1, Isaiah 48:2, Isaiah 50:1

because: 1 Chronicles 5:20, 2 Chronicles 13:18, 2 Chronicles 16:8, Psalms 9:10, Jeremiah 17:7, Jeremiah 17:8, Romans 4:18-21

Reciprocal: Genesis 22:3 - General Exodus 14:13 - Fear ye not Numbers 6:26 - give thee 2 Kings 6:33 - wait for the 2 Chronicles 14:11 - rest on thee 2 Chronicles 20:20 - Believe in the Lord Job 34:29 - When he giveth Psalms 2:12 - Blessed Psalms 3:5 - the Psalms 4:5 - put Psalms 11:1 - In the Psalms 16:1 - for Psalms 25:2 - O Psalms 37:11 - delight Psalms 59:9 - his strength Psalms 86:2 - trusteth Psalms 91:2 - in him Psalms 112:7 - heart Proverbs 1:33 - and shall Proverbs 3:5 - Trust Proverbs 3:17 - all Proverbs 16:20 - whoso Proverbs 28:1 - the righteous Song of Solomon 8:5 - leaning Isaiah 8:13 - Sanctify Isaiah 10:20 - but shall stay Isaiah 27:5 - let him Isaiah 30:15 - in returning Isaiah 32:17 - the work Isaiah 50:10 - let Isaiah 54:13 - great Isaiah 57:13 - but he Jeremiah 39:18 - because Daniel 3:17 - our God Daniel 3:28 - that trusted Daniel 6:23 - because Malachi 3:16 - that thought Matthew 1:20 - while Matthew 24:6 - see John 14:1 - ye Acts 12:6 - the same Colossians 3:15 - the peace 2 Thessalonians 2:2 - shaken

Cross-References

Genesis 12:7
Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built there an altar to the Lord , who had appeared to him.
Genesis 13:15
for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.
Genesis 13:17
Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you."
Genesis 15:18
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,
Genesis 17:8
And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God."
Genesis 20:1
From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.
Genesis 26:1
Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines.
Genesis 26:2
And the Lord appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you.
Genesis 26:6
So Isaac settled in Gerar.
Genesis 26:12
And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The Lord blessed him,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace,.... Peace with God in Christ through his blood, in a way of believing, and as the fruit and effect of his righteousness being received by faith; this is not always felt, received, and enjoyed in the soul; yet the foundation of it always is, and is perfect; and besides, this peace is true, real, and solid; in which sense the word "perfect" is used, in opposition to a false and imaginary one; and it will end in perfect peace in heaven: moreover, the word "perfect" is not in the Hebrew text, it is there "peace, peace"; which is doubled to denote the certainty of it, the enjoyment of it, and the constancy and continuance of it; and as expressive of all sorts of peace, which God grants unto his people, and keeps for them, and them in; as peace with God and peace with men, peace outward and peace inward, peace here and peace hereafter; and particularly it denotes the abundance of peace that believers will have in the kingdom of Christ in the latter day; see Psalms 72:7:

[whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]; or "fixed" on the love of God, rooted and grounded in that, and firmly persuaded of interest in it, and that nothing can separate from it; on the covenant and promises of God, which are firm and sure; and on the faithfulness and power of God to make them good, and perform them; and on Christ the Son of God, and Saviour of men; upon him as a Saviour, laying the whole stress of their salvation on him; upon his righteousness, for their justification; upon his blood and sacrifice, for atonement, pardon, and cleansing; on his fulness, for the supply of their wants; on his person, for their acceptance with God; and on his power, for their protection and preservation; see Isaiah 10:20:

because he trusteth in thee; not in the creature, nor in any creature enjoyment, nor in their riches, nor in their righteousness, nor in their own hearts, nor in any carnal privileges: only in the Lord, as exhorted to in the next verse Isaiah 26:4; in the Word of the Lord, as the Targum, that is, in Christ.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou wilt keep him - The following verses to Isaiah 26:11, contain moral and religious reflections, and seem designed to indicate the resignation evinced by the ‘righteous nation’ during their long afflictions. Their own feelings they are here represented as uttering in the form of general truths to be sources of consolation to others.

In perfect peace - Hebrew as in the Margin, ‘Peace, peace;’ the repetition of the word denoting, as is usual in Hebrew, emphasis, and here evidently meaning undisturbed, perfect peace. That is, the mind that has confidence in God shall not be agitated by the trials to which it shall be subject; by persecution, poverty, sickness, want, or bereavement. The inhabitants of Judea had been borne to a far distant land. They had been subjected to reproaches and to scorn Psalms 137:1-9; had been stripped of their property and honor; and had been reduced to the condition of prisoners and captives. Yet their confidence in God had not been shaken. They still trusted in him; still believed that he could and would deliver them. Their mind was, therefore, kept in entire peace. So it was with the Redeemer when he was persecuted and maligned (1 Peter 2:23; compare Luke 23:46). And so it has been with tens of thousands of the confessors and martyrs, and of the persecuted and afflicted people of God, who have been enabled to commit their cause to him, and amidst the storms of persecution, and even in the prison and at the stake, have been kept in perfect peace.

Whose mind is stayed on thee - Various interpretations have been given of this passage, but our translation has probably hit upon the exact sense. The word which is rendered ‘mind’ (יצר yētser) is derived from יצר yâtsar to form, create, devise; and it properly denotes that which is formed or made Psalms 103:14; Isaiah 29:16, Hebrews 2:18. Then it denotes anything that is formed by the mind - its thoughts, imaginations, devices Genesis 8:21; Deuteronomy 31:21. Here it may mean the thoughts themselves, or the mind that forms the thoughts. Either interpretation suits the connection, and will make sense. The expression, ‘is stayed on thee,’ in the Hebrew does not express the idea that the mind is stayed on God, though that is evidently implied. The Hebrew is simply, whose mind is stayed, supported (סמוּך sâmûk); that is, evidently, supported by God. There is no other support but that; and the connection requires us to understand this of him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 26:3. In perfect peace — שלום שלום shalom, shalom, "peace, peace," i.e., peace upon peace - all kinds of prosperity - happiness in this world and in the world to come.

Because he trusteth in thee - "Because they have trusted in thee"] So the Chaldee, בטחו betacho. The Syriac and Vulgate read בטחנו batachnu, "we have trusted." Schroeder, Gram. Heb. p. 360, explains the present reading בטוח batuach, impersonally, confisum est.


 
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