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English Standard Version

Isaiah 26:4

Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   God;   God Continued...;   Power;   Scofield Reference Index - Day (of Jehovah);   Thompson Chain Reference - Faith-Unbelief;   Names;   Titles and Names;   Trust in God;   The Topic Concordance - God;   Judges;   Learning;   Pride/arrogance;   Righteousness;   Strength;   Trust;   Uprightness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Backsliding;   Power of God, the;   Titles and Names of Christ;   Trust;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Eternal Life, Eternality, Everlasting Life;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehovah;   Lord;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Age;   Cities of Refuge;   Dove;   Jah;   Jehovah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ancient of Days;   Faith;   Hope;   Isaiah;   Names of God;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Imagination;   Isaiah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Eternity;   First and Last ;   Metaphor;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - God;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Names titles and offices of christ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jah;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Ages;   Christ;   Rock of ages;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Affliction;   Age;   Ages, Rock of;   Isaiah;   Spiritual Rock;   Unchangeable;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hope;   Judah Iii.;   Shirah, Pereḳ (Pirḳe);   Small and Large Letters;   Tetragrammaton;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 23;   Every Day Light - Devotion for May 3;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
So trust the Lord always, because in the Lord Yah you have a place of safety forever.
New Living Translation
Trust in the Lord always, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.
Update Bible Version
Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting rock.
New Century Version
So, trust the Lord always, because he is our Rock forever.
New English Translation
Trust in the Lord from this time forward, even in Yah, the Lord , an enduring protector!
Webster's Bible Translation
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH [is] everlasting strength:
World English Bible
Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.
Amplified Bible
"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].
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ye han hopid in the Lord, in euerlastynge worldis, in the Lord God, strong with outen ende.
English Revised Version
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is an everlasting rock.
Berean Standard Bible
Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
Contemporary English Version
So always trust the Lord because he is forever our mighty rock.
American Standard Version
Trust ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jehovah, even Jehovah, is an everlasting rock.
Bible in Basic English
Let your hope be in the Lord for ever: for the Lord Jah is an unchanging Rock.
Complete Jewish Bible
Trust in Adonai forever, because in Yah Adonai , is a Rock of Ages."
Darby Translation
Confide ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jah, Jehovah, is the rock of ages.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Trust ye in the LORD for ever, for the LORD is GOD, an everlasting Rock.
King James Version (1611)
Trust ye in the Lord for euer: for in the Lord Iehouah is euerlasting strength.
New Life Bible
Trust in the Lord forever. For the Lord God is a Rock that lasts forever.
New Revised Standard
Trust in the Lord forever, for in the Lord God you have an everlasting rock.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Trust in the Lord for euer: for in the Lord God is strength for euermore.
George Lamsa Translation
For the LORD God is an everlasting strength;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Trust ye in Yahweh, unto futurity, - For, in Yah, Yahweh, is a rock of ages.
Douay-Rheims Bible
You have hoped in the Lord for evermore, in the Lord God mighty for ever.
Revised Standard Version
Trust in the LORD for ever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Put ye your trust alway in the Lord: for in the Lorde God there is strength for euermore.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
they have trusted with confidence for ever, the great, the eternal God;
Good News Translation
Trust in the Lord forever; he will always protect us.
Christian Standard Bible®
Trust in the Lord forever,because in the Lord, the Lord himself, is an everlasting rock!
Hebrew Names Version
Trust in the LORD forever; for in the LORD, the LORD, is an everlasting Rock.
King James Version
Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:
Lexham English Bible
Trust in Yahweh forever, for in Yah, Yahweh you have an everlasting rock.
Literal Translation
Trust in Jehovah forever, for in Jah Jehovah is everlasting strength.
Young's Literal Translation
Trust ye in Jehovah for ever, For in Jah Jehovah [is] a rock of ages,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Hope stil in the LORDE, for in the LORDE God is euerlastinge stregth.
New American Standard Bible
"Trust in the LORD forever, For in GOD the LORD, we have an everlasting Rock.
New King James Version
Trust in the Lord forever,For in Yah, the Lord, is everlasting strength. [fn]
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Trust in the LORD forever, For in GOD the LORD, we have an everlasting Rock.
Legacy Standard Bible
Trust in Yahweh forever,For in Yah—Yahweh Himself—we have an everlasting Rock.

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

Trust: Isaiah 12:2, Isaiah 50:10, 2 Chronicles 20:20, 2 Chronicles 32:8, Psalms 55:22, Psalms 62:8, Proverbs 3:5, Proverbs 3:6

in the: Isaiah 45:17, Isaiah 45:24, Isaiah 63:1, Job 9:19, Psalms 46:1, Psalms 62:11, Psalms 66:7, Psalms 93:1, Psalms 125:1, Matthew 6:13, Matthew 28:18, Philippians 4:13

everlasting strength: Heb. the Rock of ages, Isaiah 17:10, Isaiah 32:2, Deuteronomy 32:4, Deuteronomy 32:15, 1 Samuel 2:2, Psalms 18:2

Reciprocal: Genesis 22:3 - General Exodus 20:3 - General Deuteronomy 33:27 - underneath 2 Chronicles 14:11 - rest on thee Psalms 2:12 - Blessed Psalms 4:5 - put Psalms 9:10 - put Psalms 11:1 - In the Psalms 16:1 - for Psalms 28:1 - O Psalms 59:9 - his strength Psalms 62:2 - He only Psalms 62:7 - rock Psalms 86:2 - trusteth Psalms 91:2 - in him Psalms 112:7 - heart Psalms 131:3 - from henceforth Psalms 144:1 - my strength Proverbs 16:20 - whoso Proverbs 18:10 - a strong Proverbs 22:19 - thy 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 30:29 - mighty One Isaiah 57:13 - but he Jeremiah 17:7 - General Daniel 3:17 - our God Daniel 3:28 - that trusted Matthew 24:6 - see Luke 6:48 - rock Acts 12:6 - the same Romans 1:20 - even his

Cross-References

Genesis 13:16
I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.
Genesis 15:5
And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."
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 18:18
seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
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 26:3
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.
Genesis 26:4
I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,
Genesis 26:8
When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac laughing with Rebekah his wife.
Genesis 26:17
So Isaac departed from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
Genesis 26:18
And Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham. And he gave them the names that his father had given them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Trust ye in the Lord for ever,.... In the Word of the Lord for ever and ever, as the Targum again; that is, at all times, in every state and condition, in times of affliction, temptation, and darkness; for he will support under, and in his own time deliver out of every trouble, and cause all things to work to gether for good; and trust in him always, for everything, for all temporal blessings, and for all spiritual ones, and for eternal life and happiness; for he has them, has promised them, and will give them:

for in the Lord JEHOVAH [is] everlasting strength; Christ is the Lord JEHOVAH, which is, and was, and is to come, self-existent, eternal, and immutable; and in him is strength, as well as righteousness for his people; and that for everything it is wanted for, to bear up under temptations and afflictions, to withstand every spiritual enemy, to exercise every grace, and discharge every duty: and this strength is everlasting; it always continues in him, and is always to be had from him; he is the "eternal" God, who is the refuge of his people, and his "arms" of power and might "underneath" them are "everlasting": the words may be rendered, "for in Jah" is "Jehovah, the Rock of ages" q; Jehovah the Son is in Jehovah the Father, according to John 10:38 or "Jah Jehovah" is "the Rock of ages", so Vitringa; he is the "Rock" on which the church and every believer is built, against which "the gates of hell cannot prevail"; and he has been the Rock of his people in ages past, and will be in ages to come: or "of worlds"; this world, and that to come; and so it is explained in the Talmud r, he that trusts in the Lord has a refuge in this world, and in the world to come.

q ביה יהוה צור עולמים "in Jah [est] Jehovah, rupes saeculorum". r T. Bab. Menachot, fol. 29. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Trust ye in the Lord for ever - The sense is, ‘Let your confidence in God on no occasion fail. Let no calamity, no adversity, no persecution, no poverty, no trial of any kind, prevent your reposing entire confidence in him.’ This is spoken evidently in view of the fact stated in the previous verse, that the mind that is stayed on him shall have perfect peace.

For in the Lord Jehovah - ‘This is one of the four places where our translators have retained the original word Yahweh (compare Exodus 6:3; Psa 133:1-3 :18; the notes at Isaiah 12:2). The original is יהוה ביה beyâhh yehovâh; the first word, יה yâhh, (compare Psalms 68:4), being merely an abridged form of Yahweh. The same form occurs in Isaiah 12:2. The union of these two forms seems designed to express, in the highest sense possible, the majesty, glory, and holiness of God; to excite the highest possible reverence where language fails of completely conveying the idea.

Is everlasting strength - Hebrew as in the Margin, ‘The rock of ages;’ a more poetic and beautiful expression than in our translation. The idea is, that God is firm and unchangeable like an eternal rock; and that in him we may find protection and defense for everlasting ages (see Deuteronomy 32:4, et al.; 1 Samuel 2:2; 2 Samuel 22:32, 2Sa 22:47; 2 Samuel 23:3; Psalms 18:31; Psalms 19:14; Psalms 28:1; Psalms 42:9; Psalms 62:2, Psalms 62:6-7, ..., where God is called ‘a rock’).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 26:4. In the Lord JEHOVAH - "In JEHOVAH"] In JAH JEHOVAH, Heb.; but see Houbigant, and Isaiah 12:2.

Everlasting strength — צור עולמים tsur olamim, "the rock of ages;" or, according to Rab. Maimon, - the eternal Fountain, Source, or Spring. Does not this refer to the lasting streams from the rock in the desert? And that rock was Christ. ge han hoped in the Lord fro the everlastinge worldis. - Old MS. BIBLE.


 
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