Isaiah 54:14

King James Version

In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
You will be built on goodness. You will be safe from cruelty and fear. So you will have nothing to fear. Nothing will come to hurt you.

New Living Translation
You will be secure under a government that is just and fair. Your enemies will stay far away. You will live in peace, and terror will not come near.

Update Bible Version
In righteousness you shall be established: you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.

New Century Version
I will build you using fairness. You will be safe from those who would hurt you, so you will have nothing to fear. Nothing will come to make you afraid.

New English Translation
You will be reestablished when I vindicate you. You will not experience oppression; indeed, you will not be afraid. You will not be terrified, for nothing frightening will come near you.

Webster's Bible Translation
In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

World English Bible
In righteousness shall you be established: you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not be afraid; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.

Amplified Bible
"You will be firmly established in righteousness: You will be far from [even the thought of] oppression, for you will not fear, And from terror, for it will not come near you.

English Standard Version
In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thou schalt be foundid in riytfulnesse. Go thou awei fer fro fals caleng, for thou schalt not drede; and fro drede, for it schal not neiye to thee.

English Revised Version
In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near thee.

Berean Standard Bible
In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear, and removed from terror, for it will not come near you.

Contemporary English Version
You will be built on fairness with no fears of injustice; every one of your worries will be taken far from you.

American Standard Version
In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near thee.

Bible in Basic English
All your rights will be made certain to you: have no fear of evil, and destruction will not come near you.

Complete Jewish Bible
In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, with nothing to fear; far from ruin, for it will not come near you.

Darby Translation
In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near thee.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
In righteousness shalt thou be established; be thou far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear, and from ruin, for it shall not come near thee.

King James Version (1611)
In righteousnesse shalt thou be established: thou shalt be farre from oppression, for thou shalt not feare; & from terrour, for it shall not come neere thee.

New Life Bible
All will be right and good for you. No one over you will make it hard for you, and you will not be afraid. You will be far from trouble, for it will not come near you.

New Revised Standard
In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.

Geneva Bible (1587)
In righteousnes shalt thou be established, and be farre from oppression: for thou shalt not feare it: and from feare, for it shall not come neere thee.

George Lamsa Translation
In righteousness shall you be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from ruin, for destruction shall not come near you.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In righteousness, shalt thou be established, - Be thou far from oppression - But indeed thou shalt not fear, And from crushing calamity - But indeed it shall not come nigh unto thee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt be founded in justice: depart far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near thee.

Revised Standard Version
In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
In ryghteousnesse shalt thou be grounded, & be farre from oppression: for the which thou needest not be afrayde, neither for hinderaunce, for it shall not come nye thee.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt be built in righteousness: abstain from injustice, and thou shalt not fear; and trembling shall not come nigh thee.

Good News Translation
Justice and right will make you strong. You will be safe from oppression and terror.

Christian Standard Bible®
and you will be establishedon a foundation of righteousness.You will be far from oppression,you will certainly not be afraid;you will be far from terror,it will certainly not come near you.

Hebrew Names Version
In righteousness shall you be established: you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not be afraid; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.

Lexham English Bible
In righteousness you shall be established. Be far from oppression, for you shall not fear, and from terror, for it shall not come near you.

Literal Translation
You shall be established in righteousness; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.

Young's Literal Translation
In righteousness thou establishest thyself, Be far from oppression, for thou fearest not, And from ruin, for it cometh not near unto thee.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In rightuousnes shalt thou be grounded, & be farre fro oppression: for the which thou nedest not be afrayed, nether for hynderauce, for it shal not come nye the.

New American Standard Bible
"In righteousness you will be established; You will be far from oppression, for you will not fear; And from terror, for it will not come near you.

New King James Version
In righteousness you shall be established; You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; And from terror, for it shall not come near you.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"In righteousness you will be established; You will be far from oppression, for you will not fear; And from terror, for it will not come near you.

Legacy Standard Bible
In righteousness you will be established;You will be far from oppression, for you will not fear,And from terror, for it will not come near you.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. ¹² And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. ¹³ And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord ; and great shall be the peace of thy children. ¹⁴ In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee. ¹⁵ Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. ¹⁶ Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. ¹⁷ No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord , and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
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righteousness: Isaiah 1:26, Isaiah 45:24, Isaiah 52:1, Isaiah 60:21, Isaiah 61:10, Isaiah 61:11, Isaiah 62:1, Jeremiah 31:23, Ezekiel 36:27, Ezekiel 36:28, Ezekiel 37:23-26, Joel 3:17-21, Zechariah 8:3, 2 Peter 3:13

thou shalt be: Isaiah 51:13, Zechariah 9:8

for thou: Isaiah 2:4, Proverbs 3:25, Proverbs 3:26, Jeremiah 23:3, Jeremiah 23:4, Jeremiah 30:10, Micah 4:3, Micah 4:4, Zephaniah 3:13-16, Zechariah 2:4, Zechariah 2:5

Reciprocal: Isaiah 32:17 - the work Daniel 3:17 - our God Daniel 4:9 - no secret Hosea 2:19 - in righteousness Luke 1:74 - that we Acts 12:24 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In righteousness shalt thou be established,.... In the righteousness of Christ, from whence flows the peace before spoken of, and which is the stability of the church of Christ, and the security of it and its members from condemnation. The doctrine of justification by Christ's righteousness is, as Luther calls it, "articulus stantis vel cadentis ecclesiae", the article of the church, by which, as it is held fast or neglected, it stands or falls: or be established in exercising righteousness, doing justice and judgment, which, as it is the support and establishment of a kingdom and state, so of the church; for if purity of manners, holiness and righteousness, are neglected, a church soon comes to decay and ruin; but such will be the holiness of the professors of religion in the latter day, that every pot and vessel in it shall be holiness to the Lord, Zechariah 14:20:

thou shalt be far from oppression, for thou shall not fear; so far from it, that thou shalt not be in the least afraid of it, neither from within nor from without; not from false teachers that oppress the mind with legal doctrine; nor from persecutors that oppress and injure in person and property: the church will be now free from the oppression and tyranny of Rome, or mystical Babylon, which will now fall, and from the persecution of the antichristian states, on whom the vials of God's wrath will be poured, and so the church will be no more in fear of them; the words may be rendered, "therefore thou shalt not fear" b; there will be no cause for it, no occasion of it:

and from terror; it shall not come near thee; the terror of the antichristian beast and powers, which shall be no more, after their last effort next mentioned.

b לא תיראי "quare non timebis, [vel] ideo non metues", Vitringa; "quare ne timeas", Forerius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In righteousness shalt thou be established - This is language which is appropriately addressed to a city or commonwealth. The idea is, that it would not be built up by fraud, and rapine, and conquest, as many cities had been, but by the prevalence of justice.

Thou shalt be far from oppressions - That is, thou shalt be far from being oppressed by others. So the connection demands. The Hebrew would bear an active signification, so that it might be read, ‘be thou far from oppression,’ that is, be far from oppressing others. But the design of the prophet is rather to promise than to command; and the idea is, that they should have no occasion to fear the violence of others anymore.

For it shall not come near thee - This doubtless refers to the security, perpetuity, and prosperity of the church under the Messiah.