Isaiah 65:6

King James Version

Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
"Look, here is a letter that lists all your sins. I will not be quiet until I pay you back for these sins. I will do it by punishing you.

New Living Translation
"Look, my decree is written out in front of me: I will not stand silent; I will repay them in full! Yes, I will repay them—

Update Bible Version
Look, it is written before me: I will not keep silent, but will recompense, yes, I will recompense into their bosom,

New Century Version
"Look, it is written here before me. I will not be quiet; instead, I will repay you in full. I will punish you for what you have done.

New English Translation
Look, I have decreed: I will not keep silent, but will pay them back; I will pay them back exactly what they deserve,

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, [it is] written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

World English Bible
Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yes, I will recompense into their bosom,

Amplified Bible
"Indeed, it is written before Me, I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will even repay it [directly] into their arms,

English Standard Version
Behold, it is written before me: "I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will indeed repay into their lap

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! it is writun bifore me; Y schal not be stille, but Y schal yelde, and Y schal quyte in to the bosum of hem youre wickidnessis,

English Revised Version
Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yea, I will recompense into their bosom,

Berean Standard Bible
Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps

Contemporary English Version
I have written this down; I won't keep silent. I'll pay them back just as their sins deserve.

American Standard Version
Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yea, I will recompense into their bosom,

Bible in Basic English
See, it is recorded before me, says the Lord: I will not keep back my hand, till I have sent punishment,

Complete Jewish Bible
See, it is written before me; I will not be silent until I repay them; I will repay them to the full,

Darby Translation
Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Behold, it is written before Me; I will not keep silence, except I have requited, yea, I will requite into their bosom,

King James Version (1611)
Behold, it is written before me: I will not keepe silence, but will recompence, euen recompence into their bosome,

New Life Bible
See, it is written before Me: ‘I will not keep quiet, but I will pay them back. I will pay them back into their breast,

New Revised Standard
See, it is written before me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will indeed repay into their laps

Geneva Bible (1587)
Beholde, it is written before me: I wil not keepe silence, but will render it and recompense it into their bosome.

George Lamsa Translation
Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence until I recompense them a double portion into their bosom.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Lo! it is written before me, - I will not keep silence, But I have recompensed, and will recompense into their bosom:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold it is written before me: I will not be silent, but I will render and repay into their bosom.

Revised Standard Version
Behold, it is written before me: "I will not keep silent, but I will repay, yea, I will repay into their bosom

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Beholde, it is written before my face, and shall not be forgotten, but recompenced: I shall rewarde it them into their bosome.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Behold, it is written before me: I will not be silent until I have recompensed into their bosom,

Good News Translation
"I have already decided on their punishment, and their sentence is written down. I will not overlook what they have done, but will repay them

Christian Standard Bible®
Look, it is written in front of me:I will not keep silent, but I will repay;I will repay them fully

Hebrew Names Version
Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yes, I will recompense into their bosom,

Lexham English Bible
Look! It is written before me: I will not be silent, but I will repay; and I will repay in the fold of their garment

Literal Translation
Behold! It is written before Me: I will not be silent, except I repay; yea, I will repay to their bosom,

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, it is written before Me: `I am not silent, but have recompensed; And I have recompensed into their bosom,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, it is written before my face, & shal not be forgotten, but recopensed. I shal rewarde it them in to their bosome:

New American Standard Bible
"Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will even repay into their laps,

New King James Version
"Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silence, but will repay-- Even repay into their bosom--

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Behold, it is written before Me, I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will even repay into their bosom,

Legacy Standard Bible
Behold, it is written before Me:I will not keep silent, but I will repay;I will even repay into their bosom,

Contextual Overview

¹ I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. ² I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; ³ A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; ⁴ Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; ⁵ Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. ⁶ Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, ⁷ Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord , which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

it is: Exodus 17:14, Deuteronomy 32:34, Psalms 56:8, Malachi 3:16, Revelation 20:12

I will: Isaiah 42:14, Isaiah 64:12, Psalms 50:3, Psalms 50:21

but: Psalms 79:12, Jeremiah 16:18, Ezekiel 11:21, Ezekiel 22:31, Joel 3:4

Reciprocal: Genesis 8:21 - smelled Exodus 20:5 - visiting Numbers 32:14 - to augment Psalms 35:22 - be Isaiah 65:7 - therefore Ezekiel 9:10 - but Zechariah 14:2 - shall not Luke 12:45 - to beat

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, it is written before me,.... This account of their sins; it was in his sight and constant remembrance, and punishment for them was determined by him, written in the book of his decrees:

I will not keep silence; but threaten with destruction, and not only threaten, but execute; plead against them really, as well as verbally, with sore judgments:

but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom; full and just recompence of punishment for all their transgressions, as it follows. The Targum is,

"I will recompense to them the vengeance of their sins, and deliver their bodies to the second death.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, it is written before me - That is, the crimes of which they had been guilty, or the sentence which would be consequent thereon. The allusion is to the custom of having the decrees of kings recorded in a volume or on a table, and kept in their presence, so that they might be seen and not forgotten. An allusion to this custom of opening the books containing a record of this kind on trials, occurs in Daniel 7:10, ‘The judgment was set, and the books were opened.’ So also Revelation 20:12, ‘And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.’ So here. An impartial record had been made, and God would recompense them according to their deeds.

I will not keep silence - Nothing shall compel me to desist from declaring a sentence which shall be just and right.

But will recompense, even recompense - That is, I will certainly requite them. The word is repeated in accordance with the usual manner in Hebrew to denote emphasis.

Into their bosom - (See Psalms 79:12; Jeremiah 32:18; Luke 6:38). The word bosom, here refers to a custom among the Orientals of making the bosom or front of their garments large and loose, so that articles could be carried in them, answering the purpose of our pockets (compare Exodus 4:6-7; Proverbs 6:27). The sense here is, that God would abundantly punish them for their sins.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 65:6. Behold, it is written before me — Their sin is registered in heaven, calling aloud for the punishment due to it.

I will - recompense into their bosom — The bosom is the place where the Asiatics have their pockets, and not in their skirts like the inhabitants of the west. Their loose flowing garments have scarcely any thing analogous to skirts.

Into their bosom — For על al, ten MSS. and five editions have אל el. So again at the end of this verse, seventeen MSS. and four editions have אל al. - L.