Isaiah 42:21

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Isaiah 42:21

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Berean Standard Bible

The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.

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KJV

King James Version

The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make [it] honourable.

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WEB

World English Bible

It pleased the LORD, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law and make it honorable.

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ASV

American Standard Version

It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Isaiah 42

¹⁹ Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?

²⁰ Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”

²¹ The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.

²² But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”

²³ Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?

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