Isaiah 61:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.”
Isaiah 61:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 61:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 61:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““For I, Yahweh, love justice. I hate robbery and iniquity. I will give them their reward in truth and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.”
Isaiah 61:8 — World English Bible
Isaiah 61:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. ”
Isaiah 61:8 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 61:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, loving judgment, Hating plunder for a burnt-offering, And I have given their wage in truth, And a covenant age-during I make for them.”
Isaiah 61:8 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 61:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For I, Jehovah, love judgment, I hate robbery with wrong; and I will give their recompence in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. ”
Isaiah 61:8 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 61:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For I the Lord loue iudgement and hate robberie for burnt offering, and I wil direct their worke in trueth, and will make an euerlasting couenant with them.”
Isaiah 61:8 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 61:8 in Context — Isaiah 61
6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
7 For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
8 For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.
10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
What Does Isaiah 61:8 Mean?
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