Isaiah 42:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ The Lord was pleased, for the sake of his righteousness, to magnify his teaching and make it glorious.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ It was the Lord's pleasure for His righteousness' sake [in accordance with a steadfast and consistent purpose] to magnify instruction and revelation and glorify them.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.

Common English Bible

²¹ The LORD desired for the sake of his righteousness to expand and glorify the Instruction.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And the Lord was willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law, and to exalt him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ And the Lord was willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law and exalt it.

Isaiah 42:21 Cross References

Psalm 138:2

I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted your name and your word above everything.

Psalm 40:8

I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”

Psalm 71:16

I will come praising the mighty deeds of the Lord God; I will praise your righteousness, yours alone.

Psalm 71:19

and your righteousness, O God, reach the high heavens. You who have done great things, O God, who is like you?

Isaiah 42:4

He will not grow faint or be crushed until he has established justice in the earth, and the coastlands wait for his teaching.

Isaiah 51:4

Listen to me, my people, and give heed to me, my nation, for a teaching will go out from me and my justice for a light to the peoples.

Matthew 17:5

While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!”

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented.

Matthew 3:17

And a voice from the heavens said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.”

John 15:10

If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.

John 8:29

And the one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him.”

Romans 10:4

For Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

Romans 3:31

Do we then overthrow the law through this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

Romans 7:12

So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.

Galatians 3:13

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”—

Galatians 3:21

Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could make alive, then righteousness would indeed come through the law.

Deuteronomy 4:6

You must observe them and perform them, for this will show your wisdom and discernment to the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and discerning people!’

Deuteronomy 4:8

And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this entire law that I am setting before you today?

Philippians 3:9

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith.

Hebrews 8:10

This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.