Isaiah 42:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ a bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ A bruised reed He will not break, and a dimly burning wick He will not quench; He will bring forth justice in truth. [Matt. 12:17-21.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³ A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth.

Common English Bible

³ He won’t break a bruised reed; he won’t extinguish a faint wick, but he will surely bring justice.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ The bruised reed he will not break, and the smoldering wick he will not extinguish. He will lead forth judgment unto truth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ The bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

Isaiah 42:3 Cross References

Psalm 147:3

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Psalm 54:5

He will repay my enemies for their evil. In your faithfulness, put an end to them.

Psalm 94:15

for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

Psalm 96:13

before the Lord, for he is coming, for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with his truth.

Psalm 98:9

at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.

Isaiah 2:4

He shall judge between the nations and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation; neither shall they learn war any more.

Isaiah 40:11

He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms and carry them in his bosom and gently lead the mother sheep.

Isaiah 42:2

He will not cry out or lift up his voice or make it heard in the street;

Isaiah 50:10

Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant, who walks in darkness and has no light, yet trusts in the name of the Lord and relies upon his God?

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given me a trained tongue, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens, wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught.

Isaiah 63:1

“Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah in garments stained crimson? Who is this so splendidly robed, marching in his great might?” “It is I, announcing vindication, mighty to save.”

Isaiah 66:2

All these things my hand has made, so all these things are mine, says the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look, to the humble and contrite in spirit who trembles at my word.

Isaiah 9:7

Great will be his authority, and there shall be endless peace for the throne of David and his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time onward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

Jeremiah 31:25

I will satisfy the weary, and all who are faint I will replenish.

Ezekiel 34:16

I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strays, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with justice.

Micah 7:9

I must bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him, until he takes my side and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall see his vindication.

Matthew 11:28

“Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 12:20

He will not break a bruised reed or quench a smoldering wick until he brings justice to victory.

John 20:27

Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.”

John 5:30

“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

Revelation 19:11

Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse! Its rider is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and wages war.