Isaiah 42:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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 requite my enemies with evil; in thy 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 comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth.

Psalm 98:9

before the Lord, for he comes 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 decide for many peoples; and 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, he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

Isaiah 42:2

He will not cry 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 the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him that is weary. Morning by morning he wakens, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

Isaiah 63:1

Who is this that comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he that is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I, announcing vindication, mighty to save.”

Isaiah 66:2

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

Isaiah 9:7

Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David, and over his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and for evermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

Jeremiah 31:25

For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”

Ezekiel 34:16

I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the crippled, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will watch over; I will feed them in justice.

Micah 7:9

I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light; I shall behold his deliverance.

Matthew 11:28

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 12:20

he will not break a bruised reed or quench a smoldering wick, till he brings justice to victory;

John 20:27

Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing.”

John 5:30

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

Revelation 19:11

Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! He who sat upon it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.