Isaiah 42:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He will not break a bruised reed, and he will not put out a smouldering wick; he will faithfully bring justice. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 He won’t break a bruised reed; he won’t extinguish a faint wick, but he will surely bring justice. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 The bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. |
He will settle disputes among the nations and provide arbitration for many peoples. They will beat their swords into ploughs and their spears into pruning knives. Nation will not take up the sword against nation, and they will never again train for war.
He protects his flock like a shepherd; he gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them in the fold of his garment. He gently leads those that are nursing.
Who among you fears the Lord and listens to his servant? Who among you walks in darkness, and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord; let him lean on his God.
The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are instructed to know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens me each morning; he awakens my ear to listen like those being instructed.
Who is this coming from Edom in crimson-stained garments from Bozrah – this one who is splendid in his apparel, striding in his formidable might? It is I, proclaiming vindication, powerful to save.
My hand made all these things, and so they all came into being. This is the Lord’s declaration. I will look favourably on this kind of person: one who is humble, submissive in spirit, and trembles at my word.
The dominion will be vast, and its prosperity will never end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from now on and for ever. The zeal of the Lord of Armies will accomplish this.
I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bandage the injured, and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.
Because I have sinned against him, I must endure the Lord’s fury until he champions my cause and establishes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see his salvation. ,
‘Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
He will not break a bruised reed, and he will not put out a smouldering wick, until he has led justice to victory.
Then he said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here and look at my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Don’t be faithless, but believe.’
‘I can do nothing on my own. I judge only as I hear, and my judgement is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse. Its rider is called Faithful and True, and with justice he judges and makes war.