Isaiah 34:16

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Search in the book of Yahweh, and read: not one of these will be missing. None will lack her mate. For my mouth has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.”

— WEB

“Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.”

— KJV

“Seek ye out of the book of Jehovah, and read: no one of these shall be missing, none shall want her mate; for my mouth, it hath commanded, and his Spirit, it hath gathered them.”

— ASV

Cross-references

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Psalms 33:9 "For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm."
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Matthew 5:18 "For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letterliterally, iota or one tiny pen strokeor, s…"
Isaiah 30:8 "Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever."
Psalms 33:6 "By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth."
Proverbs 23:12 "Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge."
Luke 21:33 "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away."
John 10:35 "If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can’t be broken),"

Commentary

book of the Lord--the volume in which the various prophecies and other parts of Scripture began henceforward to be collected together (Isa 30:8; Dan 9:2). Seek--(so Isa 8:16, Isa 8:20; Joh 5:39; Joh 7:52). no one . . . fail--of these prophecies (Mat 5:18). none shall want . . . mate--image from pairing of animals mentioned, Isa 34:15 ("mate"); no prediction shall want a fulfilment as its companion. Or rather, "none of these wild animals (just spoken of) shall be wanting: none shall be without its mate" to pair and breed with, in desolate Idumea. my . . . his--Such changes of person are frequent in Hebrew poetry. them--the wild beasts.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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