Isaiah 51:5

My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

King James Version · Read in your translation · Open the Explore console

Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
righteousness	צִדְקִי֙ tzid.Ki	H6664	the right (natural · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
near	קָר֤וֹב ka.Rov	H7138	near (in place · adjective, masculine singular absolute
salvation	יִשְׁעִ֔י yish.'I	H3468	liberty · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
forth	יָצָ֣א ya.Tza'	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
arms	וּזְרֹעַ֖י u.ze.ro.'Ai	H2220	the arm (as stretched out) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
judge	יִשְׁפֹּ֑טוּ yish.Po.tu	H8199	to judge · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
people	עַמִּ֣ים 'a.Mim	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
isles	אִיִּ֣ים 'i.Yim	H339	properly · noun, common masculine plural absolute
wait	יְקַוּ֔וּ ye.ka.Vu	H6960	to bind together (perhaps by twisting) · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
arm	זְרֹעִ֖י ze.ro.'I	H2220	the arm (as stretched out) · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 1st person feminine singular
trust	יְיַחֵלֽוּן ye.ya.che.Lun	H3176	to wait · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Romans 10:17-18 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Isaiah 46:13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my g…
Isaiah 42:4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
Isaiah 60:9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto…
Romans 10:6-10 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Chri…
2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath…
Psalms 67:4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
Psalms 85:9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 51:4-8

Both these proclamations, as I may call them, end alike with an assurance of the perpetuity of God's righteousness and his salvation; and therefore we put them together, both being designed for the comfort of God's people. Observe, I. Who they are to whom this comfort belongs: "My people, and my nation, that I have set apart for myself, that own me and are owned by me." Those are God's people and his nation who are subject to him as their King and their God, pay allegiance to him, and put themselves under his protection accordingly. They are a people who know righteousness, who not only have the means of knowledge, and to whom righteousness is made known, but who improve those means, and are…

Read the whole note in the console

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 51:5

righteousness . . . near--that is, faithful fulfilment of the promised deliverance, answering to "salvation" in the parallel clause (Isa 46:13; Isa 56:1; Rom 10:8-9). Ye follow after "righteousness"; seek it therefore, from Me, and you will not have far to go for it (Isa 51:1). arms--put for Himself; I by My might. judge-- (Isa 2:3-4; Psa 98:9). isles, &c.-- (Isa 60:9). arm-- (Rom 1:16), "the power of God unto (the Gentiles as well as the Jews) salvation."

John Gill on Isaiah 51:5

My righteousness is near,.... These are either the words of God the Father, and to be understood not of his essential righteousness, nor of his vindictive justice; but of the righteousness of his Son, which he calls his own, because he approves and accepts of it, imputes and reckons it to his people, and with it justifies them. The words may be rendered, "my righteous One", as in the Vulgate Latin version; not Cyrus, as Grotius; but Christ, God's righteous servant, who was near to come in the flesh, in order to work righteousness. Or these are the words of Christ, speaking of his own righteousness, which was near being wrought out by him, as it was when he became the end of the law for it, b…

Read the whole note in the console

John Calvin

The Church Fathers

He calls his power "arm": that which constitutes the greatest proof of divine power is to have conquered the world by the cross, by ignominy and by death; it is to have given fishermen, publicans, shoemakers as masters to philosophers and to rhetoricians; it is to have, thanks to a dozen men, cultivated the whole world and, thanks to an equally small number of men, filled the entire earth and sea with the divine message.
— Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 16:51.5

If we want to know the meaning of these words in the person of God and Father, then we say that he calls the Son "his righteousness." For we are saved in him … through his great mercy.… He is called "righteousness" and "salvation" and rightly so. For he has removed all evil from us and, freeing us from the chains of death, has led us into eternal life.… Those who were once weak and prostrate on the ground grasp his right hand and gain the hope of an unexpected salvation. For the holy Scriptures often call the Son the right arm of the Father. For he is his power.
— Cyril of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 4:5.51:5

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Arm · FIGURATIVE USE OF — FIGURATIVE USE OF
Justification · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Salvation · UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO — UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 51:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 51:4-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 51:5

John Gill on Isaiah 51:5

John Calvin

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 51:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 51:4-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 51:5

John Gill on Isaiah 51:5

John Calvin

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 51:4-5

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 51:5

Rashi on Isaiah 51:5