Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
child	יֶ֣לֶד Ye.led	H3206	something born · noun, common masculine singular absolute
born	יֻלַּד yu.lad-	H3205	to bear young · verb, pual perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
son	בֵּ֚ן ben	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
given	נִתַּן ni.tan-	H5414	to give · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
government	הַמִּשְׂרָ֖ה ha.mis.Rah	H4951	empire · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
shoulder	שִׁכְמ֑וֹ shikh.Mo	H7926	the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
name	שְׁמ֜וֹ she.Mo	H8034	an appellation · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
called	וַיִּקְרָ֨א vai.yik.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Wonderful	פֶּ֠לֶא Pe.le'	H6382	a miracle · noun, common masculine singular construct
Counsellor	יוֹעֵץ֙ yo.'Etz	H3289	to advise · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
mighty	גִּבּ֔וֹר gi.Bor	H1368	powerful · noun, common masculine singular absolute
God	אֵ֣ל 'el	H410	strength · noun, common masculine singular absolute
everlasting	אֲבִיעַ֖ד 'a.vi.'Ad	H5703	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Father	אָב ʼâb	H1	father
Prince	שַׂר sar-	H8269	a head person (of any rank or class) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Peace	שָׁלֽוֹם sha.Lom	H7965	safe · noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Jeremiah 23:5-6 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execut…
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God wi…
1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is tr…
Revelation 19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
John 1:1-2 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 9:1-7

The first words of this chapter plainly refer to the close of the foregoing chapter, where every thing looked black and melancholy: Behold, trouble, and darkness, and dimness - very bad, yet not so bad but that to the upright there shall arise light in the darkness (Psa 112:4) and at evening time it shall be light, Zac 14:7. Nevertheless it shall not be such dimness (either not such for kind or not such for degree) as sometimes there has been. Note, In the worst of times God's people have a nevertheless to comfort themselves with, something to allay and balance their troubles; they are persecuted, but not forsaken (Co2 4:9), sorrowful yet always rejoicing, Co2 6:10. And it is matter of comfo…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 9:6

For--the ground of these great expectations, unto us--for the benefit of the Jews first, and then the Gentiles (compare "unto you," Luk 2:11). son . . . given-- (Psa 2:7). God's gratuitous gift, on which man had no claim (Joh 3:16; Rom 6:23). government . . . upon . . . shoulder--The ensign of office used to be worn on the shoulder, in token of sustaining the government (Isa 22:22). Here the government on Messiah's shoulder is in marked antithesis to the "yoke and staff" of the oppressor on Israel's "shoulder" (Isa 9:4). He shall receive the kingdom of the earth from the Father, to vindicate it from the misrule of those to whom it was entrusted to hold it for and under the Most High, b…

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John Gill on Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a child is born,.... This is a reason of all that is said in the context; of the great light that shone upon and was seen by those that sat in darkness, and in the land of the shadow of death; of the great joy among the people; of the breaking off of the yoke, rod, and staff of the oppressor; and of the burning of garments rolled in blood, so putting an end to war, and establishing peace; all which is owing to the child here said to be born, by whom we are to understand the Messiah; as the Targum interprets it; and not Hezekiah, as many of the Jewish writers (n) apply it; who could never be represented as a child just born, when he was, at least, ten or eleven years of age when t…

The Church Fathers

Today was born the child, and his name was called Wonderful! For a wonder it is that God should reveal himself as a baby.
— Ephrem the Syrian, HYMNS ON THE NATIVITY 1

In the holy Scripture Christ is often called a child because of his innocence of mind. As Isaiah says, "For a child has been born to us, and a son has been given to us."
— Cassiodorus, EXPOSITION OF THE PSALMS 85:16

When Scripture wishes to show that God needs no one, it says that he has no counselor. When it wishes to show the equal honor of the Only Begotten, it calls the Son of God his counselor.
— John Chrysostom, AGAINST THE ANOMOEANS 11:14

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Dictionary and topics

Counsellor — An adviser (Prov. 11:14; 15:22), a king’s state counsellor (2 Sam. 15:12). Used once of the Messiah (Isa. 9:6). In Mark 15:43, Luke 23:50, the word probably means a member of the Jewish Sanhedrim.
Kingly office of Christ — One of the three special relations in which Christ stands to his people. Christ’s office as mediator comprehends three different functions, viz., those of a prophet, priest, and king. These are not…
Prophecy — Or prediction, was one of the functions of the prophet. It has been defined as a “miracle of knowledge, a declaration or description or representation of something future, beyond the power of human…
Shiloh — Generally understood as denoting the Messiah, “the peaceful one,” as the word signifies (Gen. 49:10). The Vulgate Version translates the word, “he who is to be sent,” in allusion to the Messiah; the…
Christ Is God · As the mighty God — As the mighty God
Counsellor · A title of Christ — A title of Christ
Gentiles · PROPHECIES OF THE CONVERSION OF — PROPHECIES OF THE CONVERSION OF
Paschal Lamb, Typical Nature Of · A male of the first year — A male of the first year
Peace · SPIRITUAL — SPIRITUAL
Peace, Spiritual · Christ is the prince of — Christ is the prince of
Titles And Names Of Christ · Counsellor — Counsellor
Wonderful · A name of the Messiah

Isaiah 9:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 9:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 9:6

John Gill on Isaiah 9:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 9:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 9:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 9:6

John Gill on Isaiah 9:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 9:6

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 9:6

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 9:6

Rashi on Isaiah 9:6