Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

The Lord was pleased, because of His righteousness,
to magnify His instruction and make it glorious.

New American Standard Bible

The Lord was pleased for His righteousness’ sake
To make the law great and glorious.

King James Version

The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.

International Standard Version

The LORD was pleased, for the sake of his vindication, that he should magnify his Law and make it glorious.

A Conservative Version

It pleased LORD, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.

American Standard Version

It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness'sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.

Amplified


The Lord was pleased for His righteousness’ sake
To make the law great and prove to be glorious.

Bible in Basic English

It was the Lord's pleasure, because of his righteousness, to make the teaching great and give it honour.

Darby Translation

Jehovah had delight in him for his righteousness' sake: he hath magnified the law, and made it honourable.

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah was pleased for sake of his justice; he will magnify the law and make glorious.

King James 2000

The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yahweh was willing for the sake of his righteousness; he showed [his] teaching to be great and proved [it] to be glorious.

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah is well pleased for His righteousness sake; He will magnify the Law and make it honorable.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD be merciful unto them for his righteousness' sake, that his word might be magnified and praised.

NET Bible

The Lord wanted to exhibit his justice by magnifying his law and displaying it.

New Heart English Bible

It pleased the LORD, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.

The Emphasized Bible

Yahweh, is well-pleased for his own righteousness sake, He magnifieth instruction and maketh it majestic.

Webster

The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable.

World English Bible

It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.

Youngs Literal Translation

Jehovah hath delight for the sake of His righteousness, He magnifieth law, and maketh honourable.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The Lord

Usage: 0

חפץ 
Chaphets 
Usage: 76

sake he will magnify
גּדל 
Gadal 
Usage: 115

the law
תּרה תּורה 
Towrah 
law
Usage: 219

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Isaiah 42:21

References

Hastings

Watsons

Law

Context Readings

Blind And Deaf Israel

20 Though seeing many things, you do not obey.
Though his ears are open, he does not listen.”
21 The Lord was pleased, because of His righteousness,
to magnify His instruction and make it glorious.
22 But this is a people plundered and looted,
all of them trapped in holes
or imprisoned in dungeons.
They have become plunder
with no one to rescue them
and loot, with no one saying, “Give it back!”


Cross References

Psalm 40:8

I delight to do Your will, my God;
Your instruction lives within me.”

Psalm 71:16

I come because of the mighty acts of the Lord God;
I will proclaim Your righteousness, Yours alone.

Psalm 71:19

Your righteousness reaches heaven, God,
You who have done great things;
God, who is like You?

Psalm 85:9-12

His salvation is very near those who fear Him,
so that glory may dwell in our land.

Isaiah 1:24-27

Therefore the Lord God of Hosts,
the Mighty One of Israel, declares:
“Ah, I will gain satisfaction from My foes;
I will take revenge against My enemies.

Isaiah 42:4

He will not grow weak or be discouraged
until He has established justice on earth.
The islands will wait for His instruction.”

Isaiah 46:12-13

Listen to me, you hardhearted,
far removed from justice:

Daniel 9:24-27

Seventy weeks are decreed
about your people and your holy city—
to bring the rebellion to an end,
to put a stop to sin,
to wipe away iniquity,
to bring in everlasting righteousness,
to seal up vision and prophecy,
and to anoint the most holy place.

Matthew 3:15

Jesus answered him, “Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him to be baptized.

Matthew 3:17

And there came a voice from heaven:

This is My beloved Son.
I take delight in Him!

Matthew 5:17-20

“Don’t assume that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.

Matthew 17:5

While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said:

This is My beloved Son.
I take delight in Him.
Listen to Him!

John 8:29

The One who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”

John 13:31-32

When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.

John 15:10

If you keep My commands you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commands and remain in His love.

John 17:4-5

I have glorified You on the earth
by completing the work You gave Me to do.

Romans 3:25-26

God presented Him as a propitiation through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His restraint God passed over the sins previously committed.

Romans 3:31

Do we then cancel the law through faith? Absolutely not! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

Romans 7:12

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.

Romans 8:3-4

What the law could not do since it was limited by the flesh, God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending His own Son in flesh like ours under sin’s domain, and as a sin offering,

Romans 10:4

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

2 Corinthians 5:19-21

That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed the message of reconciliation to us.

Galatians 3:13

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, because it is written: Everyone who is hung on a tree is cursed.

Galatians 3:21

Is the law therefore contrary to God’s promises? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly be by the law.

Galatians 5:22-23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

Philippians 3:9

and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ—the righteousness from God based on faith.

Hebrews 8:10

But this is the covenant
that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws into their minds
and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be My people.

1 John 3:4-5

Everyone who commits sin also breaks the law; sin is the breaking of law.

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