Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My chosen shall live long, they shall not labour in vain, nor beget with trouble: for they are the high, blessed seed of the LORD, and their fruits with them.
New American Standard Bible
Or bear children for calamity;
For they are the
And their descendants with them.
King James Version
They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
Holman Bible
or bear children destined for disaster,
for they will be a people blessed by the Lord
along with their descendants.
International Standard Version
They won't toil in vain nor bear children doomed to misfortune, for they will be offspring blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with them.
A Conservative Version
They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity. For they are the seed of the blessed of LORD, and their offspring with them.
American Standard Version
They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.
Amplified
“They will not labor in vain,
Or bear children for disaster;
For they are the descendants of those blessed by the Lord,
And their offspring with them.
Bible in Basic English
Their work will not be for nothing, and they will not give birth to children for destruction; for they are a seed to whom the Lord has given his blessing, and their offspring will be with them.
Darby Translation
They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for terror; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.
Julia Smith Translation
They shall not labor in vain, and they shall not bring forth for terror; for they the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.
King James 2000
They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the descendants of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They shall not labor for nothing, and they shall not give birth to horror, for they {shall be offspring blessed by} Yahweh, and their descendants with them.
Modern King James verseion
They will not labor in vain, nor bring forth for terror. For they are the seed of the beloved of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.
NET Bible
They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the Lord will bless their children and their descendants.
New Heart English Bible
They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
The Emphasized Bible
They shall not labour in vain, Nor have children for terror, - For the seed of the blessed ones of Yahweh, shall they be, And their offspring, with them.
Webster
They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
World English Bible
They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Yahweh, and their offspring with them.
Youngs Literal Translation
They labour not for a vain thing, Nor do they bring forth for trouble, For the seed of the blessed of Jehovah are they, And their offspring with them.
Themes
Children » Share benefits of covenant privileges guaranteed to parents
Labor » Who shall eat the fruits of their labor
Labor » Who shall not labor in vain
Parents » When faithful » Leave a blessing to their children
Interlinear
Yalad
Zera`
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 65:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
New Creation
22 They shall not build, and another possess; they shall not plant, and another eat. But the life of my people shall be like a tree, and so shall the work of their hands. 23 My chosen shall live long, they shall not labour in vain, nor beget with trouble: for they are the high, blessed seed of the LORD, and their fruits with them. 24 And it shall be, that before they call, I shall answer them. While they are yet but thinking how to speak, I shall hear them.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 61:9
Their seed also and their generation shall be known among the Gentiles, and among the people. All they that see them, shall know that they are the blessed seed of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 28:3-12
Blessed shalt thou be in the town and blessed in the fields;
Acts 2:39
"For the promise was made unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar, even as many as the Lord God shall call."
Psalm 115:14-15
The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
Isaiah 49:4
And I said, "I labour in vain and spend my strength for nought, and unprofitably. Howbeit, my cause I commit to the LORD and my travail unto my God."
Isaiah 55:2
Wherefore do ye lay out your money, for the thing that feedeth not, and spend your labour about the thing that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather unto me, and ye shall eat of the best, and your soul shall have her pleasure in plenteousness.
Jeremiah 32:38-39
And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a mighty people, and will bless thee, and make thy name great, that thou mayst be a blessing.
Genesis 17:7
Moreover, I will make my covenant between me, and thee, and thy seed after thee; in their times to be an everlasting testament, so that I will be God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Leviticus 26:3-10
"'If ye shall walk in mine ordinances and keep my commandments and do them,
Leviticus 26:20
And so your labour shall be spent in vain. For your land shall not give her increase, neither the trees of the land shall give their fruits.
Leviticus 26:22
I will send in wild beasts upon you, which shall rob you of your children and destroy your cattle, and make you so few in number that your highways shall grow unto a wilderness.
Leviticus 26:29
so that ye shall eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters.
Deuteronomy 28:38-42
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in: for the grasshoppers shall destroy it.
Hosea 9:11-14
Ephraim flyeth like a bird, so shall their glory also: Insomuch that they shall neither beget, conceive nor bear children.
Haggai 1:6
Ye sow much, but ye bring little in; Ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled; ye deck yourselves, but ye are not warm; and he that earneth any wage, putteth it in a broken purse.
Haggai 2:19
is not the seed yet in the barn? Have not the vines, the fig trees, the pomegranates and the olive trees been yet unfruitful? But from this day forth, I shall make them to prosper."
Zechariah 10:8-9
I will blow for them and gather them together, for I will redeem them. They shall increase, as they increased afore.
Malachi 3:10
Bring every tithe into my barn, that there may be meat in mine house: and prove me withal, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven unto you, and pour you out a blessing with plenteousness.
Acts 3:25-26
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant, which God hath made unto our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'Even in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.'
Romans 4:16
Therefore by faith is the inheritance given, that it might come of favour: and that the promise might be sure to all the seed. Not to them only which are of the law: but also to them which are of the faith of Abraham, which is the father of us all.
Romans 9:7-8
Neither are they all children straightway because they are the seed of Abraham: But in Isaac shall thy seed be called,
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my dear brethren, be ye steadfast and unmovable, always rich in the works of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know how that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Galatians 3:29
If ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs by promise.