Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance. And so you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours. New Living Translation Instead of shame and dishonor, you will enjoy a double share of honor. You will possess a double portion of prosperity in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours. English Standard Version Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion; instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot; therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion; they shall have everlasting joy. Berean Standard Bible Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs. King James Bible For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. New King James Version Instead of your shame you shall have double honor, And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be theirs. New American Standard Bible Instead of your shame you will have a double portion, And instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion. Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land, Everlasting joy will be theirs. NASB 1995 Instead of your shame you will have a double portion, And instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion. Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land, Everlasting joy will be theirs. NASB 1977 Instead of your shame you will have a double portion, And instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion. Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land, Everlasting joy will be theirs. Legacy Standard Bible Instead of your shame you will have a double portion, And instead of dishonor they will shout for joy over their portion. Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land; Everlasting gladness will be theirs. Amplified Bible Instead of your [former] shame you will have a double portion; And instead of humiliation your people will shout for joy over their portion. Therefore in their land they will possess double [what they had forfeited]; Everlasting joy will be theirs. Christian Standard Bible In place of your shame, you will have a double portion; in place of disgrace, they will rejoice over their share. So they will possess double in their land, and eternal joy will be theirs. Holman Christian Standard Bible Because your shame was double, and they cried out, “Disgrace is their portion,” therefore, they will possess double in their land, and eternal joy will be theirs. American Standard Version Instead of your shame ye shall have double; and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be unto them. Aramaic Bible in Plain English In exchange for your shame and in exchange for your grave digging you shall inherit a double inheritance in their land, and you shall boast yourselves in their portion. You shall have joy for eternity! Brenton Septuagint Translation Thus shall they inherit the land a second time, and everlasting joy shall be upon their head. Contemporary English Version They were terribly insulted and horribly mistreated; now they will be greatly blessed and joyful forever. Douay-Rheims Bible For your double confusion and shame, they shall praise their part: therefore shall they receive double in their land, everlasting joy shall be unto them. English Revised Version For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. GOD'S WORD® Translation You will receive a double measure of wealth instead of your shame. You will sing about your wealth instead of being disgraced. That is why you will have a double measure of wealth in your land. You will have everlasting joy. Good News Translation Your shame and disgrace are ended. You will live in your own land, And your wealth will be doubled; Your joy will last forever. International Standard Version Instead of your shame you will receive double, and instead of disgrace people will shout with joy over your inheritance; therefore you will inherit a double portion in their land; everlasting joy will be yours." JPS Tanakh 1917 For your shame which was double, And for that they rejoiced: 'Confusion is their portion'; Therefore in their land they shall possess double, Everlasting joy shall be unto them. Literal Standard Version Instead of your shame—double [honor], | And [instead of] confusion, | They rejoice in their portion, | Therefore they take possession in their land a second time, | Continuous joy [is] for them. Majority Standard Bible Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs. New American Bible Because their shame was twofold and disgrace was proclaimed their portion, They will possess twofold in their own land; everlasting joy shall be theirs. NET Bible Instead of shame, you will get a double portion; instead of humiliation, they will rejoice over the land they receive. Yes, they will possess a double portion in their land and experience lasting joy. New Revised Standard Version Because their shame was double, and dishonor was proclaimed as their lot, therefore they shall possess a double portion; everlasting joy shall be theirs. New Heart English Bible Instead of your shame you shall have double; and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be to them. Webster's Bible Translation For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be to them. World English Bible Instead of your shame you will have double. Instead of dishonor, they will rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they will possess double. Everlasting joy will be to them. Young's Literal Translation Instead of your shame and confusion, A second time they sing of their portion, Therefore in their land A second time do they take possession, Joy age-during is for them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Year of the LORD's Favor…6But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches. 7Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs. 8For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.… Cross References Psalm 16:11 You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand. Psalm 126:5 Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. Isaiah 40:2 "Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins." Isaiah 51:11 So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee. Isaiah 54:4 Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood. Isaiah 60:21 Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified. Isaiah 65:13 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame. Treasury of Scripture For your shame you shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be to them. your shame Isaiah 40:2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins. Deuteronomy 21:17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his. 2 Kings 2:9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. everlasting Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. Isaiah 51:11 Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away. Isaiah 60:19,20 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory… Jump to Previous Age-During Confusion Disgrace Dishonor Double Everlasting Grief Heritage Humiliation Inherit Inheritance Instead Joy Lot Marks Portion Possess Possession Receive Rejoice Rejoiced Rewarded Second Shame Shout Sing Theirs Time TwiceJump to Next Age-During Confusion Disgrace Dishonor Double Everlasting Grief Heritage Humiliation Inherit Inheritance Instead Joy Lot Marks Portion Possess Possession Receive Rejoice Rejoiced Rewarded Second Shame Shout Sing Theirs Time TwiceIsaiah 61 1. The office of Christ4. The forwardness 7. And blessing of the faithful (7) For your shame ye shall have double . . .--i.e., double compensation for the suffering of years (comp. Zechariah 9:12), the general idea passing in the next clause into a double inheritance of territory. See Note on Isaiah 40:2.Verse 7. - For your shame ye shall have double. Instead of the shame and confusion of face which were the portion of Israel during the Captivity (see Isaiah 51:7, 23; Isaiah 54:4; Daniel 9:7, 8, etc.), they should after their restoration to Palestine "have double" their former glory and double their former territory. An increase of territory had been already prophesied (Isaiah 49:18-21) - an increase which, however, was not so much an extension of the bounds of Palestine as a spread of the Church over the whole earth (comp. Zechariah 9:12). For confusion; rather, as for disgrace. So far from feeling disgraced, they will rejoice, or exult, in their portion; i.e. in the territory assigned them. It will be ample; and their life in it will be one of everlasting joy. The speaker passes on in his thought to the time of the "new heavens and the new earth," which he regards as continuous with that of Israel's return. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Insteadתַּ֤חַת (ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of of shame, בָּשְׁתְּכֶם֙ (bā·šə·tə·ḵem) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 1322: Shame, shameful thing [My people will have a] double portion, מִשְׁנֶ֔ה (miš·neh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4932: A repetition, a duplicate, a double, a second and [instead of] humiliation, וּכְלִמָּ֖ה (ū·ḵə·lim·māh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 3639: Insult, reproach, ignominy they will rejoice יָרֹ֣נּוּ (yā·rōn·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7442: To give a ringing cry in their share; חֶלְקָ֑ם (ḥel·qām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 2506: Portion, tract, territory and so לָכֵ֤ן (lā·ḵên) Adverb Strong's 3651: So -- thus they will inherit יִירָ֔שׁוּ (yî·rā·šū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin a double portion מִשְׁנֶ֣ה (miš·neh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4932: A repetition, a duplicate, a double, a second in their land, בְּאַרְצָם֙ (bə·’ar·ṣām) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 776: Earth, land and everlasting עוֹלָ֖ם (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always joy שִׂמְחַ֥ת (śim·ḥaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 8057: Blithesomeness, glee will be תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה (tih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be theirs. לָהֶֽם׃ (lā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew Links Isaiah 61:7 NIVIsaiah 61:7 NLT Isaiah 61:7 ESV Isaiah 61:7 NASB Isaiah 61:7 KJV Isaiah 61:7 BibleApps.com Isaiah 61:7 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 61:7 Chinese Bible Isaiah 61:7 French Bible Isaiah 61:7 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 61:7 Instead of your shame you shall have (Isa Isi Is) |