Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “See, it stands written before me: I will not keep silent but will pay back in full; I will pay it back into their laps— New Living Translation “Look, my decree is written out in front of me: I will not stand silent; I will repay them in full! Yes, I will repay them— English Standard Version Behold, it is written before me: “I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will indeed repay into their lap Berean Standard Bible Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps, King James Bible Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, New King James Version “Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silence, but will repay— Even repay into their bosom— New American Standard Bible “Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will even repay into their laps, NASB 1995 “Behold, it is written before Me, I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will even repay into their bosom, NASB 1977 “Behold, it is written before Me, I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will even repay into their bosom, Legacy Standard Bible Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will even repay into their bosom, Amplified Bible “Indeed, it is written before Me, I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will even repay it [directly] into their arms, Christian Standard Bible Look, it is written in front of me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will repay them fully Holman Christian Standard Bible It is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will repay them fully American Standard Version Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yea, I will recompense into their bosom, Aramaic Bible in Plain English Behold, it is written before me: “I shall not be silent until I shall pay them double into their bosom Brenton Septuagint Translation Behold, it is written before me: I will not be silent until I have recompensed into their bosom, Contemporary English Version I have written this down; I won't keep silent. I'll pay them back just as their sins deserve. Douay-Rheims Bible Behold it is written before me: I will not be silent, but I will render and repay into their bosom. English Revised Version Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yea, I will recompense into their bosom, GOD'S WORD® Translation "Look! It is written in front of me. I will not be silent, but I will repay. I will repay you in full. Good News Translation "I have already decided on their punishment, and their sentence is written down. I will not overlook what they have done, but will repay them International Standard Version Watch out! It stands written before me: 'I won't keep silent, but I will pay back in full; I'll indeed repay into their laps JPS Tanakh 1917 Behold, it is written before Me; I will not keep silence, except I have requited, Yea, I will requite into their bosom, Literal Standard Version Behold, it is written before Me: I am not silent, but have repaid; And I have repaid into their bosom, Majority Standard Bible Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps, New American Bible See, it stands written before me; I will not remain quiet until I have repaid in full NET Bible Look, I have decreed: I will not keep silent, but will pay them back; I will pay them back exactly what they deserve, New Revised Standard Version See, it is written before me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will indeed repay into their laps New Heart English Bible "Look, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yes, I will recompense into their bosom, Webster's Bible Translation Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, World English Bible “Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will repay, yes, I will repay into their bosom Young's Literal Translation Lo, it is written before Me: 'I am not silent, but have recompensed; And I have recompensed into their bosom, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Judgments and Promises…5They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long. 6Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps, 7both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”… Cross References Luke 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you." Psalm 50:3 Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him. Psalm 50:21 You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face. Psalm 79:12 Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord. Psalm 107:17 Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction. Psalm 109:14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out. Isaiah 3:11 Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done. Treasury of Scripture Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, it is Exodus 17:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. Deuteronomy 32:34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? Psalm 56:8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? I will Isaiah 42:14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. Isaiah 64:12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore? Psalm 50:3,21 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him… but Psalm 79:12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. Jeremiah 16:18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things. Ezekiel 11:21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD. Jump to Previous Bosom Except Full Hand Laps Pay Recompense Recompensed Recorded Repay Requite Requited Silence Silent Stands WrittenJump to Next Bosom Except Full Hand Laps Pay Recompense Recompensed Recorded Repay Requite Requited Silence Silent Stands WrittenIsaiah 65 1. The calling of the Gentiles, 2. and the rejection of the Jews, for their incredulity, idolatry, and hypocrisy 8. A remnant shall be saved 11. Judgments on the wicked, and blessings on the godly 17. The blessed state of the new Jerusalem (6) It is written before me . . .--The thought is that of the great register, the book of God's remembrance, in which men's deeds, good and evil, are ever being recorded. (Comp. Jeremiah 17:1; Psalm 56:8; Daniel 12:1; Malachi 3:16.) But will recompense . . .--Literally, without recompensing, or, except I recompense. Men took the long-suffering of God as if it indicated forgetfulness (Romans 2:4; 2Peter 3:9). They are told that He will at last requite the impenitent "into their very bosom," their inmost self, for all the evil they have done. . . . Verse 6. - It is written before me. The misconduct of his people is "written" in God's book, which lies open "before him," so that their sin is ever in his sight (comp. Psalm 56:8; Malachi 3:16; Revelation 20:12). I will not keep silence (comp. Psalm 1:3). "Keeping silence" is a metaphor for complete inaction. But will recompense, etc.; rather, until I have recompensed, yea, recompensed [them] into their bosoms (comp. Luke 6:38). Gifts were given and received into the fold of the beged, or cloak, which depended in front of the bosom.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Behold,הִנֵּ֥ה (hin·nêh) Interjection Strong's 2009: Lo! behold! it is written כְתוּבָ֖ה (ḵə·ṯū·ḇāh) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular Strong's 3789: To grave, to write before Me: לְפָנָ֑י (lə·p̄ā·nāy) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 6440: The face I will not לֹ֤א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no keep silent, אֶחֱשֶׂה֙ (’e·ḥĕ·śeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 2814: To be silent, inactive, or still but כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction I will repay; שִׁלַּ֔מְתִּי (šil·lam·tî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7999: To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate I will pay it back וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֖י (wə·šil·lam·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7999: To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate into עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against their laps חֵיקָֽם׃ (ḥê·qām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 2436: The bosom Links Isaiah 65:6 NIVIsaiah 65:6 NLT Isaiah 65:6 ESV Isaiah 65:6 NASB Isaiah 65:6 KJV Isaiah 65:6 BibleApps.com Isaiah 65:6 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 65:6 Chinese Bible Isaiah 65:6 French Bible Isaiah 65:6 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 65:6 Behold it is written before me: (Isa Isi Is) |