KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Isaiah 45:23 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “I have sworn” | נִשְׁבַּ֔עְתִּי | To seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times) | sworn |
| “by myself, the word” | דָּבָ֖ר | A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause | word |
| “is gone out” | יָצָ֨א | To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim | gone out |
| “of my mouth” | מִפִּ֧י | The mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to | mouth |
| “in” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “righteousness,” | צְדָקָ֛ה | Rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity) | righteousness |
| “and shall not” | וְלֹ֣א | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “return,” | יָשׁ֑וּב | To turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again | return |
| “That” | כִּי | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | That |
| “unto me every” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | every |
| “knee” | בֶּ֔רֶךְ | A knee | knee |
| “shall bow,” | תִּכְרַ֣ע | To bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate | bow |
| “every” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | every |
| “tongue” | לָשֽׁוֹן׃ | The tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water) | tongue |
| “shall swear.” | תִּשָּׁבַ֖ע | To seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times) | swear |
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21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
24 Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
25 In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
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