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Read›Isaiah›Chapter 50

The Servant’s Obedience

Isaiah 50:5

In 11 translations

BSB
The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.
KJV
¶ The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
WEB
The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear. I was not rebellious. I have not turned back.
ASV
The Lord Jehovah hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.
LSV
Lord YHWH opened My ear, || And I did not rebel—I did not move backward.
YLT
The Lord Jehovah opened for me the ear, And I rebelled not — backward I moved not.
DBY
The Lord Jehovah hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not away back.
DRC
The Lord God hath opened my ear, and I do not resist: I have not gone back.
GNV
The Lord God hath opened mine eare and I was not rebellious, neither turned I backe.
JPS
The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.
LXXE
and the instruction of the Lord, even the Lord, opens mine ears, and I do not disobey, nor dispute.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ פָּתַֽח־לִ֣י אֹ֔זֶן וְאָנֹכִ֖י לֹ֣א מָרִ֑יתִי אָח֖וֹר לֹ֥א נְסוּגֹֽתִי׃
LXX-Br
καὶ ἡ παιδεία Κυρίου Κυρίου ἀνοίγει μου τὰ ὦτα· ἐγὼ δὲ οὐκ ἀπειθῶ, οὐδὲ ἀντιλέγω.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • John 14:31But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.
  • Hebrews 5:8Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.
  • Philippians 2:8And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.
  • Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
  • John 8:29He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”
  • Isaiah 48:8You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.
  • Matthew 26:39Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
  • John 15:10If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
  • Psalms 40:6–8Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require. Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll: I delight to do…
  • Acts 26:19So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
  • Hebrews 10:5–9Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight. Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is…

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