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Salvation for Zion

Isaiah 51:14

In 11 translations

BSB
The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.
KJV
The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
WEB
The captive exile will speedily be freed. He will not die and go down into the pit. His bread won’t fail.
ASV
The captive exile shall speedily be loosed; and he shall not die and go down into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.
LSV
A wanderer has hurried to be loosed, || And he does not die in the pit, || And his bread is not lacking.
YLT
Hastened hath a wanderer to be loosed, And he doth not die at the pit, And his bread is not lacking.
DBY
He that is bowed down shall speedily be loosed, and he shall not die in the pit, nor shall his bread fail.
DRC
He shall quickly come that is going to open unto you, and he shall not kill unto utter destruction, neither shall his bread fail.
GNV
The captiue hasteneth to be loosed, and that hee should not die in the pitte, nor that his bread should faile.
JPS
He that is bent down shall speedily be loosed; and he shall not go down dying into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.
LXXE
For in thy deliverance he shall not halt, nor tarry;

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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
מִהַ֥ר צֹעֶ֖ה לְהִפָּתֵ֑חַ וְלֹא־יָמ֣וּת לַשַּׁ֔חַת וְלֹ֥א יֶחְסַ֖ר לַחְמֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Ἐν γὰρ τῷ σώζεσθαί σε οὐ στήσεται, οὐδὲ χρονιεῖ,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 48:20Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”
  • Zechariah 9:11As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
  • Isaiah 52:2Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.
  • Acts 12:7–8Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists. “Get dressed and put on your sandals,”…
  • Isaiah 49:10They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
  • Jeremiah 38:6–13So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and…
  • Ezra 1:5So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
  • Lamentations 3:53–54They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me. The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
  • Jeremiah 37:16So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.

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