Isaiah 22:23 “I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne…”

Isaiah 22:23

I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house.

World English Bible

I will fasten him like a nail in a sure place. He will be for a throne of glory to his father’s house.

American Standard Version

And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of glory to his father’s house.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I will fasten him as a naile in a sure place, and hee shall be for the throne of glorie to his fathers house.

Darby Translation

And I will fasten him [as] a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of glory to his father's house:

Young's Literal Translation

And I have fixed him a nail in a stedfast place, And he hath been for a throne of honour To the house of his father.

Bible in Basic English

And I will put him like a nail in a safe place; and he will be for a seat of glory to his father's family.

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Cross references

“I will”

Ezra 9:8 Zechariah 10:4 Ecclesiastes 12:11

Ezra 9:8 · BSB

But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.

Zechariah 10:4 · BSB

The cornerstone will come from Judah, the tent peg from him, as well as the battle bow and every ruler together.

Ecclesiastes 12:11 · BSB

The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.

“a glorious”

Job 36:7 1 Samuel 2:8 Revelation 3:21 Genesis 45:9–13 Esther 4:14 Esther 10:3

Job 36:7 · BSB

He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.

1 Samuel 2:8 · BSB

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the wor…

Revelation 3:21 · BSB

To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

Genesis 45:9–13 · BSB

Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.

Esther 4:14 · BSB

For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time…

Esther 10:3 · BSB

For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.

24So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.

Read Isaiah 22