Isaiah 27:3 “I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night a…”

Isaiah 27:3

I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

World English Bible

I, the LORD, am its keeper. I will water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night and day.

American Standard Version

I Jehovah am its keeper; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

Geneva Bible 1599

I the Lord doe keepe it: I will water it euery moment: least any assaile it, I will keepe it night and day.

Darby Translation

I Jehovah keep it, I will water it every moment; lest any harm it, I will keep it night and day.

Young's Literal Translation

I, Jehovah, am its keeper, every moment I water it, Lest any lay a charge against it, Night and day I keep it!

Bible in Basic English

I, the Lord, am watching it; I will give it water at all times: I will keep it night and day, for fear that any damage comes to it.

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Cross references

“I the”

Ezekiel 34:11 Ezekiel 37:14 Isaiah 46:9 Isaiah 60:16 Ezekiel 34:24 Isaiah 46:4

Ezekiel 34:11 · BSB

For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.

Ezekiel 37:14 · BSB

I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”

Isaiah 46:9 · BSB

Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.

Isaiah 60:16 · BSB

You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

Ezekiel 34:24 · BSB

I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Isaiah 46:4 · BSB

Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.

“do keep”

1 Samuel 2:9 Psalm 121:3–5 Deuteronomy 33:26–29 Psalm 46:5 Psalm 46:11 John 10:27–30

1 Samuel 2:9 · BSB

He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

Psalm 121:3–5 · BSB

He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.

Deuteronomy 33:26–29 · BSB

“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.

Psalm 46:5 · BSB

God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.

Psalm 46:11 · BSB

The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

John 10:27–30 · BSB

My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.

“water”

Isaiah 58:11 Isaiah 5:6 Isaiah 41:13–19 Isaiah 35:6 Isaiah 35:7 Isaiah 55:10

Isaiah 58:11 · BSB

The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

Isaiah 5:6 · BSB

I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”

Isaiah 41:13–19 · BSB

For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.

Isaiah 35:6 · BSB

Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

Isaiah 35:7 · BSB

The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.

Isaiah 55:10 · BSB

For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,

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

In context

2In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard.

4I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.

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