Isaiah 42:4 “He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice…”

Isaiah 42:4

He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

World English Bible

He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands wait for his law.”

American Standard Version

He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.

Geneva Bible 1599

He shall not faile nor be discouraged till he haue set iudgement in the earth: and the yles shall waite for his lawe.

Darby Translation

He shall not faint nor be in haste, till he have set justice in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

Young's Literal Translation

He doth not become weak nor bruised, Till he setteth judgment in the earth, And for his law isles wait with hope.

Bible in Basic English

His light will not be put out, and he will not be crushed, till he has given the knowledge of the true God to the earth, and the sea-lands will be waiting for his teaching.

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Cross references

“shall not”

Isaiah 53:2–12 Isaiah 52:13–15 Isaiah 9:7 Isaiah 49:5–10 Hebrews 12:2–4 1 Peter 2:22–24

Isaiah 53:2–12 · BSB

He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.

Isaiah 52:13–15 · BSB

Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.

Isaiah 9:7 · BSB

Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The…

Isaiah 49:5–10 · BSB

And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him— for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength—

Hebrews 12:2–4 · BSB

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

1 Peter 2:22–24 · BSB

“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”

“and the isles”

Isaiah 55:5 Genesis 49:10 Psalm 22:27 Isaiah 42:12 Isaiah 11:9–12 Isaiah 60:9

Isaiah 55:5 · BSB

Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”

Genesis 49:10 · BSB

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.

Psalm 22:27 · BSB

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.

Isaiah 42:12 · BSB

Let them give glory to the LORD and declare His praise in the islands.

Isaiah 11:9–12 · BSB

They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.

Isaiah 60:9 · BSB

Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified y…

Also

Matthew 12:21 Isaiah 49:1

Matthew 12:21 · BSB

In His name the nations will put their hope.”

Isaiah 49:1 · BSB

Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.

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

In context

3A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.

5This is what God the LORD says— He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:

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