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Isaiah 42:4
New English Translation
Isaiah 42:4
New English Translation
4 He will not grow dim or be crushed[a]
before establishing justice on the earth;
the coastlands[b] will wait in anticipation for his decrees.”[c]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 42:4 tn For rhetorical effect the terms used to describe the “crushed (רָצַץ, ratsats) reed” and “dim (כָּהָה, kahah) wick” in v. 3 are repeated here.
- Isaiah 42:4 tn Or “islands” (NIV); NLT “distant lands beyond the sea.”
- Isaiah 42:4 tn Or “his law” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NIV) or “his instruction” (NLT).
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