Isaiah 45:24

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
It will be said about me, ‘Righteousness and strengthare found only in the Lord.’”All who are enraged against himwill come to him and be put to shame.

Hebrew Names Version
Only in the LORD, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength; even to him shall men come; and all those who were incensed against him shall be put to shame.

King James Version
Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

English Standard Version
"Only in the Lord , it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength; to him shall come and be ashamed all who were incensed against him.

New American Standard Bible
"They will say of Me, 'Only in the LORD are righteousness and strength.' People will come to Him, And all who were angry at Him will be put to shame.

New Century Version
People will say about me, ‘Goodness and power come only from the Lord .'" Everyone who has been angry with him will come to him and be ashamed.

Amplified Bible
"It shall be said of Me, 'Only in the LORD are righteousness and strength.' To Him people will come, And all who were angry at Him will be put to shame.

World English Bible
Only in Yahweh, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength; even to him shall men come; and all those who were incensed against him shall be put to shame.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Surely he shall say, In the Lorde haue I righteousnesse and strength: he shall come vnto him, and all that prouoke him, shall be ashamed.

Legacy Standard Bible
They will say of Me, ‘Only in Yahweh are righteousness and strength.'Men will come to Him,And all who were angry at Him will be put to shame.

Berean Standard Bible
Surely they will say of Me, 'In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.'" All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.

Contemporary English Version
They will admit that I alone can bring about justice. Everyone who is angry with me will be terribly ashamed and will turn to me.

Complete Jewish Bible
about me that only in Adonai are justice and strength." All who rage against him will come to him ashamed,

Darby Translation
Only in Jehovah, shall one say, have I righteousness and strength. To him shall [men] come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

Easy-to-Read Version
They will say, ‘Goodness and strength come only from the Lord .'" And all who show their anger against him will be humiliated.

George Lamsa Translation
And they shall say, In the LORD is righteousness; even to him shall mighty men come; and all who reproach thee shall be ashamed.

Good News Translation
"They will say that only through me are victory and strength to be found; but all who hate me will suffer disgrace.

Lexham English Bible
‘Only in Yahweh,' one shall say to me, ‘are righteousness and strength.' He shall come to him, and all those who were angry with him shall be ashamed.

Literal Translation
He shall say, Only in Jehovah do I have righteousness and strength; to Him he comes; and they are ashamed, all who are angry with Him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
sayenge: Verely in the LORDE is my rightuousnes and strength. To him shal me come: but all they that thinke scorne of him, shalbe confounded.

American Standard Version
Only in Jehovah, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength; even to him shall men come; and all they that were incensed against him shall be put to shame.

Bible in Basic English
Only in the Lord will Jacob overcome and be strong: together all those who were angry with him will be put to shame and come to destruction.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Only in the LORD, shall one say of Me, is victory and strength; even to Him shall men come in confusion, all they that were incensed against Him.

King James Version (1611)
Surely, shall one say, In the Lord haue I righteousnesse and strength: euen to him shall men come, and all that are incensed against him, shalbe ashamed.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Saying: veryly in the Lorde is my righteousnesse and strength, to hym shall men come: but all they that thinke scorne of him shalbe confounded.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
saying, Righteousness and glory shall come to him: and all that remove them from their borders shall be ashamed.

English Revised Version
Only in the LORD, shall one say unto me, is righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come, and all they that were incensed against him shall be ashamed.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor thei schulen sei in the Lord, Riytfulnessis and empire ben myne; alle that fiyten ayens hym schulen come to hym, and schulen be aschamed.

Update Bible Version
Only in Yahweh, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength. One will come to him; and all those that were incensed against him will be put to shame.

Webster's Bible Translation
Surely, shall [one] say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: [even] to him shall [men] come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

New English Translation
they will say about me, "Yes, the Lord is a powerful deliverer."'" All who are angry at him will cower before him.

New King James Version
He shall say, "Surely in the LORD I have righteousness and strength. To Him men shall come, And all shall be ashamed Who are incensed against Him.

New Living Translation
The people will declare, "The Lord is the source of all my righteousness and strength." And all who were angry with him will come to him and be ashamed.

New Life Bible
They will say of Me, ‘Strength and what is right and good are only found in the Lord.' Men will come to Him, and all who were angry at Him will be put to shame.

New Revised Standard
Only in the Lord , it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength; all who were incensed against him shall come to him and be ashamed.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Only in Yahweh - for me, Hath one said, Is there righteousness and strength, Unto him, shall come and turn pale - All who have been incensed against him:

Douay-Rheims Bible
(45-25) Therefore shall he say: In the Lord are my justices and empire: they shall come to him, and all that resist him shall be confounded.

Revised Standard Version
"Only in the LORD, it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength; to him shall come and be ashamed, all who were incensed against him.

Young's Literal Translation
Only in Jehovah, said hath one, Have I righteousness and strength, Unto Him he cometh in, And ashamed are all those displeased with Him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"They will say of Me, 'Only in the LORD are righteousness and strength.' Men will come to Him, And all who were angry at Him will be put to shame.

Contextual Overview

²⁵The God Who Forms Light and Darkness God 's Message to his anointed, to Cyrus, whom he took by the hand To give the task of taming the nations, of terrifying their kings— He gave him free rein, no restrictions: "I'll go ahead of you, clearing and paving the road. I'll break down bronze city gates, smash padlocks, kick down barred entrances. I'll lead you to buried treasures, secret caches of valuables— Confirmations that it is, in fact, I, God , the God of Israel, who calls you by your name. It's because of my dear servant Jacob, Israel my chosen, That I've singled you out, called you by name, and given you this privileged work. And you don't even know me! I am God , the only God there is. Besides me there are no real gods. I'm the one who armed you for this work, though you don't even know me, So that everyone, from east to west, will know that I have no god-rivals. I am God , the only God there is. I form light and create darkness, I make harmonies and create discords. I, God , do all these things. "Open up, heavens, and rain. Clouds, pour out buckets of my goodness! Loosen up, earth, and bloom salvation; sprout right living. I, God , generate all this. But doom to you who fight your Maker— you're a pot at odds with the potter! Does clay talk back to the potter: ‘What are you doing? What clumsy fingers!' Would a sperm say to a father, ‘Who gave you permission to use me to make a baby?' Or a fetus to a mother, ‘Why have you cooped me up in this belly?'" Thus God , The Holy of Israel, Israel's Maker, says: "Do you question who or what I'm making? Are you telling me what I can or cannot do? I made earth, and I created man and woman to live on it. I handcrafted the skies and direct all the constellations in their turnings. And now I've got Cyrus on the move. I've rolled out the red carpet before him. He will build my city. He will bring home my exiles. I didn't hire him to do this. I told him. I, God -of-the-Angel-Armies." God says: "The workers of Egypt, the merchants of Ethiopia, and those statuesque Sabeans Will all come over to you—all yours. Docile in chains, they'll follow you, Hands folded in reverence, praying before you: ‘Amazing! God is with you! There is no other God—none.'" Clearly, you are a God who works behind the scenes, God of Israel, Savior God. Humiliated, all those others will be ashamed to show their faces in public. Out of work and at loose ends, the makers of no-god idols won't know what to do with themselves. The people of Israel, though, are saved by you, God , saved with an eternal salvation. They won't be ashamed, they won't be at loose ends, ever. God , Creator of the heavens— he is, remember, G od. Maker of earth— he put it on its foundations, built it from scratch. He didn't go to all that trouble to just leave it empty, nothing in it. He made it to be lived in. This God says: "I am God , the one and only. I don't just talk to myself or mumble under my breath. I never told Jacob, ‘Seek me in emptiness, in dark nothingness.' I am God . I work out in the open, saying what's right, setting things right. So gather around, come on in, all you refugees and castoffs. They don't seem to know much, do they— those who carry around their no-god blocks of wood, praying for help to a dead stick? So tell me what you think. Look at the evidence. Put your heads together. Make your case. Who told you, and a long time ago, what's going on here? Who made sense of things for you? Wasn't I the one? God ? It had to be me. I'm the only God there is— The only God who does things right and knows how to help. So turn to me and be helped—saved!— everyone, whoever and wherever you are. I am God , the only God there is, the one and only. I promise in my own name: Every word out of my mouth does what it says. I never take back what I say. Everyone is going to end up kneeling before me. Everyone is going to end up saying of me, ‘Yes! Salvation and strength are in God !'" All who have raged against him will be brought before him, disgraced by their unbelief. And all who are connected with Israel will have a robust, praising, good life in God !

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Surely: etc. or, Surely he shall say of me, In the Lord is all righteousness and strength

in the: Isaiah 45:25, Isaiah 54:17, Isaiah 61:10, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 23:6, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 2 Peter 1:1, *marg.

righteousness: Heb. righteousnesses

strength: 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 12:10, Ephesians 3:16, Philippians 4:13, Colossians 1:11, 2 Timothy 4:17, 2 Timothy 4:18, Zechariah 10:6, Zechariah 10:12

even: Isaiah 55:5, Isaiah 60:9, Genesis 49:10, Matthew 11:27, Matthew 11:28, John 7:37, John 12:32, Ephesians 6:10, Revelation 22:17

and all: Isaiah 41:11, Psalms 2:1-12, Psalms 21:8, Psalms 21:9, Psalms 72:9, Psalms 110:2, Luke 13:17, Luke 19:27, Revelation 11:18

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 2:10 - he shall 1 Samuel 15:29 - Strength 1 Kings 7:21 - Boaz 1 Chronicles 29:12 - give strength Psalms 4:1 - O Psalms 27:1 - strength Psalms 28:7 - strength Psalms 40:14 - Let them be ashamed Psalms 43:2 - the God Psalms 71:16 - I will go Psalms 84:5 - strength Psalms 85:10 - righteousness Psalms 86:16 - give Psalms 89:16 - righteousness Psalms 98:2 - righteousness Psalms 144:1 - my strength Psalms 145:7 - sing Isaiah 9:6 - The mighty God Isaiah 19:18 - and swear Isaiah 26:4 - in the Isaiah 27:5 - let him Isaiah 41:16 - thou shalt rejoice Isaiah 45:14 - Surely Isaiah 54:14 - righteousness Jeremiah 33:16 - The Lord our righteousness Habakkuk 3:19 - my strength Matthew 6:33 - his John 5:19 - and John 16:10 - righteousness Acts 4:4 - the number Acts 5:14 - believers Romans 3:21 - righteousness Romans 4:6 - imputeth Romans 14:17 - but 2 Corinthians 5:17 - be 2 Corinthians 12:2 - in Christ Galatians 6:14 - save Ephesians 1:6 - he Philippians 3:9 - the righteousness Hebrews 7:25 - come

Cross-References

Genesis 45:1
Joseph couldn't hold himself in any longer, keeping up a front before all his attendants. He cried out, "Leave! Clear out—everyone leave!" So there was no one with Joseph when he identified himself to his brothers. But his sobbing was so violent that the Egyptians couldn't help but hear him. The news was soon reported to Pharaoh's palace.

Genesis 45:3
Joseph spoke to his brothers: "I am Joseph. Is my father really still alive?" But his brothers couldn't say a word. They were speechless—they couldn't believe what they were hearing and seeing.

Genesis 45:12
"Look at me. You can see for yourselves, and my brother Benjamin can see for himself, that it's me, my own mouth, telling you all this. Tell my father all about the high position I hold in Egypt, tell him everything you've seen here, but don't take all day—hurry up and get my father down here."

Genesis 45:21
And they did just that, the sons of Israel. Joseph gave them the wagons that Pharaoh had promised and food for the trip. He outfitted all the brothers in brand-new clothes, but he gave Benjamin three hundred pieces of silver and several suits of clothes. He sent his father these gifts: ten donkeys loaded with Egypt's best products and another ten donkeys loaded with grain and bread, provisions for his father's journey back.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength,.... That is, one and everyone of these that shall be brought to submit to Christ, and to confess him, shall declare it as their faith, that in Christ alone is their "righteousness or righteousnesses" f; that they have a full and complete righteousness in him, and which serves for many; consisting of the holiness of his nature, the obedience of his life, and his sufferings of death; by which the law is honoured, justice satisfied, God is well pleased, and they are acquainted and discharged; and which is pure, perfect, and everlasting, is given them of grace, and entitles them to eternal life; and this they have in Christ as their covenant head and representative, and which they come to have by being in him: it is not inherent in them, but is in Christ, by whom it is wrought out, and becomes theirs by the imputation of it to them, and which they receive by faith; and this is an act of faith concerning it here expressed, and which declares the certainty of it, and of interest in it, and excludes all other: for it may be rendered, "only in the Lord", c. g and seems to be spoken with great joy, in an exulting way, and what may be said at all times; for this righteousness is always in Christ, and "strength" likewise to enable them to exercise every grace; to do the will and work of God; to bear afflictions; to withstand Satan's temptations, and oppose their own corruptions; and to which they have not sufficient strength in themselves, but there is enough in Christ. Some take these to be the words of the prophet, and differently interpret them. Some thus, as Abendana observes,

"saith the prophet, these future things I know not in a way of wisdom, but by the Lord, who saith unto me, my God of righteousness and strength.''

Aben Ezra thus,

"surely in the Lord that speaketh with me alone are righteousness and strength.''

Joseph Kimchi takes it to be in the form of an oath,

"the prophet said, I swear by the name of the Lord, that unto me he saith, righteousness and strength unto him shall come; as if he had said, the author or doer of righteousness and strength shall draw near to him, and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.''

Even to him shall men come: or everyone of the above persons; they shall come to Christ, not merely to his word and ordinances, but to himself by faith; for righteousness and strength; for peace and pardon; for spiritual rest, joy, and comfort; for food and clothing; for all supplies of grace, and for eternal life; or if not in a way of grace now, they shall come to him, and appear before him at the last judgment, whether they will or not.

And all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed; that are incensed against his person, his deity, personality, and divine sonship; against his blood, righteousness, sacrifice, and satisfaction; against his offices, kingdom, and glory; these shall be ashamed, either when they are convinced of the truth of these things now, or however when they shall appear in his glory at the last day. Kimchi connects this verse with the preceding, thus,

"he saith, every tongue shall swear verily by the Lord alone, and not by another god; and so saith God, I have righteousness and strength to give to them that serve me; and all the people who are incensed against me, and reject my service unto that day, then shall they come unto him, and confess before him, and shall be ashamed for what they have done.''

The Targum is,

"in his word they shall confess, and all the people shall be confounded with their idols, who rush upon his people.''

f צדקות "justitiae", Montanus; "omnis justitia", Junius Tremellius, Piscator. g אד ביהוה "tantummodo in Jehova", Junius Tremellius "duntaxat in Domino", Tigurine version "tantam", Cocceius. So some in Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Surely, shall one say - Margin, ‘He shall say of me, In the Lord is all righteousness and strength.’ The design of the verse is, to set forth more fully the effect of the prevalence of the true religion; and the main thought is, that there shall be an universal acknowledgment that salvation and strength were in Yahweh alone. Idols and people could not save; and salvation was to be traced to Yahweh only. A literal translation of the passage would be, ‘Truly in Jehovah, he said unto me,’ or it is said unto me, that is, I heard it said, ‘is righteousness and strength,’ that is, this would be everywhere the prevailing sentiment that righteousness and strength were to be found in Yahweh alone. The sense is, first, that it was by him alone that they could be pardoned and justified; and, secondly, that it was by him alone that they could obtain strength to meet their enemies, to overcome their sins, to discharge their duties, to encounter temptations, to hear afflictions, and to support them in death. These two things, righteousness and strength, are all that man needs. The whole of religion consists essentially in the feeling that righteousness and strength are to be found in God our Saviour. The Septuagint renders this, ‘Every tongue shall swear to God, saying, Righteousness and glory shall come unto him, and all those who make distinctions among them shall be ashamed.’

Even to him shall men come - For the purpose of being saved (see the notes at Isaiah 2:3).

And all that are incensed against him - All that are opposed to his government and laws.

Shall be ashamed - (See the note at Isaiah 45:16). The enemies of God shall see their own feebleness and folly; and they shall be ashamed that they have endeavored to oppose one so mighty and so glorious as the living God. The multitudes that have in various ways resisted him shall see the folly of their course, and be overwhelmed with shame that they have dared to lift the hand against the God that made the heavens. Jarchi renders this, ‘All who have opposed themselves to God, shall come to him, led by penitence on account of the things which they have done, and shall be ashamed.’

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 45:24. Surely, shall one say, In the Lord have I righteousness and strength - "Saying, Only to JEHOVAH belongeth salvation and power"] A MS. omits לי li, unto me; and instead of לי אמר li amar, he said or shall say unto me, the Septuagint read, in the copy which they used, לאמר lemor, saying. For יבא yabo, HE shall come, in the singular, twelve MSS. (three ancient) read יבאו yabeu, plural; and a letter is erased at the end of the word in two others: and so the Alexandrine copy of the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read it. For צדקות tsedakoth plural, two MSS. read צדקת tsidkath, singular; and so the Septuagint, Syriac, and Chaldee.

Probably these are the words of Cyrus, who acknowledged that all his success came from Jehovah. And this sentiment is in effect contained in his decree or proclamation, Ezra 1:2: "Thus saith Cyrus, king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth," &c.