Isaiah 33:6

New King James Version

Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, And the strength of salvation; The fear of the LORD is His treasure.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
There will be times of security for you—a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.The fear of the Lord is Zion’s treasure.

Hebrew Names Version
There shall be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of the LORD is your treasure.

King James Version
And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

English Standard Version
and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is Zion's treasure.

New American Standard Bible
And He will be the stability of your times, A wealth of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; The fear of the LORD is his treasure.

New Century Version
He will be your safety. He is full of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. Respect for the Lord is the greatest treasure.

Amplified Bible
And He will be the security and stability of your times, A treasure of salvation, wisdom and knowledge; The fear of the LORD is your treasure.

World English Bible
There shall be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of Yahweh is your treasure.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And there shall be stabilitie of thy times, strength, saluation, wisdome and knowledge: for the feare of the Lord shalbe his treasure.

Legacy Standard Bible
And He will be the stability of your times,A wealth of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge;The fear of Yahweh is his treasure.

Berean Standard Bible
There will be times of security for you-a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion's treasure.

Contemporary English Version
you are the foundation on which we stand today. You always save us and give true wisdom and knowledge. Nothing means more to us than obeying you.

Complete Jewish Bible
He will be the stability of your times, a wealth of salvation, wisdom and knowledge, and fear of Adonai , which is his treasure.

Darby Translation
and he shall be the stability of thy times, the riches of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: the fear of Jehovah shall be your treasure.

Easy-to-Read Version
Jerusalem, you are rich with wisdom and knowledge of God. You are rich with salvation. You respect the Lord , and that makes you rich.

George Lamsa Translation
And faith shall be the stability of your times, and your salvation in a place of refuge; wisdom and knowledge and the reverence of the LORD is his treasure.

Good News Translation
and give stability to the nation. He always protects his people and gives them wisdom and knowledge. Their greatest treasure is their reverence for the Lord .

Lexham English Bible
and he will be the security of your times, an abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is his treasure.

Literal Translation
And He will be the security of your times, strength of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of Jehovah is His treasure.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let treuth and faithfulnesse be in hir tyme: power, health, wisdome, knowlege & the feare of God are hir treasure.

American Standard Version
And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of Jehovah is thy treasure.

Bible in Basic English
And she will have no more fear of change, being full of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is her wealth.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the stability of thy times shall be a hoard of salvation--wisdom and knowledge, and the fear of the LORD which is His treasure.

King James Version (1611)
And wisedome and knowledge shall be the stabilitie of thy times, and strength of saluation: the feare of the Lord is his treasure.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And a sure stablishyng of thy tymes, shalbe strength, health, wisdome, and knowledge: and the very feare of the Lorde shalbe the treasure of it.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They shall be delivered up to the law: our salvation is our treasure: there are wisdom and knowledge and piety toward the Lord; these are the treasures of righteousness.

English Revised Version
And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And feith schal be in thi tymes; the ritchessis of helthe is wisdom and kunnynge; the drede of the Lord, thilke is the tresour of hym.

Update Bible Version
And there shall be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of Yahweh is his treasure.

Webster's Bible Translation
And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, [and] strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD [is] his treasure.

New English Translation
He is your constant source of stability; he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; he gives all this to those who fear him.

New Living Translation
In that day he will be your sure foundation, providing a rich store of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the Lord will be your treasure.

New Life Bible
He will be for you what is sure and faithful for your times, with much saving power, wisdom and learning. The fear of the Lord is worth much.

New Revised Standard
he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is Zion's treasure.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So shall a wealth of deliverances, wisdom and knowledge, become the stability of thy times, - the reverence of Yahweh, the game is his treasure.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there shall be faith in thy times: riches of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

Revised Standard Version
and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

Young's Literal Translation
And hath been the stedfastness of thy times, The strength of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge, Fear of Jehovah -- it [is] His treasure.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He will be the stability of your times, A wealth of salvation, wisdom and knowledge; The fear of the LORD is his treasure.

Contextual Overview

¹ Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered; And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you! When you cease plundering, You will be plundered; When you make an end of dealing treacherously, They will deal treacherously with you. ² O Lord, be gracious to us;We have waited for You.Be their [fn] arm every morning,Our salvation also in the time of trouble. ³ At the noise of the tumult the people shall flee; When You lift Yourself up, the nations shall be scattered; ⁴ And Your plunder shall be gathered Like the gathering of the caterpillar; As the running to and fro of locusts, He shall run upon them. ⁵ The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. ⁶ Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, And the strength of salvation; The fear of the LORD is His treasure. ⁷ Surely their valiant ones shall cry outside, The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. ⁸ The highways lie waste,The traveling man ceases.He has broken the covenant,He has despised the cities, [fn] He regards no man. ⁹ The earth mourns and languishes, Lebanon is shamed and shriveled; Sharon is like a wilderness, And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. ¹⁰ "Now I will rise," says the LORD; "Now I will be exalted, Now I will lift Myself up.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

wisdom: Isaiah 11:2-5, Isaiah 38:5, Isaiah 38:6, 2 Chronicles 32:27-29, Psalms 45:4, Proverbs 14:27, Proverbs 24:3-7, Proverbs 28:2, Proverbs 28:15, Proverbs 28:16, Proverbs 29:4, Ecclesiastes 7:12, Ecclesiastes 7:19, Ecclesiastes 9:14-18, Jeremiah 22:15-17

strength: Psalms 27:1, Psalms 27:2, Psalms 28:8, Psalms 140:7

salvation: Heb. salvations

fear: 2 Chronicles 32:20, 2 Chronicles 32:21, Psalms 112:1-3, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 19:23, Matthew 6:33, 2 Corinthians 6:10, 1 Timothy 4:8, 1 Timothy 6:6

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 12:32 - understanding of the times Nehemiah 7:2 - feared God Job 22:25 - defence Psalms 112:3 - Wealth Proverbs 14:24 - crown Proverbs 22:4 - By Isaiah 11:3 - shall make him Matthew 6:20 - General Matthew 6:21 - where Matthew 13:46 - one Acts 9:31 - and walking

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times,.... Some take these words to be directed to Hezekiah; but rather they are an apostrophe to the Messiah, and respect the later times of Christ, when many shall run to and fro, and the knowledge of him shall be increased, and the earth shall be covered with it, as the waters cover the sea; and which, as it will make these times comfortable and pleasant, so firm, durable, and lasting: or else they are the words of believers in those times, addressed to Zion the church, before spoken of, observing the great increase of spiritual wisdom and knowledge after the destruction of antichrist; by means of which there would be settled times of peace, joy, and comfort to the church:

[and] strength of salvation; or "salvations" x; or strong and lasting salvations; eternal salvation by Jesus Christ, and complete salvation from antichrist, and from every other enemy; which, together with spiritual wisdom, and experimental knowledge of Christ, and his Gospel, will be the stability of those happy times, which will make the spiritual reign of Christ. The whole may be rendered, according to the accents y, and "he" (that is, the Lord, before spoken of) "shall be the stability of thy times; the strength of salvations shall be wisdom and knowledge":

the fear of the Lord [is] his treasure; either Hezekiah's, as some, who esteemed the fear of the Lord above all his treasure; and was more zealous in settling and establishing the true worship of God than in amassing treasures to himself: or rather the Lord's treasure, from which he receives a tribute of honour, of more value than the greatest treasure: or, best of all, the church's treasure, and every true believer's; this being the beginning of wisdom, or true grace, the best of riches, and which secures the saints' final perseverance to glory, the better and more enduring substance.

x חסן ישועת "fortitudo salutum", Pagninus, Montanus; "rebur ominis, [vel] multiplicis salutis", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. y Vid. Reinbeck de Accent. Heb. p. 405.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And wisdom and knowledge shall be - This verse contains evidently an address to Hezekiah, and asserts that his reign would be characterized by the prevalence of piety and knowledge. This chapter abounds in sudden transitions; and it accords with its general character that when Yahweh had been addressed Isaiah 33:5, there should then be a direct address to Hezekiah.

The stability - This word denotes firmness, steadiness, constancy; and means that in his times knowledge and the fear of the Lord would be settled on a firm foundation. The whole history of the virtuous reign of Hezekiah shows that this was fulfilled (see 2 Kings 18:0)

And strength of salvation - Or saving strength; that is, mighty or distinguished salvation. Thy times shah be distinguished for great reforms, and for the prevalence of the doctrines of salvation.

The fear of the Lord is his treasure - The principal riches of Hezekiah. His reign shall not be distinguished for wars and conquests, for commercial enterprise, or for external splendor, but for the prevalence of piety, and the fear of the Lord.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 33:6. His treasure - "Thy treasure."] Ὁ θησαυρος σου, Sym. He had in his copy אצרך otsarcha, "thy treasure," not אצרו otsaro, "his treasure."