Isaiah 1 · Verse 12

Isaiah 1:12

When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
Isaiah 1:12, King James Version

Isaiah 1:12 in other translations

BSBWhen you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you— this trampling of My courts?
WEBWhen you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
ASVWhen ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
YLTWhen ye come in to appear before Me, Who hath required this of your hand, To trample My courts?
DARBYWhen ye come to appear before me, who hath required this from your hand — to tread my courts?
BBEAt whose request do you come before me, making my house unclean with your feet?
WebsterWhen ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

What does Isaiah 1:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. appear before me--in the temple where the Shekinah, resting on the ark, was the symbol of God's presence (Ex 23:15; Psa 42:2). who hath required this--as if you were doing God a service by such hypocritical offerings (Job 35:7). God did require it (Ex 23:17), but not in this spirit (Mi 6:6, 7). courts--areas, in which the worshippers were. None but priests entered the temple itself.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 When ye come to appear - Instead of לראות leraoth, to appear, one MS. has לראות liroth, to see. See De Rossi. The appearing before God here refers chiefly to the three solemn annual festivals. See Exo 23:14. Tread my courts (no more) - So the Septuagint divide the sentence, joining the end of this verse to the beginning of the next: Πατειν την αυλην μου, ου προσθησεσθε; "To tread my court ye shall not add - ye shall not be again accepted in worship."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 1:10-15

Judea was desolate, and their cities burned. This awakened them to bring sacrifices and offerings, as if they would bribe God to remove the punishment, and give them leave to go on in their sin. Many who will readily part with their sacrifices, will not be persuaded to part with their sins. They relied on the mere form as a service deserving a reward. The most costly devotions of wicked people, without thorough…

Read the full comment on Isaiah 1:10-15 →

Isaiah 1:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֣יkiifH3588
תָבֹ֔אוּta.Vo.'uyou comeH935
לֵרָא֖וֹתle.ra.'otto present yourselvesH7200
פָּנָ֑יpa.Naipresence myH6440
מִי\־mi-who?H4310
בִקֵּ֥שׁvi.Keshdid he requireH1245
זֹ֛אתzotthisH2063
מִיֶּדְכֶ֖םmi.yed.Khemfrom hand yourH3027
רְמֹ֥סre.Mosto trampleH7429
חֲצֵרָֽי\׃cha.tze.Raicourts myH2691

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 1:12

  • Exodus 34:23

    Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

  • Psalms 40:6

    Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

  • Isaiah 58:1-2

    Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

  • Exodus 23:17

    Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:1

    Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

  • Micah 6:8

    He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

  • Matthew 23:5

    But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

  • Deuteronomy 16:16

    Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the Lord empty:

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
When.
58:1,2; Ex 23:17; 34:23; De 16:16; Ec 5:1; Mt 23:5
appear. Heb. be seen. required.
Ps 40:6; Mic 6:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Isaiah 1:11

    To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

  • Isaiah 1:12

    When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

  • Isaiah 1:13

    Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

Read all of Isaiah 1

Isaiah 1:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Quién demandó esto de vuestras manos, cuando vinieseis á presentaros delante de mí, para hollar mis atrios?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Quand vous venez pour paraître devant ma face, qui a demandé cela de vos mains, que vous fouliez mes parvis?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wenn ihr kommet, um vor meinem Angesicht zu erscheinen, wer hat dieses von eurer Hand gefordert, meine Vorhöfe zu zertreten?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cum veniretis ante conspectum meum, quis quæsivit hæc de manibus vestris, ut ambularetis in atriis meis?