Isaiah 12 · Verse 4

Isaiah 12:4

And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
Isaiah 12:4, King James Version

Isaiah 12:4 in other translations

BSBand on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.
WEBIn that day you will say, “Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name! Declare his doings among the peoples! Proclaim that his name is exalted!
ASVAnd in that day shall ye say, Give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name, declare his doings among the peoples, make mention that his name is exalted.
YLTAnd ye have said in that day, Give ye praise to Jehovah, call in His name. Make known among the peoples His acts. Make mention that set on high is His name.
DARBYAnd in that day shall ye say, Give ye thanks to Jehovah, call upon his name, declare his deeds among the peoples, make mention that his name is exalted.
BBEAnd in that day you will say, Give praise to the Lord, let his name be honoured, give word of his doings among the peoples, say that his name is lifted up.
WebsterAnd in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.

What does Isaiah 12:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. make mention--Hebrew, "cause it to be remembered."

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Call upon his name - קראו בשמו kiru bishmo, invoke his name. Make him your Mediator, or call the people in his name. Preach him who is the Root of Jesse, and who stands as an ensign for the nations. Call on the people to believe in him; as in him alone salvation is to be found.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Isaiah 12:4 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.

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֞םva.'a.mar.Temand you will sayH559
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomin the dayH3117
הַה֗וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
הוֹד֤וּho.Dugive thanksH3034
לַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
קִרְא֣וּkir.'UcallH7121
בִשְׁמ֔וֹvish.Moon name hisH8034
הוֹדִ֥יעוּho.Di.'umake knownH3045
בָֽעַמִּ֖יםva.'a.Mimamong the peoplesH5971
עֲלִֽילֹתָ֑יו'a.li.lo.Tavdeeds hisH5949
הַזְכִּ֕ירוּhaz.Ki.rubring to remembranceH2142
כִּ֥יkithatH3588
נִשְׂגָּ֖בnis.Gav[is] exaltedH7682
שְׁמֽוֹ\׃she.Moname hisH8034

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

Cross references for Isaiah 12:4

  • Psalms 105:1

    O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.

  • Psalms 145:4-6

    One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:11

    Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.

  • Psalms 117:1-2

    O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord.

  • John 17:26

    And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

  • Philippians 2:9-11

    Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

  • Exodus 33:19

    And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

  • Jeremiah 51:9-10

    We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.

  • Exodus 15:2

    The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

  • Psalms 57:5

    Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.

  • Jeremiah 50:2

    Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.

  • Psalms 113:1-3

    Praise ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord. Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord’s name is to be praised.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
in that day.
1; Ps 106:47,48; 113:1-3; 117:1,2
call upon his name. or, proclaim his name.
Ex 33:19; 34:5-7; 1Ch 16:8; Ps 105:1
declare.
66:19; Ps 9:11; 22:31; 40:5; 71:16-18; 73:28; 96:3; 107:22; 145:4-6
Jer 50:2; 51:9,10; Joh 17:26
his name.
2:11,17; 25:1; 33:5; Ex 15:2; 1Ch 29:11; Ne 9:5; Ps 18:46; 21:13
Ps 34:3; 46:10; 57:5; 97:9; 113:5; Php 2:9-11

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

Context

  • Isaiah 12:3

    Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

  • Isaiah 12:4

    And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.

  • Isaiah 12:5

    Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.

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Isaiah 12:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y diréis en aquel día: Cantad á Jehová, aclamad su nombre, haced célebres en los pueblos sus obras, recordad que su nombre es engrandecido.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et vous direz en ce jour-là: Célébrez l’ Éternel, invoquez son nom; faites connaître parmi les peuples ses actes, rappelez que son nom est haut élevé.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und werdet sprechen an jenem Tage: Preiset Jehova, rufet seinen Namen aus, machet unter den Völkern kund seine Taten, verkündet, daß sein Name hoch erhaben ist!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et dicetis in die illa: Confitemini Domino et invocate nomen ejus; notas facite in populis adinventiones ejus; mementote quoniam excelsum est nomen ejus.