Isaiah 26 · Verse 4

Isaiah 26:4

Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:
Isaiah 26:4, King James Version

Isaiah 26:4 in other translations

BSBTrust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
WEBTrust in the LORD forever; for in the LORD, the LORD, is an everlasting Rock.
ASVTrust ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jehovah, even Jehovah, is an everlasting rock.
YLTTrust ye in Jehovah for ever, For in Jah Jehovah is a rock of ages,
DARBYConfide ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jah, Jehovah, is the rock of ages.
BBELet your hope be in the Lord for ever: for the Lord Jah is an unchanging Rock.
WebsterTrust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

What does Isaiah 26:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. Lord Jehovah--Hebrew, Jah, Jehovah. The union of the two names expresses in the highest degree God's unchanging love and power (compare Psa 68:4). This passage, and Is 12:2; Ex 6:3; Psa 83:18, are the four in which the English Version retains the Jehovah of the original. Maurer translates, "For Jah (the eternal unchangeable One, Ex 3:14) is Jehovah, the rock of ages" (compare Is 45:17; De 32:15; 1Sa 2:2).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 In the Lord Jehovah "In Jehovah" - In Jah Jehovah, Heb.; but see Houbigant, and the note on Isa 12:2 (note). Everlasting strength - צור עולמים tsur olamim, "the rock of ages; "or, according to Rab. Maimon, - the eternal Fountain, Source, or Spring. Does not this refer to the lasting streams from the rock in the desert? And that rock was Christ. ge han hoped in the Lord fro the everlastinge worldis. - Old Ms. Bible.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 26:1-4

The Divine mercies encourage to confidence in God. (Is. 26:1-4) His judgments. (Is. 26:5-11) His people exhorted to wait upon Him. (Is. 26:12-19) Deliverance promised. (Is. 26:20,21) Verses 1-4 "That day," seems to mean when the New Testament Babylon shall be levelled with the ground. The unchangeable promise and covenant of the Lord are the walls of the church of God. The gates of this city shall be open. Let…

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Isaiah 26:4 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.

בִּטְח֥וּbit.ChutrustH982
בַֽיהוָ֖הba.Yah.wehin YahwehH3068
עֲדֵי\־'a.dei-untilH5704
עַ֑ד'AdperpetuityH5703
כִּ֚יkiforH3588
בְּיָ֣הּbe.Yah[is] <in> YahwehH3050
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
צ֖וּרtzura rock ofH6697
עוֹלָמִֽים\׃o.la.Mimeverlastingness<es>H5769

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

Cross references for Isaiah 26:4

  • Isaiah 12:2

    Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

  • Psalms 62:8

    Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

  • Philippians 4:13

    I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

  • Psalms 55:22

    Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

  • Psalms 18:2

    The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

  • Psalms 62:11

    God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.

  • Proverbs 3:5-6

    Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

  • Psalms 46:1

    To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

  • 1 Samuel 2:2

    There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

  • Matthew 6:13

    And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

  • Isaiah 32:2

    And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

  • Isaiah 45:24

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Trust.
12:2; 50:10; 2Ch 20:20; 32:8; Ps 55:22; 62:8; Pr 3:5,6
in the.
45:17,24; 63:1; Job 9:19; Ps 46:1; 62:11; 66:7; 93:1; 125:1; Mt 6:13
Mt 28:18; Php 4:13
everlasting strength. Heb. the Rock of ages.
17:10; 32:2; De 32:4,15; 1Sa 2:2; Ps 18:2

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Context

  • Isaiah 26:3

    Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

  • Isaiah 26:4

    Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:

  • Isaiah 26:5

    For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

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Isaiah 26:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Confiad en Jehová perpetuamente: porque en el Señor Jehová está la fortaleza de los siglos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Confiez-vous en l’ Éternel, à tout jamais; car en Jah, Jéhovah, est le rocher des siècles.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Vertrauet auf Jehova ewiglich; denn in Jah, Jehova, ist ein Fels der Ewigkeiten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sperastis in Domino in sæculis æternis; in Domino Deo forti in perpetuum.