Isaiah 26 · Verse 7

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
Isaiah 26:7, King James Version

Isaiah 26:7 in other translations

BSBThe path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
WEBThe way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.
ASVThe way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.
YLTThe path for the righteous is uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.
DARBYThe way of the just is uprightness: thou, the Upright, dost make the path of the just even.
BBEThe way of the good man is straight; the road of the upright is made smooth by you.
WebsterThe way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

What does Isaiah 26:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. uprightness--rather, "is direct," that is, is directed by God to a prosperous issue, however many be their afflictions in the meantime (as in the case of the Jewish exiles); the context requires this sense (Psa 34:19; Pr 3:6; 11:5), [Maurer]: thus "way" means God's dealings with the righteous (Psa 37:23). most upright--(De 32:4). dost weigh--(1Sa 2:3; Pr 5:21). Rather, "thou dost make plain and level" [Maurer], removing all obstacles (Is 40:3, 4).

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 26:5-11

The way of the just is evenness, a steady course of obedience and holy conversation. And it is their happiness that God makes their way plain and easy. It is our duty, and will be our comfort, to wait for God, to keep up holy desires toward him in the darkest and most discouraging times. Our troubles must never turn us from God; and in the darkest, longest night of affliction, with our souls must we desire him; and…

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Isaiah 26:7 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.

אֹ֥רַח'O.rach[the] wayH734
לַצַּדִּ֖יקla.tza.Dikof the righteousH6662
מֵֽישָׁרִ֑יםmei.sha.Rim[is] level pathsH4339
יָשָׁ֕רya.SharO upright [one]H3477
מַעְגַּ֥לma'.Gal[the] track ofH4570
צַדִּ֖יקtza.Dik[the] righteousH6662
תְּפַלֵּֽס\׃te.fa.Lesyou make levelH6424

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

Cross references for Isaiah 26:7

  • Ephesians 2:10

    For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

  • Isaiah 42:16

    And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

  • 1 John 3:7

    Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

  • 2 Corinthians 1:12

    For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

  • 1 John 3:10

    In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

  • Psalms 11:7

    For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

  • Job 27:5-6

    God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

  • Proverbs 20:7

    The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

  • 1 Samuel 2:2-4

    There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

  • Isaiah 35:8

    And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

  • Job 31:6

    Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

  • 1 Corinthians 4:5

    Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
way.
35:8; 1Ch 29:17; Job 27:5,6; Ps 18:23-26; Pr 20:7; 2Co 1:12
Eph 2:10; 1Jo 3:7,10
most.
1Sa 2:2-4; Job 31:6; *marg:
Ps 1:6; 11:4,7; Zep 3:5; 1Co 4:5

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

Context

  • Isaiah 26:6

    The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

  • Isaiah 26:7

    The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

  • Isaiah 26:8

    Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

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Isaiah 26:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El camino del justo es rectitud: Tú, Recto, pesas el camino del justo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Le chemin du juste est la droiture. Toi qui es droit, tu aplanis le sentier du juste.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Der Pfad des Gerechten ist gerade; du bahnest gerade den Weg des Gerechten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Semita justi recta est, rectus callis justi ad ambulandum.