Isaiah 27 · Verse 3

Isaiah 27:3

I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
Isaiah 27:3, King James Version

Isaiah 27:3 in other translations

BSBI, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;
WEBI, the LORD, am its keeper. I will water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night and day.
ASVI Jehovah am its keeper; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
YLTI, Jehovah, am its keeper, every moment I water it, Lest any lay a charge against it, Night and day I keep it!
DARBYI Jehovah keep it, I will water it every moment; lest any harm it, I will keep it night and day.
BBEI, the Lord, am watching it; I will give it water at all times: I will keep it night and day, for fear that any damage comes to it.
WebsterI the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

What does Isaiah 27:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. lest any hurt it--attack it [Maurer]. "Lest aught be wanting in her" [Horsley].

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day - "I will take care of her by night; and by day I will keep guard over her" - For פן יפקד pen yiphkod, lest any visit it, the Syriac read ואפקד veephkod, and I will visit it. Twenty MSS. of Kennicott's, fourteen of De Rossi's, and two of my own, and six editions read אפקד ephkod, I will visit, in the first person.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 27:1-5

God's care over his people. (Is. 27:1-5) A promise of their recall to Divine favour. (Is. 27:6-13) Verses 1-5 The Lord Jesus with his strong sword, the virtue of his death, and the preaching of his gospel, does and will destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil, that old serpent. The world is a fruitless, worthless wilderness; but the church is a vineyard, a place that has great care taken of it…

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Isaiah 27:3 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.

אֲנִ֤י'a.NiIH589
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
נֹֽצְרָ֔הּno.tze.Rah[am] keeper itsH5341
לִרְגָעִ֖יםlir.ga.'Imto momentsH7281
אַשְׁקֶ֑נָּה'ash.Ke.nahI water itH8248
פֶּ֚ןpenlestH6435
יִפְקֹ֣דyif.Kodsomeone should injureH6485
עָלֶ֔יהָ'a.Lei.ha<on> itH5921
לַ֥יְלָהLay.lahnightH3915
וָי֖וֹםva.Yomand dayH3117
אֶצֳּרֶֽנָּה\׃'etz.tzo.Re.nahI guard itH5341

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

Cross references for Isaiah 27:3

  • Isaiah 58:11

    And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

  • John 15:1-2

    I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

  • 1 Samuel 2:9

    He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

  • Psalms 121:3-5

    He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.

  • Ezekiel 37:14

    And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 34:11

    For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.

  • Isaiah 46:9

    Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,

  • Isaiah 60:16

    Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

  • Isaiah 55:10-11

    For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

  • Ezekiel 34:24

    And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it.

  • Psalms 46:5

    God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

  • Isaiah 5:6

    And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I the.
46:4,9; 60:16; Ge 6:17; 9:9; Eze 34:11,24; 37:14,28
do keep.
De 33:26-29; 1Sa 2:9; Ps 46:5,11; 121:3-5; Joh 10:27-30; 15:1,2
water.
5:6; 35:6,7; 41:13-19; 55:10,11; 58:11

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Context

  • Isaiah 27:2

    In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.

  • Isaiah 27:3

    I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

  • Isaiah 27:4

    Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

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Isaiah 27:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Yo Jehová la guardo, cada momento la regaré; guardaréla de noche y de día, porque nadie la visite.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Moi, l’ Éternel, j’en prends soin; à tout moment je l’arroserai; de peur qu’on ne la visite, j’en prendrai soin nuit et jour.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ich, Jehova, behüte ihn, bewässere ihn alle Augenblicke; daß nichts ihn heimsuche, behüte ich ihn Nacht und Tag.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ego Dominus qui servo eam; repente propinabo ei. Ne forte visitetur contra eam, nocte et die servo eam.