Isaiah 28 · Verse 26

Isaiah 28:26

For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
Isaiah 28:26, King James Version

Isaiah 28:26 in other translations

BSBFor his God instructs and teaches him properly.
WEBFor his God instructs him in right judgment and teaches him.
ASVFor his God doth instruct him aright, and doth teach him.
YLTAnd instruct him for judgment doth his God, He doth direct him.
DARBYHis God doth instruct him in his judgment, he doth teach him.
BBEFor his God is his teacher, giving him the knowledge of these things.
WebsterFor his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.

What does Isaiah 28:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
26. to discretion--in the due rules of husbandry; God first taught it to man (Ge 3:23).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 For his God doth instruct him - All nations have agreed in attributing agriculture, the most useful and the most necessary of all sciences, to the invention and to the suggestions of their deities. "The Most High hath ordained husbandry, "saith the son of Sirach, Ecclus. 7:15. Namque Ceres fertur fruges, Liberque liquoris Vitigeni laticem mortalibus instituisse. Lucretius, 5:14. "Ceres has taught mortals how to produce fruits; and Bacchus has taught them how to cultivate the vine." Ὁ δ' ηπιος ανθρωποισι Δεξια σημαινει, λαους δ' επι εργον εγειρει Μιμνησκων βιοτοιο· λεγει δ' ὁτε βωλος αριστη Βουσι τε και μακελῃσι· λεγει δ' ὁτε δεξιαι ὡραι Και φυτα γυρωσαι, και σπερματα παντα βαλεσθαι. Aratus, Phantom. v. "He, Jupiter, to the human race Indulgent, prompts to necessary toil Man provident of life; with kindly signs The seasons marks, when best to turn the glebe With spade and plough, to nurse the tender plant, And cast o'er fostering earth the seeds abroad."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 28:23-29

The husbandman applies to his calling with pains and prudence, in all the works of it according to their nature. Thus the Lord, who has given men this wisdom, is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in his working. As the occasion requires, he threatens, corrects, spares, shows mercy, or executes vengeance. Afflictions are God's threshing instruments, to loosen us from the world, to part between us and our chaff, and…

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Isaiah 28:26 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.

וְיִסְּר֥וֹve.yi.se.Roand he instructs himH3256
לַמִּשְׁפָּ֖טla.mish.Patto <the> judgmentH4941
אֱלֹהָ֥יו'e.lo.HavGod hisH430
יוֹרֶֽנּוּ\׃yo.Re.nuhe teaches himH3384

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

Cross references for Isaiah 28:26

  • Exodus 36:2

    And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:

  • Exodus 31:3-6

    And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;

  • James 1:17

    Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

  • Job 35:11

    Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

  • Psalms 144:1

    A Psalm of David. Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

  • Job 39:17

    Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

  • Exodus 28:3

    And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

  • Daniel 1:17

    As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For his God, etc. or, And he bindeth it in such sort as hisGod doth teach him.
Ex 28:3; 31:3-6; 36:2; Job 35:11; 39:17; Ps 144:1; Da 1:17; Jas 1:17

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

Context

  • Isaiah 28:25

    When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?

  • Isaiah 28:26

    For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.

  • Isaiah 28:27

    For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

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Isaiah 28:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque su Dios le instruye, y le enseña á juicio;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Son Dieu le dirige dans son jugement; il l’instruit.
German
Elberfelder 1871		So unterwies ihn sein Gott zum richtigen Verfahren, er belehrte ihn.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et erudiet illum in judicio; Deus suus docebit illum.