Isaiah 33 · Verse 17

Isaiah 33:17

Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
Isaiah 33:17, King James Version

Isaiah 33:17 in other translations

BSBYour eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.
WEBYour eyes will see the king in his beauty. They will see a distant land.
ASVThine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold a land that reacheth afar.
YLTA king in his beauty, see do thine eyes, They see a land afar off.
DARBYThine eyes shall see the King in his beauty; they shall behold the land that is far off.
BBEYour eyes will see the king in his glory: they will be looking on a far-stretching land.
WebsterThy eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.

What does Isaiah 33:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. Thine--the saints'. king in ... beauty--not as now, Hezekiah in sackcloth, oppressed by the enemy, but King Messiah (Is 32:1) "in His beauty" (So 5:10, 16; Re 4:3). land ... very far off--rather, "the land in its remotest extent" (no longer pent up as Hezekiah was with the siege); see Margin. For Jerusalem is made the scene of the king's glory (Is 33:20, &c.), and it could not be said to be "very far off," unless the far-off land be heaven, the Jerusalem above, which is to follow the earthly reign of Messiah at literal Jerusalem (Is 65:17-19; Jr 3:17; Re 21:1, 2, 10).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 33:15-24

The true believer watches against all occasions of sin. The Divine power will keep him safe, and his faith in that power will keep him easy. He shall want nothing needful for him. Every blessing of salvation is freely bestowed on all that ask with humble, believing prayer; and the believer is safe in time and for ever. Those that walk uprightly shall not only have bread given, and their water sure, but they shall…

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Isaiah 33:17 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.

מֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekha kingH4428
בְּיָפְי֖וֹbe.ya.fe.Yoin beauty hisH3308
תֶּחֱזֶ֣ינָהte.che.Zei.nahthey will seeH2372
עֵינֶ֑יךָ'ei.Nei.khaeyes yourH5869
תִּרְאֶ֖ינָהtir.'Ei.nahthey will seeH7200
אֶ֥רֶץ'E.retza land ofH776
מַרְחַקִּֽים\׃mar.cha.KimdistancesH4801

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

Cross references for Isaiah 33:17

  • Zechariah 9:17

    For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

  • 1 John 3:2

    Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

  • John 14:21

    He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:18

    While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

  • John 17:24

    Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

  • John 1:14

    And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

  • Isaiah 6:5

    Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.

  • Psalms 31:8

    And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

  • Matthew 17:2

    And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

  • Song of Solomon 5:10

    My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

  • Isaiah 37:1

    And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

  • Isaiah 32:1-2

    Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
eyes.
32:1,2; 37:1; 2Ch 32:23; Ps 45:2; So 5:10; Zec 9:17; Mt 17:2
Joh 1:14; 14:21; 17:24; 1Jo 3:2
that is very far off. Heb. of far distances.
Ps 31:8; 2Co 4:18; Heb 11:13-15

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Context

  • Isaiah 33:16

    He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

  • Isaiah 33:17

    Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.

  • Isaiah 33:18

    Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?

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Isaiah 33:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tus ojos verán al Rey en su hermosura; verán la tierra que está lejos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tes yeux verront le roi dans sa beauté; ils contempleront le pays lointain.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Deine Augen werden den König schauen in seiner Schönheit, sehen werden sie ein weithin offenes Land.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Regem in decore suo videbunt oculi ejus, cernent terram de longe.