Isaiah 37 · Verse 31

Isaiah 37:31

And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
Isaiah 37:31, King James Version

Isaiah 37:31 in other translations

BSBAnd the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
WEBThe remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
ASVAnd the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
YLTAnd it hath continued--the escaped Of the house of Judah that hath been left--To take root beneath, And it hath made fruit upward.
DARBYAnd the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;
BBEAnd those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth, and give fruit.
WebsterAnd the remnant that hath escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

What does Isaiah 37:31 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
31. remnant--Judah remained after the ten tribes were carried away; also those of Judah who should survive Sennacherib's invasion are meant.

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Isaiah 37:31 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.

וְיָ֨סְפָ֜הve.Ya.se.Fahand it will addH3254
פְּלֵיטַ֧תpe.lei.Tat[the] escaped remnant ofH6413
בֵּית\־beit-[the] house ofH1004
יְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
הַנִּשְׁאָרָ֖הha.nish.'a.Rahwhich remainsH7604
שֹׁ֣רֶשׁSho.resha rootH8328
לְמָ֑טָּהle.Ma.tah<to> downwardsH4295
וְעָשָׂ֥הve.'a.Sahand it will produceH6213
פְרִ֖יfe.RifruitH6529
לְמָֽעְלָה\׃le.Ma.'e.lah<to> upwards <towards>H4605

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Cross references for Isaiah 37:31

  • Isaiah 27:6

    He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

  • 2 Kings 19:30-31

    And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.

  • Psalms 80:9

    Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

  • Isaiah 1:9

    Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

  • Romans 11:5

    Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

  • Romans 9:27

    Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

  • Isaiah 10:20-22

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

  • Jeremiah 44:28

    Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.

  • Galatians 3:29

    And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

  • Isaiah 65:9

    And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

  • Jeremiah 30:19

    And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah. Heb. escapingof the house of Judah that remaineth.
1:9; 6:13; 10:20-22; Jer 44:28
take.
27:6; 65:9; 2Ki 19:30,31; Ps 80:9; Jer 30:19; Ro 9:27; 11:5; Ga 3:29

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Context

  • Isaiah 37:30

    And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

  • Isaiah 37:31

    And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

  • Isaiah 37:32

    For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.

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Isaiah 37:31 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y el residuo de la casa de Judá que hubiere escapado, tornará á echar raíz abajo, y hará fruto arriba.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ce qui est réchappé et demeuré de reste de la maison de Juda, poussera encore des racines en bas et produira du fruit en haut.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und das Entronnene vom Hause Juda, das übriggeblieben ist, wird wieder wurzeln nach unten und Frucht tragen nach oben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et mittet id quod salvatum fuerit de domo Juda, et quod reliquum est, radicem deorsum, et faciet fructum sursum: