Isaiah 37 · Verse 35

Isaiah 37:35

For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
Isaiah 37:35, King James Version

Isaiah 37:35 in other translations

BSB‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
WEB‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’”
ASVFor I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
YLTAnd I have covered over this city, To save it, for Mine own sake, And for the sake of David My servant.'
DARBYAnd I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
BBEFor I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.
WebsterFor I will defend this city, to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

What does Isaiah 37:35 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
35. I will defend--Notwithstanding Hezekiah's measures of defense (2Ch 32:3-5), Jehovah was its true defender. mine own sake--since Jehovah's name was blasphemed by Sennacherib (Is 37:23). David's sake--on account of His promise to David (Psa 132:17, 18), and to Messiah, the heir of David's throne (Is 9:7; 11:1).

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

Isaiah 37:35 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.

וְגַנּוֹתִ֛יve.ga.no.Tiand I will defendH1598
עַל\־'al-<on>H5921
הָעִ֥ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
הַזֹּ֖אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063
לְהֽוֹשִׁיעָ֑הּle.ho.shi.'Ahto deliver itH3467
לְמַֽעֲנִ֔יle.ma.'a.Nifor own sake myH4616
וּלְמַ֖עַןu.le.Ma.'anand for [the] sake ofH4616
דָּוִ֥דda.VidDavidH1732
עַבְדִּֽי\׃\ \ס'av.Diservant myH5650

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

Cross references for Isaiah 37:35

  • 2 Kings 20:6

    And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

  • Isaiah 31:5

    As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

  • Isaiah 38:6

    And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.

  • Isaiah 43:25

    I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

  • Jeremiah 23:5-6

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

  • Jeremiah 33:15-16

    In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our righteousness.

  • Ephesians 1:14

    Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

  • Ezekiel 37:24-25

    And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.

  • Jeremiah 30:9

    But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

  • Isaiah 48:9-11

    For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.

  • 1 Kings 11:36

    And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

  • Deuteronomy 32:27

    Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will.
31:5; 38:6; 2Ki 20:6
for mine.
43:25; 48:9-11; De 32:27; Eze 20:9; 36:22; Eph 1:6,14
and for.
1Ki 11:12,13,36; 15:4; Jer 23:5,6; 30:9; 33:15,16; Eze 37:24,25

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Context

  • Isaiah 37:34

    By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord.

  • Isaiah 37:35

    For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

  • Isaiah 37:36

    Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

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Isaiah 37:35 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Pues yo ampararé á esta ciudad para salvarla por amor de mí, y por amor de David mi siervo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je protégerai cette ville, afin de la sauver, à cause de moi, et à cause de David, mon serviteur.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich will diese Stadt beschirmen, um sie zu retten, um meinet- und um Davids, meines Knechtes, willen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et protegam civitatem istam, ut salvem eam propter me, et propter David, servum meum.