Isaiah 4 · Verse 6

Isaiah 4:6

And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
Isaiah 4:6, King James Version

Isaiah 4:6 in other translations

BSBa shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.
WEBThere will be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.
ASVAnd there shall be a pavilion for a shade in the day-time from the heat, and for a refuge and for a covert from storm and from rain.
YLTAnd a covering may be, For a shadow by day from drought, And for a refuge, and for a hiding place, From inundation and from rain!
DARBYAnd there shall be a tabernacle for shade by day from the heat, and for a shelter and for a covert from storm and from rain.
BBEAnd a shade in the daytime from the heat, and a safe cover from storm and from rain.
WebsterAnd there shall be a tabernacle for a shade in the day time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.

What does Isaiah 4:6 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 A tabernacle - In countries subject to violent tempests, as well as to intolerable heat, a portable tent is a necessary part of a traveller's baggage, for defense and shelter. And to such tents the words of the text make evident allusion. They are to be met with in every part of Arabia and Egypt, and in various other places in the East.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 4:2-6

Not only the setting forth Christ's kingdom in the times of the apostles, but its enlargement by gathering the dispersed Jews into the church, is foretold. Christ is called the Branch of the Lord, being planted by his power, and flourishing to his praise. The gospel is the fruit of the Branch of the Lord; all the graces and comforts of the gospel spring from Christ. It is called the fruit of the earth, because it…

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Isaiah 4:6 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.

וְסֻכָּ֛הve.su.Kahand a shelterH5521
תִּהְיֶ֥הtih.Yehit will beH1961
לְצֵל\־le.tzel-for shadeH6738
יוֹמָ֖םyo.Mamby dayH3119
מֵחֹ֑רֶבme.Cho.revfrom [the] heatH2721
וּלְמַחְסֶה֙u.le.mach.Sehand for refugeH4268
וּלְמִסְתּ֔וֹרu.le.mis.Torand for shelterH4563
מִזֶּ֖רֶםmi.Ze.remfrom [the] stormH2230
וּמִמָּטָֽר\׃\ \פu.mi.ma.Tarand from [the] rainH4306

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

Cross references for Isaiah 4:6

  • Isaiah 25:4

    For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

  • Psalms 27:5

    For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

  • Isaiah 32:2

    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.

  • Proverbs 18:10

    The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

  • Isaiah 8:14

    And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

  • Hebrews 6:18

    That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

  • Hebrews 11:7

    By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

  • Psalms 121:5-6

    The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

  • Revelation 7:16

    They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

  • Psalms 91:1

    He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

  • Isaiah 32:18-19

    And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places; When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

  • Ezekiel 11:16

    Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
tabernacle.
8:14; 25:4; Ps 27:5; 91:1; 121:5,6; Pr 18:10; Eze 11:16; Heb 6:18
Re 7:16
for a covert.
32:2,18,19; Mt 7:24-27; Heb 11:7

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

Context

  • Isaiah 4:5

    And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.

  • Isaiah 4:6

    And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.

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Isaiah 4:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y habrá sombrajo para sombra contra el calor del día, para acogida y escondedero contra el turbión y contra el aguacero.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il y aura un tabernacle pour ombrage, de jour, contre la chaleur, et pour abri et pour refuge contre l’orage et contre la pluie.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und eine Hütte wird sein zum Schatten bei Tage vor der Hitze, und zur Zuflucht und zur Bergung vor Sturm und vor Regen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et tabernaculum erit in umbraculum, diei ab æstu, et in securitatem et absconsionem a turbine et a pluvia.