Isaiah 50 · Verse 4

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
Isaiah 50:4, King James Version

Isaiah 50:4 in other translations

BSBThe Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
WEBThe Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
ASVThe Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught.
YLTThe Lord Jehovah hath given to me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary by a word, He waketh morning by morning, He waketh for me an ear to hear as taught ones.
DARBYThe Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the instructed, that I should know how to succour by a word him that is weary. He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the instructed.
BBEThe Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are experienced, so that I may be able to give the word a special sense for the feeble: every morning my ear is open to his teaching, like those who are experienced:
WebsterThe Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth my ear to hear as the learned.

What does Isaiah 50:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. Messiah, as "the servant of Jehovah" (Is 42:1), declares that the office has been assigned to Him of encouraging the "weary" exiles of Israel by "words in season" suited to their case; and that, whatever suffering it is to cost Himself, He does not shrink from it (Is 50:5, 6), for that He knows His cause will triumph at last (Is 50:7, 8). learned--not in mere human learning, but in divinely taught modes of instruction and eloquence (Is 49:2; Ex 4:11; Mt 7:28, 29; 13:54). speak a word in season--(Pr 15:23; 25:11). Literally, "to succor by words," namely, in their season of need, the "weary" dispersed ones of Israel (De 28:65-67). Also, the spiritual "weary" (Is 42:3; Mt 11:28). wakeneth morning by morning, &c.--Compare "daily rising up early" (Jr 7:25; Mr 1:35). The image is drawn from a master wakening his pupils early for instruction. wakeneth ... ear--prepares me for receiving His divine instructions. as the learned--as one taught by Him. He "learned obedience," experimentally, "by the things which He suffered"; thus gaining that practical learning which adapted Him for "speaking a word in season" to suffering men (He 5:8).

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 50:4-9
As Jesus was God and man in one person, we find him sometimes speaking, or spoken of, as the Lord God; at other times, as man and the servant of Jehovah. He was to declare the truths which comfort the broken, contrite heart, those weary of sin, harassed with afflictions. And as the Holy Spirit was upon him, that he might speak as never man spake; so the same Divine influence daily wakened him to pray, to preach the gospel, and to receive and deliver the whole will of the Father. The Father justified the Son when he accepted the satisfaction he made for the sin of man. Christ speaks in the name of all believers. Who dares to be an enemy to those unto whom he is a Friend? or who will contend with those whom he is an Advocate? Thus St. Paul applies it, Rom. 8:33.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Isaiah 50:4 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.

אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהֹוִ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3069
נָ֤תַןNa.tanhe has givenH5414
לִי֙lito me
לְשׁ֣וֹןle.Shona tongue ofH3956
לִמּוּדִ֔יםli.mu.DimdisciplesH3928
לָדַ֛עַתla.Da.'atto knowH3045
לָע֥וּתla.'Utto helpH5790
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יָעֵ֖ףya.'Ef[the] wearyH3287
דָּבָ֑רda.Vara wordH1697
יָעִ֣יר\׀ya.'Irhe awakensH5782
בַּבֹּ֣קֶרba.Bo.kerin the morningH1242
בַּבֹּ֗קֶרba.Bo.kerin the morningH1242
יָעִ֥ירya.'Irhe awakensH5782
לִי֙liof me
אֹ֔זֶן'O.zenearH241
לִשְׁמֹ֖עַlish.Mo.a'to hearH8085
כַּלִּמּוּדִֽים\׃ka.li.mu.Dimlike <the> disciplesH3928

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

Cross references for Isaiah 50:4

  • Luke 21:15

    For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

  • Jeremiah 1:9

    Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

  • John 7:15-17

    And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

  • Exodus 4:11-12

    And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

  • Proverbs 25:11

    A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

  • Proverbs 15:23

    A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

  • Psalms 143:8

    Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

  • Psalms 119:147

    I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

  • Psalms 5:3

    My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

  • John 7:46

    The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.

  • Isaiah 57:15-19

    For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. …

  • Matthew 22:46

    And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
God.
Ex 4:11,12; Ps 45:2; Jer 1:9; Mt 22:46; Lu 4:22; 21:15; Joh 7:46
a word.
57:15-19; Pr 15:23; 25:11; Mt 11:28; 13:54
as the.
Joh 7:15-17

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Context

  • Isaiah 50:3

    I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

  • Isaiah 50:4

    The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

  • Isaiah 50:5

    The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.

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Isaiah 50:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El Señor Jehová me dió lengua de sabios, para saber hablar en sazón palabra al cansado; despertará de mañana, despertaráme de mañana oído, para que oiga como los sabios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Le Seigneur l’ Éternel m’a donné la langue des savants, pour que je sache soutenir par une parole celui qui est las. Il me réveille chaque matin, il réveille mon oreille pour que j’écoute comme ceux qu’on enseigne.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Der Herr, Jehova, hat mir eine Zunge der Belehrten gegeben, damit ich wisse, den Müden durch ein Wort aufzurichten. Er weckt jeden Morgen, er weckt mir das Ohr, damit ich höre gleich solchen, die belehrt werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dominus dedit mihi linguam eruditam, ut sciam sustentare eum qui lassus est verbo. Erigit mane, mane erigit mihi aurem, ut audiam quasi magistrum.