Isaiah 50 · Verse 7

Isaiah 50:7

For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
Isaiah 50:7, King James Version

Isaiah 50:7 in other translations

BSBBecause the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.
WEBFor the Lord GOD will help me. Therefore I have not been confounded. Therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I won’t be disappointed.
ASVFor the Lord Jehovah will help me; therefore have I not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
YLTAnd the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Therefore I have not been ashamed, Therefore I have set my face as a flint, And I know that I am not ashamed.
DARBYBut the Lord Jehovah will help me: therefore shall I not be confounded; therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
BBEFor the Lord God is my helper; I will not be put to shame: so I have made my face like a rock, and I am certain that he will give me my right.
WebsterFor the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

What does Isaiah 50:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. Sample of His not being "discouraged" (Is 42:4; 49:5). set ... face like ... flint--set Myself resolutely, not to be daunted from My work of love by shame or suffering (Eze 3:8, 9).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Therefore have I set my face like a flint - The Prophet Ezekiel, Eze 2:8, Eze 2:9, has expressed this with great force in his bold and vehement manner: "Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, And thy forehead strong against their foreheads: As an adamant, harder than a rock, have I made thy forehead; Fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, Though they be a rebellious house."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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…

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Isaiah 50:7 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.

וַאדֹנָ֤יva.do.Naiand [the] LordH136
יְהוִה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3069
יַֽעֲזָר\־ya.'a.zor-he helpsH5826
לִ֔יLi<to> me
עַל\־'al-there-H5921
כֵּ֖ןken-foreH3651
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
נִכְלָ֑מְתִּיnikh.La.me.tiI have been humiliatedH3637
עַל\־'al-there-H5921
כֵּ֞ןken-foreH3651
שַׂ֤מְתִּיSam.tiI have madeH7760
פָנַי֙fa.Naiface myH6440
כַּֽחַלָּמִ֔ישׁka.cha.la.Mishlike <the> flintH2496
וָאֵדַ֖עva.'e.Da'and I have perceivedH3045
כִּי\־ki-thatH3588
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
אֵבֽוֹשׁ\׃'e.Vo.oshI will be put to shameH954

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

Cross references for Isaiah 50:7

  • Hebrews 13:6

    So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

  • Ezekiel 3:8-9

    Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

  • John 16:33

    These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

  • Isaiah 42:1

    Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

  • Romans 1:16

    For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

  • Psalms 89:21-27

    With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. …

  • Luke 9:51

    And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,

  • 1 Peter 4:16

    Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

  • Isaiah 49:8

    Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

  • 1 Peter 4:1

    Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

  • Isaiah 50:9

    Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

  • Jeremiah 1:18

    For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the Lord.
9; 42:1; 49:8; Ps 89:21-27; 110:1; Joh 16:33; Heb 13:6
I set.
Jer 1:18; Eze 3:8,9; Mt 23:13-36; Lu 9:51; 11:39-54; Ro 1:16
1Pe 4:1,16

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Context

  • Isaiah 50:6

    I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

  • Isaiah 50:7

    For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

  • Isaiah 50:8

    He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

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Isaiah 50:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque el Señor Jehová me ayudará; por tanto no me avergoncé: por eso puse mi rostro como un pedernal, y sé que no seré avergonzado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais le Seigneur l’ Éternel m’aidera: c’est pourquoi je ne serai pas confondu; c’est pourquoi j’ai dressé ma face comme un caillou, et je sais que je ne serai pas confus.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Aber der Herr, Jehova, hilft mir; darum bin ich nicht zu Schanden geworden, darum machte ich mein Angesicht wie einen Kieselstein, und wußte, daß ich nicht würde beschämt werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dominus Deus auxiliator meus, ideo non sum confusus; ideo posui faciem meam ut petram durissimam, et scio quoniam non confundar.