Isaiah 58 · Verse 8

Isaiah 58:8

Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.
Isaiah 58:8, King James Version

Isaiah 58:8 in other translations

BSBThen your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
WEBThen your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and the LORD’s glory will be your rear guard.
ASVThen shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearward.
YLTThen broken up as the dawn is thy light, And thy health in haste springeth up, Gone before thee hath thy righteousness, The honour of Jehovah doth gather thee.
DARBYThen shall thy light break forth as the dawn, and thy health shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearguard.
BBEThen will light be shining on you like the morning, and your wounds will quickly be well: and your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will come after you.
WebsterThen shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rear-ward.

What does Isaiah 58:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. light--emblem of prosperity (Is 58:10; Job 11:17). health--literally, a long bandage, applied by surgeons to heal a wound (compare Is 1:6). Hence restoration from all past calamities. go before thee--Thy conformity to the divine covenant acts as a leader, conducting thee to peace and prosperity. glory ... reward--like the pillar of cloud and fire, the symbol of God's "glory," which went behind Israel, separating them from their Egyptian pursuers (Is 52:12; Ex 14:19, 20).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 And thine health shall spring forth speedily "And thy wounds shall speedily be healed over" - Et cicatrix vulneris tui cito obducetur "And the scar of thy wounds shall be speedily removed." Aquila's Version, as reported by Jerome, with which agrees that of the Chaldee. The glory "And the glory" - Sixteen MSS. (five ancient) of Dr. Kennicott's, and the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate add the conjunction ו vau, וכבוד vechabod.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 58:3-12

A fast is a day to afflict the soul; if it does not express true sorrow for sin, and does not promote the putting away of sin, it is not a fast. These professors had shown sorrow on stated or occasioned fasts. But they indulged pride, covetousness, and malignant passions. To be liberal and merciful is more acceptable to God than mere fasting, which, without them, is vain and hypocritical. Many who seem humble in…

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Isaiah 58:8 in the original Hebrew

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אָ֣ז'azthenH227
יִבָּקַ֤עyi.ba.Ka'it will break forthH1234
כַּשַּׁ֙חַר֙ka.Sha.charlike the dawnH7837
אוֹרֶ֔ךָ'o.Re.khalight yourH216
וַאֲרֻכָתְךָ֖va.'a.ru.kha.te.Khaand healing yourH724
מְהֵרָ֣הme.he.RahquicklyH4120
תִצְמָ֑חtitz.Machit will spring upH6779
וְהָלַ֤ךְve.ha.Lakhand it will goH1980
לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙le.fa.Nei.kha<to> before youH6440
צִדְקֶ֔ךָtzid.Ke.charighteousness yourH6664
כְּב֥וֹדke.Vod[the] glory ofH3519
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
יַאַסְפֶֽךָ\׃ya.'as.Fe.khait will be rearguard yourH622

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Cross references for Isaiah 58:8

  • Isaiah 52:12

    For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the Lord will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.

  • Jeremiah 33:6

    Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

  • Psalms 37:6

    And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

  • Jeremiah 30:17

    For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

  • Malachi 4:2

    But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

  • Psalms 85:13

    Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.

  • Isaiah 58:10-11

    And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

  • Acts 10:35

    But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

  • Psalms 97:11

    Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

  • Exodus 14:19

    And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:

  • Proverbs 4:18

    But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

  • Job 11:17

    And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thy light.
10,11; Job 11:17; Ps 37:6; 97:11; 112:4; Pr 4:18; Ho 6:3; Mal 4:2
and thine.
57:18; Jer 33:6; Ho 6:2; 14:4; Mt 13:15
and thy.
Ps 85:13; Ac 10:4,31,35
the glory.
52:12; Ex 14:19
be thy rereward. Heb. gather thee up.

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Context

  • Isaiah 58:7

    Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

  • Isaiah 58:8

    Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.

  • Isaiah 58:9

    Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

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Isaiah 58:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces nacerá tu luz como el alba, y tu salud se dejará ver presto; é irá tu justicia delante de ti, y la gloria de Jehová será tu retaguardia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Alors ta lumière jaillira comme l’aurore et ta santé germera promptement, et ta justice marchera devant toi, la gloire de l’ Éternel sera ton arrière-garde.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Dann wird dein Licht hervorbrechen wie die Morgenröte, und deine Heilung wird eilends sprossen; und deine Gerechtigkeit wird vor dir herziehen, die Herrlichkeit Jehovas wird deine Nachhut sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Tunc erumpet quasi mane lumen tuum; et sanitas tua citius orietur, et anteibit faciem tuam justitia tua, et gloria Domini colliget te.