Isaiah 63 · Verse 10

Isaiah 63:10

But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
Isaiah 63:10, King James Version

Isaiah 63:10 in other translations

BSBBut they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.
WEBBut they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. Therefore he turned and became their enemy, and he himself fought against them.
ASVBut they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them.
YLTAnd they have rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit, And He turneth to them for an enemy, He Himself hath fought against them.
DARBYBut they rebelled and grieved his holy Spirit: and he turned to be their enemy; himself, he fought against them.
BBEBut they went against him, causing grief to his holy spirit: so he was turned against them, and made war on them.
WebsterBut they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

What does Isaiah 63:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. vexed--grieved (Psa 78:40; 95:10; Ac 7:51; Ep 4:30; He 3:10, 17). he fought--rather, "He it was that fought," namely, the angel of His presence [Horsley], (La 2:5).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 And he fought against them - Twenty-six MSS. (ten ancient) and the first edition, with another, add the conjunction ו vau, והוא vehu, and he.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 63:7-14

The latter part of this chapter, and the whole of the next, seem to express the prayers of the Jews on their conversation. They acknowledge God's great mercies and favours to their nation. They confess their wickedness and hardness of heart; they entreat his forgiveness, and deplore the miserable condition under which they have so long suffered. The only-begotten Son of the Father became the Angel or Messenger of…

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Isaiah 63:10 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.

וְהֵ֛מָּהve.He.mahand theyH1992
מָר֥וּma.Ruthey rebelledH4784
וְעִצְּב֖וּve.'i.tze.Vuand they grievedH6087
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
ר֣וּחַRu.ach[the] spirit ofH7307
קָדְשׁ֑וֹka.de.Shoholiness hisH6944
וַיֵּהָפֵ֥ךְvai.ye.ha.Fekhand he changed himselfH2015
לָהֶ֛םla.Hemof them
לְאוֹיֵ֖בle.'o.Yevinto an enemyH341
ה֥וּאhu'heH1931
נִלְחַם\־nil.cham-he foughtH3898
בָּֽם\׃Bamagainst them

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Cross references for Isaiah 63:10

  • Acts 7:51

    Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

  • Ephesians 4:30

    And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

  • Psalms 78:56

    Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

  • Psalms 78:40

    How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

  • Jeremiah 21:5

    And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

  • Ezekiel 20:8

    But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

  • Nehemiah 9:16-17

    But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments, And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

  • Psalms 51:11

    Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

  • Exodus 16:8

    And Moses said, This shall be, when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the Lord heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord.

  • Psalms 95:9-11

    When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

  • Deuteronomy 9:7

    Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 20:21

    Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
they rebelled.
1:2; 65:2; Ex 15:24; 16:8; 32:8; Nu 14:9-11; 16:1-35; De 9:7,22-24
Ne 9:16,17,26,29; La 1:18,20; Eze 2:3,7; 20:8,13,21
vexed.
Ps 78:8,40,49,56; 95:9-11; Eze 6:9; Ac 7:51; Eph 4:30
he was.
Ex 23:21; Le 26:17-46; De 28:15-68; 32:19-25; Jer 21:5; 30:14
La 2:4,5; Mt 22:7

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Context

  • Isaiah 63:9

    In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

  • Isaiah 63:10

    But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

  • Isaiah 63:11

    Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?

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Isaiah 63:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas ellos fueron rebeldes, é hicieron enojar su espíritu santo; por lo cual se les volvió enemigo, y él mismo peleó contra ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
mais ils se rebellèrent et contristèrent l’Esprit de sa sainteté, et il se changea pour eux en ennemi; lui-même, il combattit contre eux.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sie aber sind widerspenstig gewesen und haben seinen heiligen Geist betrübt; da wandelte er sich ihnen in einen Feind: Er selbst stritt wider sie.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ipsi autem ad iracundiam provocaverunt, et afflixerunt spiritum Sancti ejus: et conversus est eis in inimicum, et ipse debellavit eos.