Isaiah 63 · Verse 14

Isaiah 63:14

As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
Isaiah 63:14, King James Version

Isaiah 63:14 in other translations

BSBLike cattle going down to the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make for Yourself a glorious name.
WEBAs the livestock that go down into the valley, the LORD’s Spirit caused them to rest. So you led your people to make yourself a glorious name.
ASVAs the cattle that go down into the valley, the Spirit of Jehovah caused them to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
YLTAs a beast into a valley goeth down, The Spirit of Jehovah causeth him to rest, So hast Thou led Thy people, To make to Thyself a glorious name.
DARBYAs cattle go down into the valley, the Spirit of Jehovah gave them rest; so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
BBELike the cattle which go down into the valley, they went without falling, the spirit of the Lord guiding them: so you went before your people, to make yourself a great name.
WebsterAs a beast goeth down in the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.

What does Isaiah 63:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. As a beast ... rest--image from a herd led "down" from the hills to a fertile and well-watered "valley" (Psa 23:2); so God's Spirit "caused Israel to rest" in the promised land after their weary wanderings. to make ... name--(So Is 63:12; 2Sa 7:23).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 The Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest "The Spirit of Jehovah conducted them" - For תניחנו tenichennu, caused him to rest, the Septuagint have ὡδηγησεν αυτους, conducted them; they read תנחם tanchem. The Syriac, Chaldee, and Vulgate read תנחנו tanchennu, conducted him. Two MSS. have the word without the י yod in the middle.

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 63:14 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.

כַּבְּהֵמָה֙ka.be.he.Mahlike <the> livestockH929
בַּבִּקְעָ֣הba.bik.'Ah[which] in the valleyH1237
תֵרֵ֔דte.Redit goes downH3381
ר֥וּחַRu.ach[the] spirit ofH7307
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
תְּנִיחֶ֑נּוּte.ni.Che.nuit gave rest itH5117
כֵּ֚ןkensoH3651
נִהַ֣גְתָּni.Hag.tayou ledH5090
עַמְּךָ֔'a.me.Khapeople yourH5971
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.Sotto makeH6213
לְךָ֖le.Khafor <the> yourself
שֵׁ֥םshema name ofH8034
תִּפְאָֽרֶת\׃tif.'A.retsplendorH8597

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Cross references for Isaiah 63:14

  • Isaiah 63:12

    That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

  • Joshua 23:1

    And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.

  • Hebrews 4:8-11

    For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

  • Nehemiah 9:5

    Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

  • Ephesians 1:12

    That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

  • Joshua 22:4

    And now the Lord your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side Jordan.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:13

    Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.

  • Numbers 14:21

    But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.

  • Ephesians 1:6

    To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

  • Luke 2:14

    Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

  • 2 Samuel 7:23

    And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

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the Spirit.
Jos 22:4; 23:1; Heb 4:8-11
to make.
12; Nu 14:21; 2Sa 7:23; 1Ch 29:13; Ne 9:5; Lu 2:14; Eph 1:6,12

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Context

  • Isaiah 63:13

    That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?

  • Isaiah 63:14

    As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.

  • Isaiah 63:15

    Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

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Isaiah 63:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El espíritu de Jehová los pastoreó, como á una bestia que desciende al valle; así pastoreaste tu pueblo, para hacerte nombre glorioso.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Comme une bête descend dans la vallée, l’Esprit de l’ Éternel leur donna du repos. Ainsi tu as conduit ton peuple, pour te faire un nom magnifique.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Gleich dem Vieh, welches in das Tal hinabsteigt, brachte der Geist Jehovas sie zur Ruhe. Also hast du dein Volk geleitet, um dir einen herrlichen Namen zu machen." -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quasi animal in campo descendens, spiritus Domini ductor ejus fuit. Sic adduxisti populum tuum, ut faceres tibi nomen gloriæ.