Isaiah 65 · Verse 6

Isaiah 65:6

Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
Isaiah 65:6, King James Version

Isaiah 65:6 in other translations

BSBBehold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,
WEB“Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will repay, yes, I will repay into their bosom
ASVBehold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yea, I will recompense into their bosom,
YLTLo, it is written before Me: ‘I am not silent, but have recompensed; And I have recompensed into their bosom,
DARBYBehold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
BBESee, it is recorded before me, says the Lord: I will not keep back my hand, till I have sent punishment,
WebsterBehold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

What does Isaiah 65:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. written before me--"it is decreed by Me," namely, what follows (Job 13:26), [Maurer]; or, their guilt is recorded before Me (compare Da 7:10; Re 20:12; Mal 3:16). into ... bosom--(Psa 79:12; Jr 32:18; Lu 6:38). The Orientals used the loose fold of the garment falling on "the bosom" or lap, as a receptacle for carrying things. The sense thus is: I will repay their sin so abundantly that the hand will not be able to receive it; it will need the spacious fold on the bosom to contain it [Rosenmuller]. Rather it is, "I will repay it to the very person from whom it has emanated." Compare "God did render the evil of the men of Shechem upon their heads" (Jud 9:57; Psa 7:16) [Gesenius].

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Behold, it is written before me - Their sin is registered in heaven, calling aloud for the punishment due to it. I will - recompense into their bosom - The bosom is the place where the Asiatics have their pockets, and not in their skirts like the inhabitants of the west. Their loose flowing garments have scarcely any thing analogous to skirts. Into their bosom - For על al, ten MSS. and five editions have אל el. So again at the end of this verse, seventeen MSS. and four editions have אל al. - L.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 65:1-7

The calling of the Gentiles, and the rejection of the Jews. (Is. 65:1-7) The Lord would preserve a remnant. (Is. 65:8-10) Judgments upon the wicked. (Is. 65:11-16) The future happy and flourishing state of the church. (Is. 65:17-25) Verses 1-7 The Gentiles came to seek God, and find him, because they were first sought and found of him. Often he meets some thoughtless trifler or profligate opposer, and says to him…

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Isaiah 65:6 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.

הִנֵּ֥הhi.Nehhere!H2009
כְתוּבָ֖הkhe.tu.Vah[it is] writtenH3789
לְפָנָ֑יle.fa.Nai<to> before meH6440
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808
אֶחֱשֶׂה֙'e.che.SehI will be silentH2814
כִּ֣יkithatH3588
אִם\־'im-exceptH518
שִׁלַּ֔מְתִּיshi.Lam.tiI will repayH7999
וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֖יve.shi.lam.Tiand I will repayH7999
עַל\־'al-onH5921
חֵיקָֽם\׃chei.Kambosom theirH2436

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

Cross references for Isaiah 65:6

  • Psalms 50:3

    Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

  • Jeremiah 16:18

    And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.

  • Psalms 50:21

    These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

  • Psalms 79:12

    And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

  • Isaiah 64:12

    Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

  • Isaiah 42:14

    I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

  • Malachi 3:16

    Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.

  • Ezekiel 22:31

    Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God.

  • Joel 3:4

    Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;

  • Revelation 20:12

    And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

  • Psalms 56:8

    Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

  • Ezekiel 11:21

    But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
it is.
Ex 17:14; De 32:34; Ps 56:8; Mal 3:16; Re 20:12
I will.
42:14; 64:12; Ps 50:3,21
but.
Ps 79:12; Jer 16:18; Eze 11:21; 22:31; Joe 3:4

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Context

  • Isaiah 65:5

    Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.

  • Isaiah 65:6

    Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

  • Isaiah 65:7

    Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.

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Isaiah 65:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
He aquí que escrito está delante de mí; no callaré, antes retornaré, y daré el pago en su seno,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Voici, cela est écrit devant moi; je ne me tairai point, mais je rendrai, oui, je rendrai dans leur sein
German
Elberfelder 1871
Siehe, das ist vor mir aufgeschrieben. Ich werde nicht schweigen, ich habe denn vergolten; und in ihren Busen werde ich vergelten
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ecce scriptum est coram me: Non tacebo, sed reddam, et retribuam in sinum eorum.