Isaiah 45:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Rain down, heavens, from above, and let the clouds pour out righteousness; let the earth open up and salvation spring forth, together with righteousness. I, the LORD, have created it.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Drop down, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Jehovah, have created it.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The heauens aboue shal droppe downe, and the cloudes shal rayne rightuousnes. The earth shal open itself, and brynge forth health, and therby shal rightuousnes florish. Euen I the LORDE shal bringe it to passe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Ye heauens, send the dewe from aboue, and let the cloudes droppe downe righteousnesse: let the earth open, and let saluation and iustice growe foorth: let it bring them foorth together: I the Lord haue created him.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Ye heauens from aboue drop downe, and let the cloudes rayne righteousnesse: the earth open it selfe, let saluation and righteousnesse growe foorth, let it bryng them foorth together: I the Lorde haue created him.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Distil, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Yahweh, have created it.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Drop, ye heavens, from above, And clouds do cause righteousness to flow, Earth openeth, and they are fruitful, Salvation and righteousness spring up together, I, Jehovah, have prepared it.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Jehovah, have created it.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Jehovah, have created it.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Let righteousness come down, O heavens, from on high, and let the sky send it down like rain: let the earth be open to give the fruit of salvation, causing righteousness to come up with it; I the Lord have made it come about.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Distil, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it. I, Yahweh, have created it.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    O sky, rain down from above! Let the clouds send down showers of deliverance! Let the earth absorb it so salvation may grow, and deliverance may sprout up along with it. I, the LORD, create it.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 61:11 : 11 For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up in the sight of all the nations.
  • Hos 10:12 : 12 Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and showers His righteousness on you.
  • Joel 3:18 : 18 In that day, the mountains will drip with sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, and all the streams of Judah will run with water. A fountain will flow out of the house of the LORD and water the Valley of Acacias.
  • Ps 72:6 : 6 He will come down like rain upon cut grass, like showers that water the earth.
  • Hos 14:5-8 : 5 I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them. 6 I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. 7 His branches will spread out; his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. 8 Those who live in his shade will return; they will flourish like grain, blossom like the vine, and their fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.
  • Joel 2:28-29 : 28 And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions. 29 Even on my male and female servants, I will pour out my Spirit in those days.
  • 1 Cor 3:6-9 : 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters are one, and each will receive their reward according to their own labor. 9 For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
  • Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we might walk in them.
  • Ps 72:3 : 3 The mountains will bring peace to the people, and the hills will bring it in righteousness.
  • Titus 3:3-6 : 3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit. 6 This Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
  • Acts 2:33 : 33 Exalted to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
  • Isa 65:17-18 : 17 Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. 18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy.
  • Isa 66:22 : 22 For just as the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before Me, declares the Lord, so will your descendants and your name endure.
  • Jer 31:22 : 22 How long will you wander, O unfaithful daughter? For the LORD has created something new in the land—a woman will surround a man.
  • Ezek 34:26 : 26 I will make them and the areas surrounding My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in their season—showers of blessing will come.
  • Ps 85:9-9 : 9 I will listen to what God the LORD says; he promises peace to his people, his faithful ones, but let them not return to folly. 10 Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, so that his glory may dwell in our land. 11 Steadfast love and truth meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other. 12 Truth springs up from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.
  • Isa 4:2 : 2 In that day, the branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and splendor of the survivors of Israel.
  • Isa 11:1 : 1 A shoot will come forth from the trunk of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit.
  • Isa 32:15 : 15 Until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high, and the wilderness will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will be considered as a forest.
  • Isa 44:3 : 3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants and my blessing on your offspring.
  • Isa 53:2 : 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no form or majesty to attract us to him, and no appearance that we should desire him.
  • Isa 60:21 : 21 Your people will all be righteous; they will inherit the land forever— the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, for my glory.
  • Isa 61:3 : 3 To provide for those who mourn in Zion—giving them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, a garment of praise instead of a spirit of faintness. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord to display His splendor.
  • Eph 4:24 : 24 and to put on the new self, which is created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

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