Isaiah 9:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

For vnto vs a childe is borne, and vnto vs a Sonne is giuen: and the gouernement is vpon his shoulder, and he shall call his name Wonderfull, Counseller, The mightie God, The euerlasting Father, The prince of peace,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

*לם‪[c]‬*רבה **לְמַרְבֵּ֨ה הַמִּשְׂרָ֜ה וּלְשָׁל֣וֹם אֵֽין־קֵ֗ץ עַל־כִּסֵּ֤א דָוִד֙ וְעַל־מַמְלַכְתּ֔וֹ לְהָכִ֤ין אֹתָהּ֙ וּֽלְסַעֲדָ֔הּ בְּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּבִצְדָקָ֑ה מֵעַתָּה֙ וְעַד־עוֹלָ֔ם קִנְאַ֛ת יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת תַּעֲשֶׂה־זֹּֽאת׃ ס

Transliteration

[Textual note: לם‪[c]‬רבה] For marbēh the miśrāh and for šālôm ʾên-qēṣ upon-kissēʾ dāwiḏ and upon-his mamlaḵtô to hāḵîn her and to saʿădāh in mišpāṭ and in ṣəḏāqāh from ʿattāh and until-ʿôlām qinʾat YHWH ṣəḇāʾôt taʿăśeh-this.

Grammar Details

• *marbēh*: noun, Hiphil, infinitive, absolute - increasing/abundance
• *miśrāh*: noun, feminine, singular, absolute - rule/dominion/government
• *šālôm*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - peace
• *ʾên*: particle of negation - there is no
• *qēṣ*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - end
• *kissēʾ*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - throne of
• *dāwiḏ*: proper noun - David
• *mamlaḵtô*: noun, feminine, singular with 3rd person, masculine, singular suffix - his kingdom
• *hāḵîn*: verb, Hiphil, infinitive, construct - to establish
• *saʿădāh*: verb, Qal, infinitive, construct with 3rd person, feminine, singular suffix - to uphold her
• *mišpāṭ*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - justice/judgment
• *ṣəḏāqāh*: noun, feminine, singular, absolute - righteousness
• *ʿattāh*: adverb - now
• *ʿôlām*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - forever/eternity
• *qinʾat*: noun, feminine, singular, construct - zeal of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
• *ṣəḇāʾôt*: noun, feminine, plural, absolute - hosts/armies
• *taʿăśeh*: verb, Qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular - will do/perform

Word Meanings

• *marbēh*: increase/abundance/greatness
• *miśrāh*: rule/dominion/government/authority
• *šālôm*: peace/completeness/welfare/safety
• *qēṣ*: end/boundary/limit
• *hāḵîn*: to establish/to set up/to prepare
• *saʿădāh*: to uphold/to support/to sustain
• *mišpāṭ*: justice/judgment/ordinance/decision
• *ṣəḏāqāh*: righteousness/justice/rightness
• *ʿôlām*: forever/eternity/perpetuity
• *qinʾat*: zeal/jealousy/ardor
• *ṣəḇāʾôt*: hosts/armies/military forces

Referenced Verses

• Luke 2:11 : 11 That is, that vnto you is borne this day in the citie of Dauid, a Sauiour, which is Christ the Lorde.
• Matt 28:18 : 18 And Iesus came, and spake vnto them, saying, All power is giuen vnto me, in heauen, and in earth.
• Isa 7:14 : 14 Therefore the Lorde himselfe will giue you a signe. Beholde, the virgine shall conceiue and beare a sonne, and she shal call his name Immanu-el.
• Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Behold, The dayes come, saith the Lord, that I will raise vnto Dauid a righteous branche, and a King shal reigne, and prosper, and shall execute iudgement, and iustice in the earth. 6 In his dayes Iudah shalbe saued, and Israel shall dwell safely, and this is the Name wherby they shall call him, The Lorde our righteousnesse.
• Rev 19:16 : 16 And he hath vpon his garment, and vpon his thigh a name written, The King of Kings, and Lord of Lordes.
• Heb 2:13-14 : 13 And againe, I will put my trust in him; againe, Beholde, here am I, and the children which God hath giuen me. 14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himselfe likewise tooke part with them, that hee might destroye through death, him that had the power of death, that is the deuil,
• Isa 28:29 : 29 This also commeth from the Lorde of hostes, which is wonderfull in counsell, and excellent in workes.
• Matt 1:23 : 23 Behold, a virgine shalbe with childe, and shall beare a sonne, & they shal call his name Emmanuel, which is by interpretation, God with vs.
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 But we know that that Sone of God is come, & hath giue vs a mind to know him, which is true: & we are in him that is true, that is, in that his Sone Iesus Christ: this same is that very God, and that eternal life.
• John 1:1-2 : 1 In the beginning was that Word, and that Word was with God, and that Word was God. 2 This same was in the beginning with God.
• 1 Cor 15:25 : 25 For he must reigne till hee hath put all his enemies vnder his feete.
• Isa 53:5 : 5 But hee was wounded for our transgressions, hee was broken for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was vpon him, and with his stripes we are healed.
• Ps 45:6 : 6 Thy throne, O God, is for euer and euer: the scepter of thy kingdome is a scepter of righteousnesse.
• Isa 10:21 : 21 The remnant shall returne, euen the remnant of Iaakob vnto the mightie God.
• Prov 8:23 : 23 I was set vp from euerlasting, from the beginning and before the earth.
• Judg 13:18 : 18 And the Angell of the Lorde saide vnto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, which is secret?
• Ps 72:7 : 7 In his dayes shall the righteous florish, and abundance of peace shalbe so long as the moone endureth.
• Acts 10:36 : 36 Ye know the worde which God hath sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Iesus Christ, which is Lord of all:
• Rom 8:32 : 32 Who spared not his owne Sonne, but gaue him for vs all to death, how shall he not with him giue vs all things also?
• Rom 9:5 : 5 Of whome are the fathers, and of whome concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is God ouer all, blessed for euer, Amen.
• 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But ye are of him in Christ Iesus, who of God is made vnto vs wisedome and righteousnesse, and sanctification, and redemption,
• 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without controuersie, great is the mysterie of godlinesse, which is, God is manifested in the flesh, iustified in the Spirit, seene of Angels, preached vnto the Gentiles, beleeued on in the world, and receiued vp in glorie.
• Titus 2:13 : 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and appearing of that glorie of that mightie God, and of our Sauiour Iesus Christ,
• Heb 1:8 : 8 But vnto the Sonne he saith, O God, thy throne is for euer and euer: the scepter of thy kingdome is a scepter of righteousnes.
• Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heede therefore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, whereof the holy Ghost hath made you Ouerseers, to feede the Church of God, which hee hath purchased with that his owne blood.
• Zech 9:9-9 : 9 Reioyce greatly, O daughter Zion: shoute for ioy, O daughter Ierusalem: beholde, thy King commeth vnto thee: he is iust and saued himselfe, poore and riding vpon an asse, and vpon a colt the foale of an asse. 10 And I wil cut off the charets from Ephraim, and the horse from Ierusalem: the bowe of the battel shalbe broken, & he shal speake peace vnto the heathen, & his dominion shalbe from sea vnto sea, & from the Riuer to the end of the land.
• John 14:27 : 27 Peace I leaue with you: my peace I giue vnto you: not as the worlde giueth, giue I vnto you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor feare.
• 2 Cor 5:19 : 19 For God was in Christ, and reconciled the world to himselfe, not imputing their sinnes vnto them, and hath committed to vs the word of reconciliation.
• Eph 1:21-22 : 21 Farre aboue al principalitie, and power, and might, and domination, and euery Name, that is named, not in this world only, but also in that that is to come, 22 And hath made all things subiect vnder his feete, and hath giuen him ouer all things to be the head to the Church,
• Eph 2:14-18 : 14 For he is our peace, which hath made of both one, and hath broken the stoppe of the partition wall, 15 In abrogating through his flesh the hatred, that is, the Lawe of commandements which standeth in ordinances, for to make of twaine one newe man in himselfe, so making peace, 16 And that he might reconcile both vnto God in one body by his crosse, and slay hatred thereby, 17 And came, and preached peace to you which were afarre off, & to them that were neere. 18 For through him we both haue an entrance vnto the Father by one Spirit.
• Col 1:20-21 : 20 And through peace made by that blood of that his crosse, to reconcile to himselfe through him, through him, I say, all thinges, both which are in earth, and which are in heauen. 21 And you which were in times past strangers and enemies, because your mindes were set in euill workes, hath he nowe also reconciled,
• John 1:14 : 14 And that Word was made flesh, and dwelt among vs, (and we sawe the glorie thereof, as the glorie of the onely begotten Sonne of the Father) full of grace and trueth.
• John 1:16 : 16 And of his fulnesse haue all we receiued, and grace for grace.
• Luke 1:35 : 35 And the Angel answered, & said vnto her, The holy Ghost shall come vpon thee, and the power of the most High shall ouershadowe thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall bee borne of thee, shall be called the Sonne of God.
• Ps 2:6-9 : 6 Euen I haue set my King vpon Zion mine holy mountaine. 7 I will declare the decree: that is, the Lord hath said vnto me, Thou art my Sonne: this day haue I begotten thee. 8 Aske of me, and I shall giue thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the endes of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt krush them with a scepter of yron, and breake them in pieces like a potters vessell. 10 Be wise nowe therefore, ye Kings: be learned ye Iudges of the earth. 11 Serue the Lorde in feare, and reioyce in trembling. 12 Kisse the sonne, least he be angry, and ye perish in the way, when his wrath shall suddenly burne. blessed are all that trust in him.
• Deut 10:17 : 17 For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lordes, a great God, mightie and terrible, which accepteth no persons nor taketh reward:
• Isa 11:1-2 : 1 Bvt there shall come a rodde foorth of the stocke of Ishai, and a grasse shall growe out of his rootes. 2 And the Spirite of the Lord shall rest vpon him: the Spirite of wisedome and vnderstanding, the Spirite of counsell and strength, the Spirite of knowledge, and of the feare of the Lord,
• Isa 11:6-9 : 6 The wolfe also shall dwell with the lambe, and the leopard shall lie with the kid, & the calfe, and the lyon, and the fat beast together, and a litle childe shall leade them. 7 And the kowe and the beare shall feede: their yong ones shall lie together: and the lyon shall eate strawe like the bullocke. 8 And the sucking childe shall play vpon the hole of the aspe, and the wained childe shall put his hand vpon the cockatrice hole. 9 Then shall none hurt nor destroy in all the mountaine of mine holines: for the earth shalbe full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters that couer the sea.
• Isa 22:21-22 : 21 And with thy garments will I clothe him, and with thy girdle will I strengthen him: thy power also will I commit into his hande, and hee shalbe a father of the inhabitats of Ierusalem, and of the house of Iudah. 22 And the key of the house of Dauid will I lay vpon his shoulder: so hee shall open, and no ma shal shut: & he shal shut, & no man shal open.
• Isa 53:10 : 10 Yet the Lord would breake him, and make him subiect to infirmities: when hee shall make his soule an offring for sinne, he shall see his seede and shall prolong his dayes, and the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
• Isa 63:16 : 16 Doutles thou art our Father: though Abraham be ignorant of vs, and Israel knowe vs not, yet thou, O Lord, art our Father, and our redeemer: thy Name is for euer.
• Matt 11:27 : 27 All things are giuen vnto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Sonne, but ye Father: neither knoweth any man ye Father, but the Sonne, and he to whom ye Sonne will reueile him.
• Isa 53:2 : 2 But hee shall growe vp before him as a branche, and as a roote out of a dry grounde: he hath neither forme nor beautie: when we shall see him, there shall be no forme that wee should desire him.
• Jer 31:22 : 22 How long wilt thou goe astray, O thou rebellious daughter? for the Lorde hath created a newe thing in the earth: A woman shall compasse a man.
• Dan 9:24-25 : 24 Seuentie weekes are determined vpon thy people and vpon thine holy citie, to finish the wickednes, and to seale vp the sinnes, and to reconcile the inquitie, and to bring in euerlasting righteousnesse, and to seale vp the vision and prophecie, and to anoynt the most Holy. 25 Knowe therefore and vnderstande, that from the going foorth of the commaundement to bring againe the people, and to builde Ierusalem, vnto Messiah the prince, shall be seuen weekes and threescore and two weekes, and the streete shalbe built againe, and the wall euen in a troublous time.
• Zech 6:12-13 : 12 And speake vnto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes, & sayth, Behold the man whose name is the Branch, and he shal growe vp out of his place, and he shal build the Temple of the Lord. 13 Euen hee shall build the Temple of the Lord, and he shall beare the glory, and shall sit and rule vpon his throne, and he shalbe a Priest vpon his throne, and the counsell of peace shall be betweene them both.
• Ps 45:3 : 3 Gird thy sword vpon thy thigh, O most mightie, to wit, thy worship and thy glory,
• Luke 2:14 : 14 Glory be to God in the high heauens, and peace in earth, and towards men good will.
• Luke 21:15 : 15 For I will giue you a mouth and wisdome, where against all your aduersaries shall not be able to speake, nor resist.
• John 3:16-17 : 16 For God so loued the worlde, that hee hath giuen his onely begotten Sonne, that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue euerlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Sonne into the world, that he should condemne the world, but that the world through him might be saued.
• Col 2:3 : 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisedome and knowledge.
• Rom 5:1-9 : 1 Then being iustified by faith, we haue peace toward God through our Lord Iesus Christ. 2 By who also through faith, we haue had this accesse into this grace, wherein we stand, and reioyce vnder ye hope of the glory of God. 3 Neither that onely, but also we reioyce in tribulations, knowing that tribulation bringeth forth patience, 4 And patience experience, and experience hope, 5 And hope maketh not ashamed, because the loue of God is shed abroade in our heartes by the holy Ghost, which is giuen vnto vs. 6 For Christ, when we were yet of no strength, at his time died for the vngodly. 7 Doutles one will scarce die for a righteous man: but yet for a good man it may be that one dare die. 8 But God setteth out his loue towards vs, seeing that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for vs. 9 Much more then, being now iustified by his blood, we shalbe saued from wrath through him. 10 For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Sonne, much more being reconciled, we shalbe saued by his life,
• Heb 7:2-3 : 2 To whom also Abraham gaue the tithe of all things: who first is by interpretation King of righteousnes: after that, he is also King of Salem, that is, King of peace, 3 Without father, without mother, without kinred, and hath neither beginning of his dayes, neither ende of life: but is likened vnto the Sonne of God, and continueth a Priest for euer.
• Heb 13:20 : 20 The God of peace that brought againe from the dead our Lord Iesus, the great shepheard of the sheepe, through the blood of the euerlasting Couenant,
• 1 John 4:10-14 : 10 Herein is that loue, not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his Sonne to be a reconciliation for our sinnes. 11 Beloued, if God so loued vs, we ought also to loue one another. 12 No man hath seene God at any time. If we loue one another, God dwelleth in vs, and his loue is perfect in vs. 13 Hereby know we, that we dwell in him, & he in vs: because he hath giuen vs of his Spirit. 14 And we haue seene, & doe testifie, that the Father sent that Sonne to be ye Sauiour of the world.
• Neh 9:32 : 32 Nowe therefore our God, thou great God, mightie and terrible, that keepest couenant and mercie, let not all the affliction that hath come vnto vs, seeme a litle before thee, that is, to our Kings, to our princes, and to our Priests, and to our Prophets, and to our fathers, and to all thy people since the time of the Kings of Asshur vnto this day.
• Ps 72:17 : 17 His name shall be for euer: his name shall indure as long as the sunne: all nations shall blesse him, and be blessed in him.
• Ps 85:10 : 10 Mercie and trueth shall meete: righteousnes and peace shall kisse one another.
• Ps 110:1-4 : 1 A Psalme of Dauid. The Lord said vnto my Lorde, Sit thou at my right hand, vntill I make thine enemies thy footestoole. 2 The Lorde shall send the rod of thy power out of Zion: be thou ruler in the middes of thine enemies. 3 Thy people shall come willingly at the time of assembling thine armie in holy beautie: the youth of thy wombe shalbe as the morning dewe. 4 The Lord sware & wil not repent, Thou art a Priest for euer after ye order of Melchi-zedek.
• Isa 26:3 : 3 By an assured purpose wilt thou preserue perfite peace, because they trusted in thee.
• Isa 26:12 : 12 Lord, vnto vs thou wilt ordeine peace: for thou also hast wrought all our workes for vs.
• Ps 50:1 : 1 A Psalme of Asaph. The God of Gods, euen the Lord hath spoken and called the earth from the rising vp of the sunne vnto the going downe thereof.
• Ps 72:3 : 3 The mountaines & the hilles shall bring peace to the people by iustice.
• Mic 5:4-5 : 4 And he shall stand, and feed in the strength of the Lord, and in the maiestie of the Name of the Lord his God, & they shal dwel still: for now shal he be magnified vnto the ends of the world. 5 And hee shall be our peace when Asshur shall come into our lande: when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seuen shepheardes, and eight principall men.
• Isa 66:12 : 12 For thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I will extend peace ouer her like a flood, and the glorie of the Gentiles like a flowing streame: then shall ye sucke, ye shall be borne vpon her sides, and be ioyfull vpon her knees.
• Isa 45:24-25 : 24 Surely he shall say, In the Lorde haue I righteousnesse and strength: he shall come vnto him, and all that prouoke him, shall be ashamed. 25 The whole seede of Israel shall be iustified, and glorie in the Lord.
• Isa 8:18 : 18 Beholde, I and the children whome the Lorde hath giuen me, are as signes and as wonders in Israel, by the Lord of hostes, which dwelleth in mount Zion.