Isaiah 49:8 
Context| NET © | This is what the Lord says: “At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you; in the day of deliverance I will help you; I will protect you 1 and make you a covenant mediator for people, 2 to rebuild 3 the land 4 and to reassign the desolate property. |
| NIV © | This is what the LORD says: "In the time of my favour I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances, |
| NASB © | Thus says the LORD, "In a favorable time I have answered You, And in a day of salvation I have helped You; And I will keep You and give You for a covenant of the people, To restore the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages; |
| NLT © | This is what the LORD says: "At just the right time, I will respond to you. On the day of salvation, I will help you. I will give you as a token and pledge to Israel. This will prove that I will reestablish the land of Israel and reassign it to its own people again. |
| MSG © | GOD also says: "When the time's ripe, I answer you. When victory's due, I help you. I form you and use you to reconnect the people with me, To put the land in order, to resettle families on the ruined properties. |
| BBE © | This is the word of the Lord: I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: and I will keep you safe, and will make you a glory for the people, putting the land in order, and giving them the heritages which now are waste; |
| NRSV © | Thus says the LORD: In a time of favor I have answered you, on a day of salvation I have helped you; I have kept you and given you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages; |
| NKJV © | Thus says the LORD: "In an acceptable time I have heard You, And in the day of salvation I have helped You; I will preserve You and give You As a covenant to the people, To restore the earth, To cause them to inherit the desolate heritages; |
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| NASB © | Thus <03541> says <0559> the LORD <03068> , "In a favorable <07522> time <06256> I have answered <06030> You, And in a day <03117> of salvation <03444> I have helped <05826> You; And I will keep <05341> You and give <05414> You for a covenant <01285> of the people <05971> , To restore <06965> the land <0776> , to make them inherit <05157> the desolate <08074> heritages ;<05159> |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says: “At the time <06256> I decide to show my favor <07522> , I will respond <06030> to you; in the day <03117> of deliverance <03444> I will help <05826> you; I will protect <05341> you and make <05414> you a covenant <01285> mediator <06965> for people <05971> , to rebuild the land <0776> and to reassign <05159> <05157> the desolate <08074> property .<05159> |
| NET © | This is what the Lord says: “At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you; in the day of deliverance I will help you; I will protect you 1 and make you a covenant mediator for people, 2 to rebuild 3 the land 4 and to reassign the desolate property. |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn The translation assumes the verb is derived from the root נָצָר (natsar, “protect”). Some prefer to derive it from the root יָצָר (yatsar, “form”). 2 tn Heb “a covenant of people.” A person cannot literally be a covenant; בְּרִית (bÿrit) is probably metonymic here, indicating a covenant mediator. Here עָם (’am, “people”) appears to refer to Israel. See the note at 42:6. 3 tn The Hiphil of קוּם (qum, “arise”) is probably used here in the sense of “rebuild.” 4 tn The “land” probably stands by metonymy for the ruins within it. |
