Isaiah 50:4 
Context| NET © | The sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, 1 so that I know how to help the weary. 2 He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do. 3 |
| NIV © | The Sovereign LORD has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. |
| NASB © | The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of disciples, That I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple. |
| NLT © | The Sovereign LORD has given me his words of wisdom, so that I know what to say to all these weary ones. Morning by morning he wakens me and opens my understanding to his will. |
| MSG © | The Master, GOD, has given me a well-taught tongue, So I know how to encourage tired people. He wakes me up in the morning, Wakes me up, opens my ears to listen as one ready to take orders. |
| BBE © | The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are experienced, so that I may be able to give the word a special sense for the feeble: every morning my ear is open to his teaching, like those who are experienced: |
| NRSV © | The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens—wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught. |
| NKJV © | "The Lord GOD has given Me The tongue of the learned, That I should know how to speak A word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear To hear as the learned. |
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| NASB © | The Lord <0136> GOD <03068> has given <05414> Me the tongue <03956> of disciples <03928> , That I may know <03045> how to sustain <05790> the weary <03287> one <03287> with a word <01697> . He awakens <05782> Me morning <01242> by morning <01242> , He awakens <05782> My ear <0241> to listen <08085> as a disciple .<03928> |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | The sovereign <0136> Lord <03069> has given <05414> me the capacity to be his spokesman <03928> <03956> , so that I know <03045> how to help <05790> the weary <03287> . He wakes <05782> me up <05782> every morning <01242> <01242> ; he makes <05782> me alert <05782> so I can listen attentively <08085> <0241> as disciples do.<03928> |
| NET © | The sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, 1 so that I know how to help the weary. 2 He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do. 3 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “has given to me a tongue of disciples.” sn Verses 4-11 contain the third of the so-called servant songs, which depict the career of the Lord’s special servant, envisioned as an ideal Israel (49:3) who rescues the exiles and fulfills God’s purposes for the world. Here the servant alludes to opposition (something hinted at in 49:4), but also expresses his determination to persevere with the Lord’s help. 2 tc Heb “to know [?] the weary with a word.” Comparing it with Arabic and Aramaic cognates yields the meaning of “help, sustain.” Nevertheless, the meaning of עוּת (’ut) is uncertain. The word occurs only here in the OT (see BDB 736 s.v.). Various scholars have suggested an emendation to עָנוֹת (’anot) from עָנָה (’anah, “answer”): “so that I know how to respond kindly to the weary.” Since the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa and the Vulgate support the MT reading, that reading is retained. 3 tn Heb “he arouses for me an ear, to hear like disciples.” |
