Isaiah 56:1
ContextNET © | This is what the Lord says, “Promote 1 justice! Do what is right! For I am ready to deliver you; I am ready to vindicate you openly. 2 |
NIV © | This is what the LORD says: "Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is close at hand and my righteousness will soon be revealed. |
NASB © | Thus says the LORD, "Preserve justice and do righteousness, For My salvation is about to come And My righteousness to be revealed. |
NLT © | "Be just and fair to all," says the LORD. "Do what is right and good, for I am coming soon to rescue you. |
MSG © | GOD's Message: "Guard my common good: Do what's right and do it in the right way, For salvation is just around the corner, my setting-things-right is about to go into action. |
BBE © | The Lord says, Let your way of life be upright, and let your behaviour be rightly ordered: for my salvation is near, and my righteousness will quickly be seen. |
NRSV © | Thus says the LORD: Maintain justice, and do what is right, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed. |
NKJV © | Thus says the LORD: "Keep justice, and do righteousness, For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed. |
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NET © | This is what the Lord says, “Promote 1 justice! Do what is right! For I am ready to deliver you; I am ready to vindicate you openly. 2 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “guard”; KJV “Keep”; NAB “Observe”; NASB “Preserve”; NIV, NRSV “Maintain.” 2 tn Heb “for near is my deliverance to enter, and my vindication [or “righteousness”] to be revealed.” |