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Isaiah 42:21
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KJ21
The Lord is well pleased for His righteousness’ sake; He will magnify the law and make it honorable.
ASV
It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.
AMP
The Lord was pleased for His righteousness’ sake To make the law great and prove to be glorious.
AMPC
It was the Lord’s pleasure for His righteousness’ sake [in accordance with a steadfast and consistent purpose] to magnify instruction and revelation and glorify them.
BRG
The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
CSB
Because of his righteousness, the Lord was pleased to magnify his instruction and make it glorious.
CSBA
Because of his righteousness, the Lord was pleased to magnify his instruction and make it glorious.
CEB
The Lord desired for the sake of his righteousness to expand and glorify the Instruction.
CJB
Adonai was pleased, for his righteousness’ sake, to make the Torah great and glorious.
CEV
The Lord always does right, and so he wanted his Law to be greatly praised.
DARBY
Jehovah had delight [in him] for his righteousness' sake: he hath magnified the law, and made it honourable.
DRA
And the Lord was willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law, and exalt it.
ERV
The Lord wants them to do what is right. He wants them to honor his wonderful teachings.
EASY
The Lord always does what is right. So he has made his law great and important. He is happy when people respect his law.
EHV
Because of his own righteousness, the Lord was pleased to make his law great and glorious.
ESV
The Lord was pleased, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify his law and make it glorious.
ESVUK
The Lord was pleased, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify his law and make it glorious.
EXB
The Lord ·made his teachings wonderful [L magnified and made glorious his instruction/law/Torah], because ·he is good [or of his righteousness].
GNV
The Lord is willing for his righteousness sake, that he may magnify the Law and exalt it.
GW
The Lord is pleased because he does what is right. He praises the greatness of his teachings and makes them glorious.
GNT
The Lord is a God who is eager to save, so he exalted his laws and teachings, and he wanted his people to honor them.
HCSB
The Lord was pleased, because of His righteousness, to magnify His instruction and make it glorious.
ICB
The Lord made his teachings wonderful. He did this because he is good.
ISV
The Lord was pleased, for the sake of his vindication, that he should magnify his Law and make it glorious.
JUB
The LORD, jealous for his righteousness, will magnify the law and enlarge it.
KJV
The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
AKJV
The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
LSB
Yahweh was pleased for His righteousness’ sake That He make the law great and majestic.
LEB
Yahweh was willing for the sake of his righteousness; he showed his teaching to be great and proved it to be glorious.
TLB
The Lord has magnified his law and made it truly glorious. Through it he had planned to show the world that he is righteous.
MSG
Pay attention! Are you deaf? Open your eyes! Are you blind? You’re my servant, and you’re not looking! You’re my messenger, and you’re not listening! The very people I depended upon, servants of God, blind as a bat—willfully blind! You’ve seen a lot, but looked at nothing. You’ve heard everything, but listened to nothing. God intended, out of the goodness of his heart, to be lavish in his revelation. But this is a people battered and cowed, shut up in attics and closets, Victims licking their wounds, feeling ignored, abandoned. But is anyone out there listening? Is anyone paying attention to what’s coming? Who do you think turned Jacob over to the thugs, let loose the robbers on Israel? Wasn’t it God himself, this God against whom we’ve sinned— not doing what he commanded, not listening to what he said? Isn’t it God’s anger that’s behind all this, God’s punishing power? Their whole world collapsed but they still didn’t get it; their life is in ruins but they don’t take it to heart.
MEV
The Lord is well pleased for His righteousness’ sake to magnify the law and make it honorable.
NOG
Yahweh is pleased because he does what is right. He praises the greatness of his teachings and makes them glorious.
NABRE
It was the Lord’s will for the sake of his justice to make his teaching great and glorious.
NASB
The Lord was pleased for His righteousness’ sake To make the Law great and glorious.
NASB1995
The Lord was pleased for His righteousness’ sake To make the law great and glorious.
NCB
For the sake of his justice the Lord was pleased to make his law great and glorious.
NCV
The Lord made his teachings wonderful, because he is good.
NET
The Lord wanted to exhibit his justice by magnifying his law and displaying it.
NIRV
The Lord wanted his people to see how great and glorious his law is. He wanted to show them that he always does what is right.
NIV
It pleased the Lord for the sake of his righteousness to make his law great and glorious.
NIVUK
It pleased the Lord for the sake of his righteousness to make his law great and glorious.
NKJV
The Lord is well pleased for His righteousness’ sake; He will exalt the law and make it honorable.
NLV
Because He is right and good, the Lord was pleased to make the Law great and give it honor.
NLT
Because he is righteous, the Lord has exalted his glorious law.
NRSVA
The Lord was pleased, for the sake of his righteousness, to magnify his teaching and make it glorious.
NRSVACE
The Lord was pleased, for the sake of his righteousness, to magnify his teaching and make it glorious.
NRSVCE
The Lord was pleased, for the sake of his righteousness, to magnify his teaching and make it glorious.
NRSVUE
The Lord was pleased, for the sake of his righteousness, to magnify his teaching and make it glorious.
OJB
Hashem is well pleased lema’an (for the sake of) His tzedek; He will magnify the torah, and make it glorious.
RGT
The LORD is willing for His righteousness sake, so that He may magnify the Law and exalt it.
RSV
The Lord was pleased, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify his law and make it glorious.
RSVCE
The Lord was pleased, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify his law and make it glorious.
TLV
Adonai was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to make Torah great and glorious.
VOICE
On account of God’s goodness, His right ways and deeds, the Eternal was pleased to make the instruction grand and glorious.
WEB
It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law and make it honorable.
WYC
And the Lord would, that he should hallow it, and magnify the law, and enhance it. (And the Lord desired, that he would hallow the Law, and magnify it, and exalt it, or lift it up.)
YLT
Jehovah hath delight for the sake of His righteousness, He magnifieth law, and maketh honourable.
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