21Jehovah had delight in him for his righteousness' sake: he hath magnified the law, and made it honourable.


In Context

18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

19 Who is blind, but my servant? and deaf, as my messenger whom I sent? Who is blind as he in whom I have trusted, and blind as Jehovah's servant,

20 seeing many things, And thou observest not? with opened ears, he heareth not.

21 Jehovah had delight in him for his righteousness' sake: he hath magnified the law, and made it honourable.

22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and hidden in prison-houses; they are become a prey, and none delivereth, a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

23 Who among you will give ear to this, who will hearken and hear what is to come?

Isaiah 42:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:21The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make [it] honourable.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

42:21It pleased the Lord for the sake of his righteousness to make his law great and glorious.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

42:21And the Lord was willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law, and exalt it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

42:21It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness'sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

42:21It pleased the LORD, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honourable.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:21The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:21It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

42:21Jehovah hath delight for the sake of His righteousness, He magnifieth law, and maketh honourable.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:21The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable.