16But the Lord Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will show himself holy by his righteousness.


In Context

13 Therefore my people will go into exile for lack of understanding; their men of rank will die of hunger and their masses will be parched with thirst.

14 Therefore the grave enlarges its appetite and opens its mouth without limit; into it will descend their nobles and masses with all their brawlers and revelers.

15 So man will be brought low and mankind humbled, the eyes of the arrogant humbled.

16 But the Lord Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will show himself holy by his righteousness.

17 Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture; lambs will feed among the ruins of the rich.

18 Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes,

Isaiah 5:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:16But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:16And the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be sanctified in justice.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:16but Jehovah of hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16and Jehovah of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God hallowed in righteousness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:16but the LORD of hosts is exalted in judgment, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16but Yahweh of Armies is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16And Jehovah of Hosts is high in judgment, And the Holy God sanctified in righteousness,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:16But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.