3He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.


In Context

1 |Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights— I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.

2 He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.

3 He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.

4 He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands will wait for his law.|

5 Thus says God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it.

Isaiah 42:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:3A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

42:3A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

42:3The bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

42:3A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:3A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment according to truth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

42:3A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment in truth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:3A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment to truth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

42:3A bruised reed he breaketh not, And dim flax he quencheth not, To truth he bringeth forth judgment.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:3A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment to truth.