Isaiah 42:21
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
יָטַב
yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
יָטַב
yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
צְדָקָה
tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
גָּדַל
gâdal
to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
כָּבַד
kâbad
to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same t...
Key Terms in This Verse
גָּדַל gâdal
to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
Study H1431 →כָּבַד kâbad
to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)
Study H3513 →יָטַב yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Study H3190 →יָטַב yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Study H3190 →צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
Study H6666 →Cross References
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, an...
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
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