Isaiah 42:6

Translations

Modern

“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,

Traditional

I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

Literal

“I, YHWH, have called You in righteousness, and have taken hold of your hand, and watched over you and given you as a covenant to the people, as a light to the nations—

Latin

Ego Dominus vocavi te in justitia, et apprehendi manum tuam, et servavi te: et dedi te in fœdus populi, in lucem gentium,

Original

Hebrew

English

“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,

Notes

Isaiah 42:6

I will keep you … to be a covenant for the people: The people might refer to all the nations of the earth (see Isaiah 49:6).
a light to the nations: See also Isaiah 51:4; Acts 13:47.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah Darkness and Light Fearing People God’s Commitment to His People God’s Inscrutable Purposes in History God’s Servant Psalms of Suffering Salvation in Isaiah The Unknown God

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

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Acts 26:23
…that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

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