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World English Bible

Isaiah 56 (WEBP)

[1] Yahweh says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is near and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
[2] Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
[3] Let no foreigner who has joined himself to Yahweh speak, saying, “Yahweh will surely separate me from his people.” Do not let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”
[4] For Yahweh says, “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, choose the things that please me, and hold fast to my covenant,
[5] I will give them in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.
[6] Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh to serve him, and to love Yahweh’s name, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant,
[7] I will bring these to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”
[8] The Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, “I will yet gather others to him, in addition to his own who are gathered.”
[9] All you animals of the field, come to devour, all you animals in the forest.
[10] His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark— dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
[11] Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who can’t understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
[12] “Come,” they say, “I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be as today, great beyond measure.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 56 (KJVS)

[1] Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
[2] Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
[3] Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
[4] For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
[5] even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
[6] Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
[7] even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
[8] The Lord God which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
[9] All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
[10] His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
[11] Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
[12] Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

Isaiah 56:1 Or, equity
Isaiah 56:10 Or, dreaming or talking in their sleep
Isaiah 56:11a Heb. strong of appetite
Isaiah 56:11b Heb. Know not to be satisfied

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 56 (BYZ)

[1] Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Φυλάσσεσθε () κρίσιν, () ποιήσατε () δικαιοσύνην· () ἤγγισεν () γὰρ () τὸ () σωτήριόν () μου () παραγίνεσθαι () καὶ () τὸ () ἔλεός () μου () ἀποκαλυφθῆναι. ()
[2] Μακάριος () ἀνὴρ () ὁ () ποιῶν () ταῦτα () καὶ () ἄνθρωπος () ὁ () ἀντεχόμενος () αὐτῶν () καὶ () φυλάσσων () τὰ () σάββατα () μὴ () βεβηλοῦν () καὶ () διατηρῶν () τὰς () χεῖρας () αὐτοῦ () μὴ () ποιεῖν () ἀδίκημα. ()
[3] Μὴ () λεγέτω () ὁ () ἀλλογενὴς () ὁ () προσκείμενος πρὸς () κύριον () Ἀφοριεῖ () με () ἄρα () κύριος () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () λαοῦ () αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () μὴ () λεγέτω () ὁ () εὐνοῦχος () ὅτι () Ἐγώ () εἰμι () ξύλον () ξηρόν. ()
[4] Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Τοῖς () εὐνούχοις, () ὅσοι () ἂν () φυλάξωνται () τὰ () σάββατά () μου () καὶ () ἐκλέξωνται () ἃ () ἐγὼ () θέλω () καὶ () ἀντέχωνται () τῆς () διαθήκης () μου, ()
[5] δώσω () αὐτοῖς () ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () μου () καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () τείχει () μου () τόπον () ὀνομαστὸν κρείττω () υἱῶν () καὶ () θυγατέρων, () ὄνομα () αἰώνιον () δώσω () αὐτοῖς () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐκλείψει. ()
[6] Καὶ () τοῖς () ἀλλογενέσι () τοῖς () προσκειμένοις κυρίῳ () δουλεύειν () αὐτῷ () καὶ () ἀγαπᾶν () τὸ () ὄνομα () κυρίου () τοῦ () εἶναι () αὐτῷ () εἰς () δούλους () καὶ () δούλας () καὶ () πάντας () τοὺς () φυλασσομένους () τὰ () σάββατά () μου () μὴ () βεβηλοῦν () καὶ () ἀντεχομένους () τῆς () διαθήκης () μου, ()
[7] εἰσάξω () αὐτοὺς () εἰς () τὸ () ὄρος () τὸ () ἅγιόν μου () καὶ () εὐφρανῶ () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () τῆς () προσευχῆς () μου· () τὰ () ὁλοκαυτώματα () αὐτῶν () καὶ () αἱ () θυσίαι () αὐτῶν () ἔσονται () δεκταὶ () ἐπὶ () τοῦ () θυσιαστηρίου () μου· () ὁ () γὰρ () οἶκός () μου () οἶκος () προσευχῆς () κληθήσεται () πᾶσιν () τοῖς () ἔθνεσιν, ()
[8] εἶπεν () κύριος () ὁ () συνάγων () τοὺς () διεσπαρμένους () Ισραηλ, () ὅτι () συνάξω () ἐπ’ () αὐτὸν () συναγωγήν. ()
[9] Πάντα () τὰ () θηρία () τὰ () ἄγρια, () δεῦτε () φάγετε, () πάντα () τὰ () θηρία () τοῦ () δρυμοῦ.
[10] Ἴδετε () ὅτι () πάντες () ἐκτετύφλωνται, οὐκ () ἔγνωσαν () φρονῆσαι, () πάντες () κύνες () ἐνεοί, () οὐ () δυνήσονται () ὑλακτεῖν, ἐνυπνιαζόμενοι () κοίτην, () φιλοῦντες () νυστάξαι. ()
[11] Καὶ () οἱ () κύνες () ἀναιδεῖς τῇ () ψυχῇ, () οὐκ () εἰδότες () πλησμονήν· () καί () εἰσιν () πονηροὶ () οὐκ () εἰδότες () σύνεσιν, () πάντες () ἐν () ταῖς () ὁδοῖς () αὐτῶν () ἐξηκολούθησαν, () ἕκαστος () κατὰ () τὸ () ἑαυτοῦ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.