Isaiah 61:5 Parallel Translations

Foreigners will come forward and become shepherds for your flocks, and children of foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

ASV:

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers.

BBE:

And men from strange countries will be your herdsmen, and those who are not Israelites will be your ploughmen and vine-keepers.

DBY:

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your ploughmen and your vinedressers.

ERV:

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and aliens shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

JPS:

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and aliens shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

WBS:

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers.

WEB:

Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

YLT:

And strangers have stood and fed your flock, Sons of a foreigner are your husbandmen, And your vine-dressers.

Isaiah 61:5 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 14:2 The peoples will take them along and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them as an inheritance in the land of the LORD as male servants and female servants; and they will take their captors captive and will rule over their oppressors.

Isaiah 60:10 "Foreigners will build up your walls, And their kings will minister to you; For in My wrath I struck you, And in My favor I have had compassion on you. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

61:5 And foreigners shall {i} stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien [shall be] your plowmen and your vinedressers.
(i) They will be ready to serve you in all your needs.

WES:

61:5 Strangers - Gentiles, such as are not of the natural race of the Jews, but Gentile converts. Or, such as shall have no more than an outward profession. Stand - Ready to be at thy service. Flocks - The churches with the word of God. Plow - men - Shall manage the whole work of God's spiritual husbandry.

MHC:

61:4-9 Promises are here made to the Jews returned out of captivity, which extend to all those who, through grace, are delivered out of spiritual thraldom. An unholy soul is like a city that is broken down, and has no walls, like a house in ruins; but by the power of Christ's gospel and grace, it is fitted to be a habitation of God, through the Spirit. When, by the grace of God, we attain to holy indifference as to the affairs of this world; when, though our hands are employed about them, our hearts are not entangled with them, but preserved entire for God and his service, then the sons of the alien are our ploughmen and vine-dressers. Those whom He sets at liberty, he sets to work. His service is perfect freedom; it is the greatest honour. All believers are made, to our God, kings and priests; and always ought to conduct themselves as such. Those who have the Lord for their portion, have reason to say, that they have worthy portion, and to rejoice in it. In the fulness of heaven's joys we shall receive more than double for all our services and sufferings. God desires truth, and therefore hates all injustice. Nor will it justify any man's robbery to say, it was for burnt-offerings; and that robbery is most hateful which is under this pretence. Let the children of godly parents be such, that all may see the fruits of a good education; an answer to the prayers for them, in the fruit of God's blessing.

CONC:

Alien Aliens Countries Farmers Fed Feed Fields Flock Flocks Foreigner Foreigners Herdsmen Husbandmen Israelites Pasture Ploughmen Plowmen Shepherd Sons Stand Stood Strange Strangers Vinedressers Vine-dressers Vine-keepers Vineyards

Alien Aliens Countries Farmers Fed Feed Fields Flock Flocks Foreigner Foreigners Herdsmen Israelites Pasture Ploughmen Plowmen Shepherd Stand Stood Strange Strangers Vinedressers Vine-Dressers Vineyards Work

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