King James Version
Isaiah 26:12 in the King James Version says “LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. in us: or, for us” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 26 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. in us: or, for us”
Isaiah 26:12 · KJV
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them. at: or, toward thy people
LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. in us: or, for us
O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“thou wilt ordain”
H8239to locate, i.e., (generally) hang on or (figuratively) establish, reduce
“peace”
H7965safe, i.e., (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e., health, prosperity, peace
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all our works”
H4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
“for us for thou also hast wrought”
H6466to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
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