King James Version
Isaiah 42:12 in the King James Version says “Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 42 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.”
Isaiah 42:12 · KJV
Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. all: Heb. the fulness thereof
Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.
The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. prevail: or, behave himself mightily
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. devour: Heb. swallow, or, sup up
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Let them give”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“unto the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“glory”
H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
“in the islands”
H339properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island
“and declare”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
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