King James Version
Isaiah 57:2 in the King James Version says “He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. enter into: or, go in in ...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 57 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. enter into: or, go in in his: or, before him”
Isaiah 57:2 · KJV
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. merciful: Heb. men of kindness, or, godliness from: or, from that which is evil
He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. enter into: or, go in in his: or, before him
But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“into peace”
H7965safe, i.e., (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e., health, prosperity, peace
“they shall rest”
H5117to rest, i.e., settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, l
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“in their beds”
H4904a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
“each one walking”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“in his uprightness”
H5228straightforward, i.e., (figuratively), equitable, correct, or (abstractly), integrity
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