The Lord [even] God gives me the tongue of instruction, to know when it is fit to speak a word: he has appointed for me early, he has given me an ear to hear:
GNV
Isaiah 50:4
The Lord God hath giuen me a tongue of the learned, that I shoulde knowe to minister a woord in time to him that is weary: he will raise me vp in the morning: in the morning hee will waken mine eare to heare, as the learned.
Parallel Translations
The Lord [even] God gives me the tongue of instruction, to know when it is fit to speak a word: he has appointed for me early, he has given me an ear to hear:
The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
Cross References
Luke 21:15Jeremiah 1:9John 7:15–17Proverbs 25:11Exodus 4:11–12Proverbs 15:23Psalms 143:8Psalms 119:147Psalms 5:3Isaiah 57:15–19Matthew 22:46John 7:46Matthew 13:54Luke 4:22Matthew 11:28
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