Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He put on righteousness as his breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on his head; he put on the garments of vengeance and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak. New Living Translation He put on righteousness as his body armor and placed the helmet of salvation on his head. He clothed himself with a robe of vengeance and wrapped himself in a cloak of divine passion. English Standard Version He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in zeal as a cloak. Berean Standard Bible He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal. King James Bible For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke. New King James Version For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, And was clad with zeal as a cloak. New American Standard Bible He put on righteousness like a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing And wrapped Himself with zeal as a cloak. NASB 1995 He put on righteousness like a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing And wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle. NASB 1977 And He put on righteousness like a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, And wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle. Legacy Standard Bible He put on righteousness like a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing And wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle. Amplified Bible For He [the LORD] put on righteousness like a coat of armor, And salvation like a helmet on His head; He put on garments of vengeance for clothing And covered Himself with zeal [and great love for His people] as a cloak. Christian Standard Bible He put on righteousness as body armor, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and he wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak. Holman Christian Standard Bible He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and He wrapped Himself in zeal as in a cloak. American Standard Version And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle. Aramaic Bible in Plain English He wore righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head, and wore the garment of vengeance Brenton Septuagint Translation And he put on righteousness as a breast-plate, and placed the helmet of salvation on his head; and he clothed himself with the garment of vengeance, and with his cloak, Contemporary English Version Justice was the LORD's armor; saving power was his helmet; anger and revenge were his clothes. Douay-Rheims Bible He put on justice as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head: he put on the garments of vengeance, and was clad with zeal as with a cloak. English Revised Version And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke. GOD'S WORD® Translation He puts on righteousness like a coat of armor and a helmet of salvation on his head. He wears clothes of vengeance. He wraps himself with fury as a coat. Good News Translation He will wear justice like a coat of armor and saving power like a helmet. He will clothe himself with the strong desire to set things right and to punish and avenge the wrongs that people suffer. International Standard Version He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in fury like a cloak. JPS Tanakh 1917 And He put on righteousness as a coat of mail, And a helmet of salvation upon His head, And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, And was clad with zeal as a cloak. Literal Standard Version And He puts on righteousness as a breastplate, | And a helmet of salvation on His head, | And He puts on garments of vengeance [for] clothing, | And is covered, as [with] an upper-robe, [with] zeal. Majority Standard Bible He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal. New American Bible He put on justice as his breastplate, victory as a helmet on his head; He clothed himself with garments of vengeance, wrapped himself in a mantle of zeal. NET Bible He wears his desire for justice like body armor, and his desire to deliver is like a helmet on his head. He puts on the garments of vengeance and wears zeal like a robe. New Revised Standard Version He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in fury as in a mantle. New Heart English Bible He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle. Webster's Bible Translation For he put on righteousness as a breast-plate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke. World English Bible He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head. He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle. Young's Literal Translation And He putteth on righteousness as a breastplate, And an helmet of salvation on His head, And He putteth on garments of vengeance for clothing, And is covered, as with an upper-robe, with zeal. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Sin Separates Us from God…16He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him. 17He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal. Cross References Ephesians 6:14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed, Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 1 Thessalonians 5:8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation. Job 29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban. Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this. Isaiah 26:11 O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them! Isaiah 37:32 For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this. Treasury of Scripture For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation on his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. he put on righteousness Isaiah 11:5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. Isaiah 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? Job 29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. the garments Deuteronomy 32:35-43 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste… Psalm 94:1 O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. 2 Thessalonians 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: with zeal Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. Isaiah 63:15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained? Psalm 69:9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. Jump to Previous Breastplate Breast-Plate Clad Cloak Cloke Clothing Coat Covered Fury Garments Head Head-Dress Helmet Mail Mantle Punishment Putteth Righteousness Robe Salvation Vengeance Wrapped Wrath ZealJump to Next Breastplate Breast-Plate Clad Cloak Cloke Clothing Coat Covered Fury Garments Head Head-Dress Helmet Mail Mantle Punishment Putteth Righteousness Robe Salvation Vengeance Wrapped Wrath ZealIsaiah 59 1. Calamities are not due to lack of saving power in God, but to their own sins16. Salvation is only of God 20. The covenant of the Redeemer (17) He put on righteousness . . .--The close parallelism with Isaiah 11 points, as far as it goes, to identity of authorship; and that with Ephesians 6:14-17 suggests a new significance for St. Paul's "whole armour of God." The garments of vengeance . . .--As parts of a warrior's dress the "garments" are the short tunic, or tabard, which hung over the breast-plate; the "cloke" the scarlet mantle (the chlamys of the Roman soldier), its colour probably making it a fit symbol of the zeal of Jehovah. Verse 17. - He put on righteousness as a breastplate. The Isaiah anthropomorphism is far less gross than the Homeric. The gods in Homer put on actual armour, and take sword and shield. Jehovah arms himself for the battle in a way that is manifestly metaphoric. He puts on a "Divine panoply" - righteousness as his breastplate, salvation as his helmet, vengeance for garments, and zeal, or jealousy, for a cloak. He takes no offensive weapons - "the out-breathing of his Spirit (ver. 19) is enough" (Kay).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He put onוַיִּלְבַּ֤שׁ (way·yil·baš) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3847: Wrap around, to put on a, garment, clothe righteousness צְדָקָה֙ (ṣə·ḏā·qāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively like a breastplate, כַּשִּׁרְיָ֔ן (kaš·šir·yān) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8302: Body armor and the helmet וְכ֥וֹבַע (wə·ḵō·w·ḇa‘) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3553: A helmet of salvation יְשׁוּעָ֖ה (yə·šū·‘āh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 3444: Something saved, deliverance, aid, victory, prosperity on His head; בְּרֹאשׁ֑וֹ (bə·rō·šōw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7218: The head He put on וַיִּלְבַּ֞שׁ (way·yil·baš) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3847: Wrap around, to put on a, garment, clothe garments בִּגְדֵ֤י (biḡ·ḏê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage of vengeance נָקָם֙ (nā·qām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5359: Vengeance and wrapped Himself וַיַּ֥עַט (way·ya·‘aṭ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5844: To wrap oneself, enwrap, envelop oneself in a cloak כַּמְעִ֖יל (kam·‘îl) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4598: A robe of zeal. קִנְאָֽה׃ (qin·’āh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7068: Ardor, zeal, jealousy Links Isaiah 59:17 NIVIsaiah 59:17 NLT Isaiah 59:17 ESV Isaiah 59:17 NASB Isaiah 59:17 KJV Isaiah 59:17 BibleApps.com Isaiah 59:17 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 59:17 Chinese Bible Isaiah 59:17 French Bible Isaiah 59:17 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 59:17 He put on righteousness as a breastplate (Isa Isi Is) |