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Isaiah 11

Isa. 11:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And shall make him of quick βunderstanding
ruwach (Hebrew #7306)
properly, to blow, i.e. breathe; only (literally) to smell or (by implication, perceive (figuratively, to anticipate, enjoy)
KJV usage: accept, smell, X touch, make of quick understanding.
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: a primitive root
in the fear
yir'ah (Hebrew #3374)
fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence
KJV usage: X dreadful, X exceedingly, fear(-fulness).
Pronounce: yir-aw'
Origin: feminine of 3373
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
: and he shall not judge
shaphat (Hebrew #8199)
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + avenge, X that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), X needs, plead, reason, rule.
Pronounce: shaw-fat'
Origin: a primitive root
after the sight
mar'eh (Hebrew #4758)
a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision
KJV usage: X apparently, appearance(-reth), X as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.
Pronounce: mar-eh'
Origin: from 7200
of his eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
, neither reprove
yakach (Hebrew #3198)
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
KJV usage: appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
Pronounce: yaw-kahh'
Origin: a primitive root
after the hearing
mishma` (Hebrew #4926)
a report
KJV usage: hearing.
Pronounce: mish-maw'
Origin: from 8085
of his ears
'ozen (Hebrew #241)
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
KJV usage: + advertise, audience, + displease, ear, hearing, + show.
Pronounce: o'-zen
Origin: from 238
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scent, or, smell.

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Ministry on This Verse

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shall make him.
Isa. 33:6• 6and he shall be the stability of thy times, the riches of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: the fear of Jehovah shall be your treasure. (Isa. 33:6)
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Prov. 2:5,9• 5then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God.
 9Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity: every good path. (Prov. 2:5,9)
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Luke 2:52• 52And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men. (Luke 2:52)
understanding.
Heb. scent.
or, smell.
Job 12:11• 11Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food? (Job 12:11)
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Job 34:3• 3For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food. (Job 34:3)
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Phil. 1:9‑10• 9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and all intelligence,
 10that ye may judge of and approve the things that are more excellent, in order that ye may be pure and without offence for Christ's day, (Phil. 1:9‑10)
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Heb. 5:14• 14but solid food belongs to full-grown men, who, on account of habit, have their senses exercised for distinguishing both good and evil. (Heb. 5:14)
and he shall not.
1 Sam. 16:7• 7But Jehovah said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth; for man looketh upon the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh upon the heart. (1 Sam. 16:7)
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2 Sam. 14:17• 17And thy bondmaid said, Let the word of my lord the king now be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad; and Jehovah thy God will be with thee. (2 Sam. 14:17)
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1 Kings 3:9,28• 9Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who is able to judge this thy numerous people?
 28And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice. (1 Kings 3:9,28)
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John 7:24• 24Judge not according to sight, but judge righteous judgment. (John 7:24)
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John 8:15‑16• 15Ye judge according to the flesh, I judge no one.
 16And if also I judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who has sent me. (John 8:15‑16)
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1 Cor. 2:13‑15• 13which also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, communicating spiritual things by spiritual means.
 14But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him; and he cannot know them because they are spiritually discerned;
 15but the spiritual discerns all things, and *he* is discerned of no one. (1 Cor. 2:13‑15)
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1 Cor. 4:3‑5• 3But for me it is the very smallest matter that I be examined of you or of man's day. Nor do I even examine myself.
 4For I am conscious of nothing in myself; but I am not justified by this: but he that examines me is the Lord.
 5So that do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have his praise from God. (1 Cor. 4:3‑5)
• {v.3-5} Moreover He will not be dependent, as are human judges, on external things; on what He sees or hears; since He will possess that “quick understanding”, which will give Him that intuitive knowledge, which springs from His Divine nature, so that His actions, whether in favor of the poor and meek or against the wicked, will be marked by absolute righteousness. At last an age of righteousness will have dawned. (“Isaiah 11” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And his delighte will be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprovef after the hearing of his ears;

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "his scent."
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Or "set right," or "maintain the right for." see ch. 2.4, and Prov. 9.8.