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Isaiah 26

Isa. 26:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The way
'orach (Hebrew #734)
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
KJV usage: manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-)way.
Pronounce: o'-rakh
Origin: from 732
c of the just
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
is uprightness
meyshar (Hebrew #4339)
evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense; often adverbially)
KJV usage: agreement, aright, that are equal, equity, (things that are) right(-eously, things), sweetly, upright(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: may-shawr'
Origin: from 3474
d: thou, most upright
yashar (Hebrew #3477)
straight (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: yaw-shawr'
Origin: from 3474
, dost weigh
palac (Hebrew #6424)
properly, to roll flat, i.e. prepare (a road); also to revolve, i.e. weigh (mentally)
KJV usage: make, ponder, weigh.
Pronounce: paw-las'
Origin: a primitive root
the path
ma`gal (Hebrew #4570)
from the same as 5696; a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular)
KJV usage: going, path, trench, way((-side)).
Pronounce: mah-gawl'
Origin: or feminine mapgalah {mah-gaw-law'}
of the just
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
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Eph. 2:10• 10For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before prepared that we should walk in them. (Eph. 2:10)
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Psa. 37:23• 23The steps of a man are established by Jehovah, and he delighteth in his way: (Psa. 37:23)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Isa. 35:8• 8And a highway shall be there and a way, and it shall be called, The way of holiness: the unclean shall not pass through it; but it shall be for these. Those that go this way--even fools,--shall not err therein. (Isa. 35:8)
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1 Chron. 29:17• 17And I know, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart have I willingly offered all these things; and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, offer willingly to thee. (1 Chron. 29:17)
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Job 27:5‑6• 5Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.
 6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth me not one of my days. (Job 27:5‑6)
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Psa. 18:23‑26• 23And I was upright with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.
 24And Jehovah hath recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
 25With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; with the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;
 26With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary. (Psa. 18:23‑26)
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Prov. 20:7• 7The righteous walketh in his integrity: blessed are his children after him! (Prov. 20:7)
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2 Cor. 1:12• 12For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity before God, (not in fleshly wisdom but in God's grace,) we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly towards you. (2 Cor. 1:12)
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Eph. 2:10• 10For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before prepared that we should walk in them. (Eph. 2:10)
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1 John 3:7,10• 7Children, let no man lead you astray; he that practises righteousness is righteous, even as *he* is righteous.
 10In this are manifest the children of God and the children of the devil. Whoever does not practise righteousness is not of God, and he who does not love his brother. (1 John 3:7,10)
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1 Sam. 2:2‑4• 2There is none holy as Jehovah, for there is none beside thee, neither is there any rock like our God.
 3Do not multiply your words of pride, let not vain-glory come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a *God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
 4The bow of the mighty is broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. (1 Sam. 2:2‑4)
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Job 31:6• 6(Let me be weighed in an even balance, and +God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;) (Job 31:6)
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Job 31•  (Job 31)
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Psa. 1:6• 6For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish. (Psa. 1:6)
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Psa. 11:4,7• 4Jehovah is in the temple of his holiness; Jehovah,--his throne is in the heavens: his eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men.
 7For righteous is Jehovah; he loveth righteousness, his countenance doth behold the upright. (Psa. 11:4,7)
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Zeph. 3:5• 5The righteous Jehovah is in the midst of her: he doeth no wrong. Every morning doth he bring his judgment to light; it faileth not: but the unrighteous knoweth no shame. (Zeph. 3:5)
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1 Cor. 4:5• 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. 4:5)
• God is presented as the most “Upright” One in verse 7. He weighs the path of the just, which has a character in keeping with Himself. (“Isaiah 26” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The way of the just is uprightness: thou, the Upright, dost make the path of the just evene.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "dost weigh the path (see Prov. 2.9) of the just."