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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 his workmanship we are, created in Christ Jesus for good works which God before prepared that we should walk in them. (Eph. 2:10)
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Psa. 37:23• 23By Jehovah the steps of a man are established,{HR}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 over it; but it [shall be] for these. They that go the 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• 5Abomination to me if I justify you!{HR}Till I expire I will not part from mine integrity:
 6I hold to my righteousness, and will not let it go:{HR}Of my days my heart reproacheth not. (Job 27:5‑6)
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Psa. 18:23‑26• 23And I am upright before him{HR}And keep myself from mine iniquity.
 24And Jehovah requiteth me according to my righteousness,{HR}According to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
 25With the merciful thou showest thyself merciful,{HR}With the upright man thou showest thyself upright.
 26With the pure thou showest thyself pure,{HR}And with the perverse thou showest thyself perverse. (Psa. 18:23‑26)
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Prov. 20:7• 7A righteous one walketh in his integrity:{HR}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 holiness f and sincerity before God, not in carnal wisdom but in God's grace, we conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly towards you. (2 Cor. 1:12)
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Eph. 2:10• 10For his workmanship we are, created in Christ Jesus for good works which God before prepared that we should walk in them. (Eph. 2:10)
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1 John 3:7,10• 7Dear children, let no one lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous even as he is righteous.
 10Herein are manifest the children of God and the children of the devil: every one that doeth not righteousness is not of God, and he that loveth not his brother. (1 John 3:7,10)
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1 Sam. 2:2‑4• 2There is none holy as Jehovah:{HR}For there is none beside thee:{HR}Neither is there any rock like our God.
 3Talk no more so exceeding proudly;{HR}Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth:{HR}For Jehovah is a God of knowledge,{HR}And by him actions are weighed.
 4The bows of the mighty men are broken,{HR}And they that stumbled are girded with strength. (1 Sam. 2:2‑4)
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Job 31:6• 6(Let him weigh me in a balance of justice,{HR}And let God [Eloah] know mine integrity,) (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;{HR}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;{HR}Jehovah, his throne is in the heavens;{HR}His eyes behold, his eyelids prove, the sons of men.
 7For righteous [is] Jehovah; he loveth righteousness;{HR}His face beholdeth the upright. (Psa. 11:4,7)
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Zeph. 3:5• 5The just Jehovah is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. (Zeph. 3:5)
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1 Cor. 4:5• 5So then judge nothing prematurely until the Lord shall have come, who shall both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of the 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."

W. Kelly Translation

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The way of the just [is] uprightness: thou, the Upright, dost make the path of the just even.