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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, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. (Eph. 2:10)
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Psa. 37:23• 23The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: 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 an 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 those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. (Isa. 35:8)
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1 Chron. 29:17• 17I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. (1 Chron. 29:17)
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Job 27:5‑6• 5God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
 6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. (Job 27:5‑6)
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Psa. 18:23‑26• 23I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
 24Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
 25With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright;
 26With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt show thyself froward. (Psa. 18:23‑26)
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Prov. 20:7• 7The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. (Prov. 20:7)
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2 Cor. 1:12• 12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward. (2 Cor. 1:12)
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Eph. 2:10• 10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. (Eph. 2:10)
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1 John 3:7,10• 7Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
 10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither 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 the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
 3Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
 4The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. (1 Sam. 2:2‑4)
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Job 31:6• 6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. (Job 31:6)
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Job 31•  (Job 31)
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Psa. 1:6• 6For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. (Psa. 1:6)
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Psa. 11:4,7• 4The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
 7For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. (Psa. 11:4,7)
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Zeph. 3:5• 5The just Lord 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• 5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of 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."