Isaiah 58:10

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

And [if] thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness [be] as the noonday:

Complete Jewish Bible:

generously offer food to the hungry and meet the needs of the person in trouble; then your light will rise in the darkness, and your gloom become like noon.

Berean Standard Bible:

and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.

American Standard Version:

and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

And if thou draw out{H6329} thy soul{H5315} to the hungry{H7457}, and satisfy{H7646} the afflicted{H6031} soul{H5315}; then shall thy light{H216} rise{H2224} in obscurity{H2822}, and thy darkness{H653} be as the noonday{H6672}:

Cross-References (KJV):

Proverbs 11:24

  • ¶ There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty.

Proverbs 11:25

  • ¶ The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

Isaiah 58:7

  • [Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

Isaiah 58:8

  • ¶ Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.

Isaiah 42:16

  • And I will bring the blind by a way [that] they knew not; I will lead them in paths [that] they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

Job 11:17

  • And [thine] age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

Psalms 37:6

  • And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

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Commentary for Isaiah 58:10

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H6329
    There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: פּוּק
    Transliteration: pûwq
    Pronunciation: pook
    Description: a primitive root (identical with פּוּק through the idea of dropping out; compare נְפַק); to issue, i.e. furnish; causatively, to secure; figuratively, to succeed; afford, draw out, further, get, obtain.
  2. Strong's Number: H5315
    There are 683 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נֶפֶשׁ
    Transliteration: nephesh
    Pronunciation: neh'-fesh
    Description: from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
  3. Strong's Number: H7457
    There are 22 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רָעֵב
    Transliteration: râʻêb
    Pronunciation: raw-abe'
    Description: from רָעֵב; hungry (more or less intensely); hunger bitten, hungry.
  4. Strong's Number: H7646
    There are 92 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׂבַע
    Transliteration: sâbaʻ
    Pronunciation: saw-bah'
    Description: or שָׂבֵעַ; a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively); have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
  5. Strong's Number: H6031
    There are 80 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עָנָה
    Transliteration: ʻânâh
    Pronunciation: aw-naw'
    Description: a primitive root (possibly rather identical with עָנָה through the idea of looking down or browbeating); to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows); abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for עָנָה), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for עָנָה), speak (by mistake for עָנָה), submit self, weaken, [idiom] in any wise.
  6. Strong's Number: H216
    There are 191 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אוֹר
    Transliteration: ʼôwr
    Pronunciation: ore
    Description: from אוֹר; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.); bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
  7. Strong's Number: H2224
    There are 17 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: זָרַח
    Transliteration: zârach
    Pronunciation: zaw-rakh'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to irradiate (or shoot forth beams), i.e. to rise (as the sun); specifically, to appear (as a symptom of leprosy); arise, rise (up), as soon as it is up.
  8. Strong's Number: H2822
    There are 77 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חֹשֶׁךְ
    Transliteration: chôshek
    Pronunciation: kho-shek'
    Description: from חָשַׁךְ; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness; dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
  9. Strong's Number: H653
    There are 90 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֲפֵלָה
    Transliteration: ʼăphêlâh
    Pronunciation: af-ay-law'
    Description: feminine of אָפֵל; duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment; dark, darkness, gloominess, [idiom] thick.
  10. Strong's Number: H6672
    There are 24 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צֹהַר
    Transliteration: tsôhar
    Pronunciation: tso'-har
    Description: from צָהַר; a light (i.e. window); dual double light, i.e. noon; midday, noon(-day, -tide), window.