Where is it in the Bible?
Isaiah 26:3
3You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
In other translations
- ESV
- 3You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
- NLT
- 3You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
- CSB
- 3You will keep the mind that is dependent on you in perfect peace, for it is trusting in you.
- KJV
- 3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
The surrounding passage
Isaiah 26:1–5, King James Version
1In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
2Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
4Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
5For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
Context
From a song of praise that Isaiah says will one day be sung in the land of Judah (26:1). The song contrasts a strong city that God protects with the lofty city he brings down (26:1–6). Steady trust in God is tied to lasting peace.
About the book of Isaiah
Judgment, the Messiah, and the Suffering Servant.
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