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Isaiah 30:26

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30:26The light of the full moon will be like the sun’s glare

and the sun’s glare will be seven times brighter,

like the light of seven days,58

when the Lord binds up his people’s fractured bones59

and heals their severe wound.60

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Footnotes

  1. 58 Light here symbolizes restoration of divine blessing and prosperity. The number “seven” is used symbolically to indicate intensity. The exact meaning of the phrase “the light of seven days” is uncertain; it probably means “seven times brighter” (see the parallel line).
  2. 59 Heb “the fracture of his people” (so ). The Lord is here compared to a physician setting a broken bone in a bandage or cast.
  3. 60 Heb “the injury of his wound.” The joining of synonyms emphasizes the severity of the wound. Another option is to translate, “the wound of his blow.” In this case the pronominal suffix might refer to the Lord, not the people, yielding the translation, “the wound which he inflicted.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Moreover, the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord binds up the brokenness of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The moon will shine like the sun, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the Lord binds up the bruises of his people and heals the wounds he inflicted.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The moonlight will be as bright as the sunlight, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the Lord bandages his people’s injuries and heals the wounds he inflicted.

NLTNew Living Translation

The moon will be as bright as the sun, and the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days in one! So it will be when the Lord begins to heal his people and cure the wounds he gave them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the light of the full moon will be like the light of the sun,

and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, like the light of seven days,

on the day when Yahweh binds up the breakage of his people,

and he heals the wound of his blow.

KJV 1900King James Version

Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun,

And the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,

As the light of seven days,

In the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people,

And healeth the stroke of their wound.