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They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry. <a href="/esv/isaiah/55.htm">English Standard Version</a> “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, <a href="/bsb/isaiah/55.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, <a href="/kjv/isaiah/55.htm">King James Bible</a> For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/55.htm">New King James Version</a> “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater, <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/55.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth And making it produce and sprout, And providing seed to the sower and bread to the eater; <a href="/nasb/isaiah/55.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth And making it bear and sprout, And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater; <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/55.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth, And making it bear and sprout, And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater; <a href="/lsb/isaiah/55.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth And making it bear and sprout, And giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, <a href="/amp/isaiah/55.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “For as the rain and snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth, Making it bear and sprout, And providing seed to the sower and bread to the eater, <a href="/csb/isaiah/55.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return there without saturating the earth and making it germinate and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/55.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return there without saturating the earth and making it germinate and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, <a href="/asv/isaiah/55.htm">American Standard Version</a> For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater; <a href="/cev/isaiah/55.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> "Rain and snow fall from the sky. But they don't return without watering the earth that produces seeds to plant and grain to eat. <a href="/erv/isaiah/55.htm">English Revised Version</a> For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater; <a href="/gwt/isaiah/55.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Rain and snow come down from the sky. They do not go back again until they water the earth. They make it sprout and grow so that it produces seed for farmers and food for people to eat. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/55.htm">Good News Translation</a> "My word is like the snow and the rain that come down from the sky to water the earth. They make the crops grow and provide seed for planting and food to eat. <a href="/isv/isaiah/55.htm">International Standard Version</a> "For just as the rain and snow come down from heaven, and do not return there without watering the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, yielding seed for the sower and bread for eating, <a href="/msb/isaiah/55.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, <a href="/net/isaiah/55.htm">NET Bible</a> The rain and snow fall from the sky and do not return, but instead water the earth and make it produce and yield crops, and provide seed for the planter and food for those who must eat. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/55.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn't return there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater; <a href="/wbt/isaiah/55.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: <a href="/web/isaiah/55.htm">World English Bible</a> For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn’t return there, but waters the earth, and makes it grow and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater; <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/55.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> For as the shower comes down, "" And the snow from the heavens, "" And does not return there, "" But has watered the earth, "" And has caused it to yield, and to spring up, "" And has given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater, <a href="/ylt/isaiah/55.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> For, as come down doth the shower, And the snow from the heavens, And thither returneth not, But hath watered the earth, And hath caused it to yield, and to spring up, And hath given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater, <a href="/slt/isaiah/55.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For as the rain coming down and the snow from the heavens, and shall not turn back there, but watering the earth and causing it to bring forth and sprout, and giving seed to be sown, and bread to be eaten;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/55.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return no more thither, but soak the earth, and water it, and make it to spring, and give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/55.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And in the same manner as rain and snow descend from heaven, and no longer return there, but soak the earth, and water it, and cause it to bloom and to provide seed to the sower and bread to the hungry, <a href="/nabre/isaiah/55.htm">New American Bible</a> Yet just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down And do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, Giving seed to the one who sows and bread to the one who eats, <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/55.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there until they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/55.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and returns not thither, but waters the earth and makes it bring forth and sprout and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater; <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/55.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because as when rain descended and snow from the sky and it does not return there unless it overflows the land and gives birth to it and it makes it sprout and it gives seed to the sower and bread for food<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/55.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, Except it water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, And give seed to the sower and bread to the eater; <a href="/sep/isaiah/55.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For as rain shall come down, or snow, from heaven, and shall not return until it have saturated the earth, and it bring forth, and bud, and give seed to the sower, and bread for food: <a href="/parallel/isaiah/55-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=12369" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/55.htm">Invitation to the Needy</a> …9“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. 10<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">just as</a> <a href="/hebrew/1653.htm" title="1653: hag·ge·šem (Art:: N-ms) -- Rain, shower. From gasham; a shower.">rain</a> <a href="/hebrew/7950.htm" title="7950: wə·haš·še·leḡ (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- Snow. From shalag; snow.">and snow</a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: yê·rêḏ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To come or go down, descend. ">fall</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·ma·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">heaven</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: yā·šūḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">return</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: wə·šām·māh (Conj-w:: Adv:: 3fs) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">without</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/7301.htm" title="7301: hir·wāh (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To be saturated, drink one's fill. A primitive root; to slake the thirst.">watering</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the earth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: wə·hō·w·lî·ḏāh (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms:: 3fs) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">making it bud</a> <a href="/hebrew/6779.htm" title="6779: wə·hiṣ·mî·ḥāh (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms:: 3fs) -- To sprout, spring up. A primitive root; to sprout.">and sprout,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wə·nā·ṯan (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">and providing</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: ze·ra‘ (N-ms) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">seed</a> <a href="/hebrew/2232.htm" title="2232: laz·zō·rê·a‘ (Prep-l, Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To sow, scatter seed. A primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify.">to sow</a> <a href="/hebrew/3899.htm" title="3899: wə·le·ḥem (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Bread, food. From lacham; food, especially bread, or grain.">and food</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: lā·’ō·ḵêl (Prep-l, Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">to eat,</a> 11so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/5-45.htm">Matthew 5:45</a> that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. <a href="/psalms/65-9.htm">Psalm 65:9-10</a> You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth. / You soak its furrows and level its ridges; You soften it with showers and bless its growth. <a href="/2_corinthians/9-10.htm">2 Corinthians 9:10</a> Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness. <a href="/genesis/8-22.htm">Genesis 8:22</a> As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.” <a href="/job/38-26.htm">Job 38:26-28</a> to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives, / to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass? / Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew? <a href="/hosea/6-3.htm">Hosea 6:3</a> So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth. <a href="/james/5-7.htm">James 5:7-8</a> Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains. / You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near. <a href="/deuteronomy/32-2.htm">Deuteronomy 32:2</a> Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants. <a href="/acts/14-17.htm">Acts 14:17</a> Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.” <a href="/psalms/104-13.htm">Psalm 104:13-14</a> He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works. / He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: <a href="/jeremiah/5-24.htm">Jeremiah 5:24</a> They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’ <a href="/zechariah/10-1.htm">Zechariah 10:1</a> Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field. <a href="/hebrews/6-7.htm">Hebrews 6:7</a> For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God. <a href="/joel/2-23.htm">Joel 2:23</a> Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before. <a href="/psalms/147-8.htm">Psalm 147:8</a> who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and returns not thither, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:as the rain<a href="/isaiah/5-6.htm">Isaiah 5:6</a> And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.<a href="/isaiah/30-23.htm">Isaiah 30:23</a> Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.<a href="/isaiah/61-11.htm">Isaiah 61:11</a> For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.give<a href="/2_corinthians/9-9.htm">2 Corinthians 9:9-11</a> (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/54-1.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-2.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-6.htm">Bud</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-9.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/judges/14-14.htm">Eater</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-5.htm">Except</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-26.htm">Fertile</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-2.htm">Flourish</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-2.htm">Food</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-16.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/psalms/144-13.htm">Furnishing</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-7.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-18.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-9.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-13.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-16.htm">Making</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/3-8.htm">Planter</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-8.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-7.htm">Returneth</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-3.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-2.htm">Shower</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-6.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Snow</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-10.htm">Sower</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-8.htm">Sprout</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-20.htm">Thither</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-1.htm">Water</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-25.htm">Watereth</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-19.htm">Watering</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-1.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/57-13.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-7.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-11.htm">Bud</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-20.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/nahum/3-12.htm">Eater</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Except</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Fertile</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-14.htm">Flourish</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm">Food</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-12.htm">Furnishing</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-1.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-15.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-1.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-4.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-15.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-4.htm">Making</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Planter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-3.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-7.htm">Returneth</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-3.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-11.htm">Shower</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-25.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-14.htm">Snow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-16.htm">Sower</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-11.htm">Sprout</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-7.htm">Thither</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-11.htm">Water</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/3-7.htm">Watereth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-15.htm">Watering</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-20.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 55</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/55-1.htm">The prophet, with the promises of Christ, calls to faith</a> 6. <a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm">And to repentance</a> 8. <a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">The happy success of those who believe</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the ancient Near East, rain was crucial for agriculture and survival, and its regularity was seen as a sign of God's favor. The mention of snow, though less common in Israel, highlights the completeness of God's provision, as snow would melt and contribute to the water supply. This imagery sets the stage for understanding God's word as life-giving and essential.and do not return without watering the earth The rain and snow fulfill their purpose by nourishing the earth, ensuring that it is productive. This reflects the certainty and effectiveness of God's word, which accomplishes what He intends. The agricultural metaphor would resonate with an agrarian society that depended on the cycles of nature for sustenance. This phrase underscores the reliability of God's promises and His active role in sustaining creation.making it bud and sprout The process of budding and sprouting signifies growth and new life, symbolizing spiritual renewal and transformation. This imagery is often used in Scripture to describe the flourishing of God's people (e.g., <a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3</a>, <a href="/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5-7</a>). It points to the transformative power of God's word, which brings about spiritual growth and fruitfulness in the lives of believers.and providing seed to sow and food to eat This phrase highlights the cycle of provision and sustenance. Seed represents potential and future growth, while food represents immediate nourishment. This dual provision reflects God's care for both present needs and future generations. It also alludes to the principle of sowing and reaping found throughout Scripture (e.g., <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-9</a>), emphasizing the importance of investing in spiritual growth and trusting in God's provision. The imagery of seed and food can also be seen as a type of Christ, who is both the seed (<a href="/galatians/3-16.htm">Galatians 3:16</a>) and the bread of life (<a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a>), fulfilling the deepest needs of humanity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah's ministry spanned the reigns of several kings of Judah. He is known for his prophecies concerning the coming of the Messiah and the salvation of the Lord. 2. <a href="/topical/h/heaven.htm">Heaven</a> In this context, heaven refers to the skies from which rain and snow fall, symbolizing the divine origin of God's word and blessings. 3. <a href="/topical/e/earth.htm">Earth</a> Represents the world and humanity, which receives God's word and blessings, leading to growth and fruitfulness. 4. <a href="/topical/r/rain_and_snow.htm">Rain and Snow</a> Natural elements used metaphorically to describe the effectiveness and purpose of God's word, which nourishes and brings life. 5. <a href="/topical/s/seed_and_food.htm">Seed and Food</a> Symbols of provision and sustenance, illustrating how God's word provides spiritual nourishment and growth.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_word.htm">The Certainty of God's Word</a> Just as rain and snow accomplish their purpose, God's word will not return void. Believers can trust in the promises and power of Scripture. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_nourishment.htm">Spiritual Nourishment</a> God's word is essential for spiritual growth and sustenance. Regular engagement with Scripture is necessary for a fruitful Christian life. <a href="/topical/d/divine_provision.htm">Divine Provision</a> God provides both physical and spiritual needs. Recognize and give thanks for His provision in all areas of life. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_believer.htm">The Role of the Believer</a> Like the earth receiving rain, believers are called to be receptive to God's word, allowing it to transform and produce fruit in their lives. <a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a> Just as seed is sown with the expectation of a harvest, believers are to act on God's word with faith, trusting in His promises and timing.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_55.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 55</a> <a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_55_10-11_align_with_unfulfilled_prophecies.htm">In Isaiah 55:10–11, how can we reconcile the promise that God’s word never fails with biblical prophecies or expectations that seem unfulfilled today? </a> <a href="/q/is_goliath_linked_to_the_nephilim.htm">How are God's thoughts higher than human thoughts?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'word_won't_return_void'_mean.htm">What does "Word will not return void" mean?</a> <a href="/q/are_black_people_under_a_curse.htm">What does 'Word will not return void' mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/55.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) For as the rain cometh down . . .--The verse includes well-nigh every element of the parables of agriculture. The "rain" and the "dew" are the gracious influences that prepare the heart; the "seed" is the Divine word, the "sower" is the Servant of the Lord, i.e., the Son of Man (<a href="/matthew/13-37.htm" title="He answered and said to them, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man;">Matthew 13:37</a>); the "bread" the fruits of holiness that in their turn sustain the life of others.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/55.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 10. - As the rain... and the snow. The rain and the snow are God's ministers (<a href="/psalms/148-8.htm">Psalm 148:8</a>), and go forth from him, just as his word does. They have an appointed work to do, and do not return to him, whose ministers they are, until they have done it. It is best to translate, with Delitzsch and Mr. Cheyne, "As the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, except it hath watered the earth," etc. The writer is, apparently, aware, as the writer of Ecclesiastes is, that the water which falls from heaven in the shape of rain does return thither again in the shape of vapour (see <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:7</a>). <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/55-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For כִּ֡י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction just as כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that rain הַגֶּ֨שֶׁם (hag·ge·šem) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1653.htm">Strong's 1653: </a> Rain, shower and snow וְהַשֶּׁ֜לֶג (wə·haš·še·leḡ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7950.htm">Strong's 7950: </a> Snow fall יֵרֵד֩ (yê·rêḏ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> To come or go down, descend from מִן־ (min-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of heaven הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> Heaven, sky and do not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no return יָשׁ֔וּב (yā·šūḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again without כִּ֚י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction watering הִרְוָ֣ה (hir·wāh) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7301.htm">Strong's 7301: </a> To be saturated, drink one's fill the earth, הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land making it bud וְהוֹלִידָ֖הּ (wə·hō·w·lî·ḏāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage and sprout, וְהִצְמִיחָ֑הּ (wə·hiṣ·mî·ḥāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6779.htm">Strong's 6779: </a> To sprout, spring up and providing וְנָ֤תַן (wə·nā·ṯan) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set seed זֶ֙רַע֙ (ze·ra‘) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity to sow לַזֹּרֵ֔עַ (laz·zō·rê·a‘) Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2232.htm">Strong's 2232: </a> To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify and food וְלֶ֖חֶם (wə·le·ḥem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3899.htm">Strong's 3899: </a> Food, bread, grain to eat, לָאֹכֵֽל׃ (lā·’ō·ḵêl) Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 55:10 For as the rain comes down (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/55-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 55:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 55:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 55:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 55:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>