Isaiah 50:5
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
American King James Version (AKJV)
The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
American Standard Version (ASV)
The Lord Jehovah hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And I have not put myself against him, or let my heart be turned back from him.
Webster's Revision
The Lord GOD opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
World English Bible
The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.
English Revised Version (ERV)
The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.
Definitions for Isaiah 50:5
Clarke's Isaiah 50:5 Bible Commentary
Neither turned away back "Neither did I withdraw myself backward" - Eleven MSS. and the oldest edition prefix the conjunction ו vau; and so also the Septuagint and Syriac.
Barnes's Isaiah 50:5 Bible Commentary
The Lord God hath opened mine ear - This is another expression denoting that he was attentive to the import of the divine commission (see Psalm 40:6).
And I was not rebellious - I willingly undertook the task of communicating the divine will to mankind. The statement here is in accordance with all that is said of the Messiah, that he was willing to come and do the will of God, and that whatever trials the work involved he was prepared to meet them (see Psalm 40:6-8; compare Hebrews 10:4-10).
