Isaiah Chapter 42 verse 2 Holy Bible
He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.
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He will make no cry, his voice will not be loud: his words will not come to men's ears in the streets.
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He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
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He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
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He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.
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He doth not cry, nor lift up, Nor cause his voice to be heard, in the street.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - He shall not cry, nor lift up. Supply, after "lift up," "his voice" from the next clause. His methods shall be quiet and gentle. He shall not seek to recommend his teaching by clamour or noisy demonstrations. There shall be a marked unobtrusiveness in all his doings (comp. Matthew 8:4; Matthew 9:30; Matthew 12:15; Matthew 14:13; John 5:13; John 6:15; John 7:3, 4; John 8:59; John 10:40, etc.).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) He shall not cry . . .--Isaiah's ideal of a teacher, but partly realised in himself, is that of one exempt from the violence of strong feelings, calm in the sereneness of authority, strong in his far-reaching and pitying sympathy. False prophets might rave as in orgiastic frenzy. We are reminded of Solon affecting the inspiration of a soothsayer in order to attract attention to his converts. Even true prophets might be stirred to vehement and incisive speech, but it should not be so with him. No point of resemblance between the archetype and the portrait seems to have impressed men so deeply as this (Matthew 7:29; Matthew 12:17-21). The "street" describes the open space of an Eastern city, in which, as in the Greek agora, men harangued the people, while "the gate of the city" was reserved for the more formal administration of justice. (Ruth 4:1; Proverbs 31:23.)