Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name is called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

In Context

5For every boot of him that is shod for the tumult, and the garment rolled in blood, shall be for burning, fuel for fire.

7Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.

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Cross References

Judges 13:18And the Angel of Jehovah said to him, How is it that thou askest after my name, seeing it is wonderful?

2 Samuel 7:16And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made firm for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

1 Kings 2:45and king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Jehovah for ever.

Nehemiah 9:32And now, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and loving-kindness, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the days of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

Psalms 45:3Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O mighty one, [in] thy majesty and thy splendour;

Psalms 45:7Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 9:2-8

Judgment and Mercy; The Promise of Gospel Grace; The Promise of Messiah; The Titles of Messiah. ( b. c. 740.) 1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light… Read the whole commentary →

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