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20 He won’t break a bruised reed.
    He won’t quench a smoking flax,
until he leads justice to victory.

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20 A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering (dimly burning) wick He will not quench, till He brings [a]justice and a just cause to victory.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:20 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.

“For this is like the waters of Noah to me;
    for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah will no more go over the earth,
    so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.

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For this is like the days of Noah to Me; as I swore that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.

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