Verse 20
{ "verseID": "Psalms.106.20", "source": "וַיָּמִ֥ירוּ אֶת־כְּבוֹדָ֑ם בְּתַבְנִ֥ית שׁ֝֗וֹר אֹכֵ֥ל עֵֽשֶׂב׃", "text": "*wayyāmîrū* *'et*-*kəbōdām* in-*tabnît* *šōr* *'ōkēl* *'ēśeb*", "grammar": { "*wayyāmîrū*": "hiphil imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person plural - and they exchanged", "*kəbōdām*": "noun + 3rd person plural suffix, masculine, singular - their glory", "*tabnît*": "noun, feminine, singular construct - likeness of", "*šōr*": "noun, masculine, singular - ox/bull", "*'ōkēl*": "qal participle, masculine, singular - eating/consumer of", "*'ēśeb*": "noun, masculine, singular - grass/vegetation" }, "variants": { "*wayyāmîrū*": "and they exchanged/substituted/changed", "*kəbōdām*": "their glory/honor/majesty", "*tabnît*": "likeness/form/pattern/image", "*šōr*": "ox/bull/bovine", "*'ōkēl*": "eating/feeding/consuming", "*'ēśeb*": "grass/vegetation/herbs" } }
Other Translations
GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk
De byttet sin ære mot en avbildning av en okse som spiser gress.
Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst
Slik byttet de ut sin herlighet med bildet av en okse som eter gress.
Norsk King James
Dermed forvandlet de sin herlighet til en okse som beiter gress.
Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866
De byttet sin ære mot bildet av en okse som spiser gress.
Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål
De byttet ut deres herlighet mot formen av en okse som eter gress.
Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611
De byttet sin ære med et bilde av en okse som spiser gress.
o3-mini KJV Norsk
Slik byttet de sin herlighet ut med likheten til en okse som beiter på gress.
En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)
De byttet sin ære med et bilde av en okse som spiser gress.
Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst
De byttet ut sin ære mot et bilde av en okse som spiser gress.
Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
They exchanged their glory for the image of an ox that eats grass.
GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024
De byttet ut sin herlighet med bildet av en okse som spiser gress.
Original Norsk Bibel 1866
Og de omskiftede deres Ære til en Oxes Lignelse, som eder Urter.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
KJV 1769 norsk
Så byttet de sin herlighet mot likheten av en okse som spiser gress.
KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk
Thus they changed their glory into the likeness of an ox that eats grass.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
Norsk oversettelse av Webster
Så byttet de sin herlighet bort for et bilde av en okse som eter gress.
Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation
og byttet ut sin ære med bildet av en okse som eter gress.
Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901
De byttet ut sin herlighet mot bildet av en okse som spiser gress.
Norsk oversettelse av BBE
Og deres herlighet ble byttet mot et bilde av en okse, som spiser gress.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus they turned his glory into the similitude of a calfe, yt eateth haye.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Thus they turned their glory into the similitude of a bullocke, that eateth grasse.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Thus they turned their glory: into the similitude of a calfe that eateth hay.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Thus they exchanged their glory For an image of a bull that eats grass.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And change their Honour Into the form of an ox eating herbs.
American Standard Version (1901)
Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And their glory was changed into the image of an ox, whose food is grass.
World English Bible (2000)
Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
They traded their majestic God for the image of an ox that eats grass.
Referenced Verses
- Jer 2:11 : 11 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.2.11", "source": "הַהֵימִ֥יר גּוֹי֙ אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְהֵ֖מָּה לֹ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְעַמִּ֛י הֵמִ֥יר כְּבוֹד֖וֹ בְּל֥וֹא יוֹעִֽיל׃", "text": "*Ha-hêmîr* *gôy* *ʾĕlōhîm* *wə-hēmmāh* *lōʾ* *ʾĕlōhîm* *wə-ʿammî* *hēmîr* *kəbôdô* *bəlôʾ* *yôʿîl*", "grammar": { "*Ha-hêmîr*": "interrogative particle + hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has exchanged", "*gôy*": "noun, masculine singular - nation", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural - gods", "*wə-hēmmāh*": "conjunction + pronoun, 3rd masculine plural - and they", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural - gods", "*wə-ʿammî*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - and my people", "*hēmîr*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has exchanged", "*kəbôdô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his glory/honor", "*bəlôʾ*": "preposition + negative particle - for no", "*yôʿîl*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - profit" }, "variants": { "*hêmîr*": "exchanged/substituted/changed", "*gôy*": "nation/people/gentiles", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "gods/God/divine beings", "*kəbôdô*": "his glory/his honor/his majestic presence", "*yôʿîl*": "profit/benefit/help/avail" } }
- Rom 1:22-23 : 22 { "verseID": "Romans.1.22", "source": "Φάσκοντες εἶναι σοφοὶ, ἐμωράνθησαν,", "text": "*Phaskontes* *einai* *sophoi*, *emōranthēsan*,", "grammar": { "*Phaskontes*": "present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - professing/claiming", "*einai*": "present active infinitive - to be", "*sophoi*": "nominative, masculine, plural, adjective - wise", "*emōranthēsan*": "aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural - they became fools" }, "variants": { "*Phaskontes*": "professing/claiming/asserting", "*sophoi*": "wise/skilled/learned", "*emōranthēsan*": "they became fools/were made foolish/became moronic" } } 23 { "verseID": "Romans.1.23", "source": "Καὶ ἤλλαξαν τὴν δόξαν τοῦ ἀφθάρτου Θεοῦ ἐν ὁμοιώματι εἰκόνος φθαρτοῦ ἀνθρώπου, καὶ πετεινῶν, καὶ τετραπόδων, καὶ ἑρπετῶν.", "text": "*Kai* *ēllaxan* the *doxan* the *aphthartou* *Theou* *en* *homoiōmati* *eikonos* *phthartou* *anthrōpou*, *kai* *peteinōn*, *kai* *tetrapodōn*, *kai* *herpetōn*.", "grammar": { "*Kai*": "conjunction - and", "*ēllaxan*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they changed/exchanged", "*doxan*": "accusative, feminine, singular - glory", "*aphthartou*": "genitive, masculine, singular, adjective - incorruptible", "*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God", "*en*": "preposition + dative - for", "*homoiōmati*": "dative, neuter, singular - likeness", "*eikonos*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of image", "*phthartou*": "genitive, masculine, singular, adjective - corruptible", "*anthrōpou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of man", "*kai*": "conjunction - and", "*peteinōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural - of birds", "*kai*": "conjunction - and", "*tetrapodōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural - of four-footed animals", "*kai*": "conjunction - and", "*herpetōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural - of reptiles" }, "variants": { "*ēllaxan*": "they changed/exchanged/altered", "*doxan*": "glory/honor/splendor", "*aphthartou*": "incorruptible/imperishable/immortal", "*homoiōmati*": "likeness/similarity/resemblance", "*eikonos*": "image/likeness/representation", "*phthartou*": "corruptible/perishable/mortal", "*peteinōn*": "birds/flying creatures", "*tetrapodōn*": "four-footed animals/quadrupeds", "*herpetōn*": "reptiles/creeping things" } }
- Exod 20:4-5 : 4 { "verseID": "Exodus.20.4", "source": "לֹֽ֣א תֽ͏ַעֲשֶׂ֨ה־לְךָ֥֣ פֶ֣֙סֶל֙ ׀ וְכָל־תְּמוּנָ֡֔ה אֲשֶׁ֤֣ר בַּשָּׁמַ֣֙יִם֙ ׀ מִמַּ֡֔עַל וֽ͏ַאֲשֶׁ֥ר֩ בָּאָ֖֨רֶץ מִתָּ֑͏ַ֜חַת וַאֲשֶׁ֥֣ר בַּמַּ֖֣יִם ׀ מִתַּ֥֣חַת לָאָֽ֗רֶץ", "text": "*lōʾ ṯaʿăśeh-ləḵā pesel* and-all-*təmûnāh ʾăsher bash-shāmayim* from-*mimmaʿal wa-ʾăsher bā-ʾāreṣ mit-tāḥaṯ wa-ʾăsher bam-mayim* from-*mittaḥaṯ lā-ʾāreṣ*", "grammar": { "*lōʾ ṯaʿăśeh*": "negative particle + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall not make", "*ləḵā*": "preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - for yourself", "*pesel*": "masculine singular noun - carved image/idol", "*təmûnāh*": "feminine singular noun - likeness/form/representation", "*ʾăsher*": "relative pronoun - that/which", "*bash-shāmayim*": "preposition + definite article + masculine plural noun - in the heavens", "*mimmaʿal*": "preposition + adverb - from above", "*bā-ʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - in the earth", "*mit-tāḥaṯ*": "preposition + adverb - from below", "*bam-mayim*": "preposition + definite article + masculine plural noun - in the waters", "*lā-ʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - to the earth" }, "variants": { "*pesel*": "carved image/idol/statue", "*təmûnāh*": "form/likeness/representation/semblance", "*mimmaʿal*": "above/overhead", "*mit-tāḥaṯ*": "beneath/below" } } 5 { "verseID": "Exodus.20.5", "source": "לֹֽא־תִשְׁתַּחְוֶ֥֣ה לָהֶ֖ם֮ וְלֹ֣א תָעָבְדֵ֑ם֒ כִּ֣י אֽ͏ָנֹכִ֞י יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ אֵ֣ל קַנָּ֔א פֹּ֠קֵד עֲוֺ֨ן אָבֹ֧ת עַל־בָּנִ֛ים עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁ֥ים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִ֖ים לְשֹׂנְאָֽ֑י׃", "text": "*lōʾ-ṯishtaḥăweh lāhem wə-lōʾ ṯāʿāḇəḏēm kî ʾānōḵî YHWH ʾĕlōheḵā ʾēl qannāʾ pōqēḏ ʿăwōn ʾāḇōṯ ʿal-bānîm ʿal-shillēshîm wə-ʿal-ribēʿîm lə-śōnəʾāy*", "grammar": { "*lōʾ-ṯishtaḥăweh*": "negative particle + hishtaphel imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall not bow down", "*lāhem*": "preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them", "*wə-lōʾ ṯāʿāḇəḏēm*": "conjunction + negative particle + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and you shall not serve them", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*ʾānōḵî*": "1st person singular pronoun - I", "*YHWH*": "proper name - LORD/YHWH", "*ʾĕlōheḵā*": "masculine plural noun construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God", "*ʾēl qannāʾ*": "masculine singular noun + adjective - jealous God", "*pōqēḏ*": "qal participle, masculine singular - visiting/punishing", "*ʿăwōn*": "masculine singular construct - iniquity of", "*ʾāḇōṯ*": "masculine plural noun - fathers", "*ʿal-bānîm*": "preposition + masculine plural noun - upon children", "*ʿal-shillēshîm*": "preposition + masculine plural ordinal - upon third [generation]", "*wə-ʿal-ribēʿîm*": "conjunction + preposition + masculine plural ordinal - and upon fourth [generation]", "*lə-śōnəʾāy*": "preposition + qal participle plural construct with 1st singular suffix - to those hating me" }, "variants": { "*ṯishtaḥăweh*": "bow down/prostrate yourself/worship", "*ṯāʿāḇəḏēm*": "serve them/worship them/be enslaved to them", "*ʾēl qannāʾ*": "jealous God/zealous God/passionate God", "*pōqēḏ*": "visiting/punishing/attending to", "*ʿăwōn*": "iniquity/guilt/punishment", "*lə-śōnəʾāy*": "to those who hate me/to my enemies" } }
- Ps 89:17 : 17 { "verseID": "Psalms.89.17", "source": "בְּשִׁמְךָ יְגִילוּן כָּל־הַיּוֹם וּבְצִדְקָתְךָ יָרוּמוּ", "text": "In-*šimkā* *yᵉgîlûn* all-the-*hayyôm* and-in-*ṣidqātᵉkā* *yārûmû*", "grammar": { "*bᵉ-šimkā*": "preposition + noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your name", "*yᵉgîlûn*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they rejoice", "*kol-ha-yyôm*": "noun + definite article + noun - all the day", "*û-bᵉ-ṣidqātᵉkā*": "conjunction + preposition + noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and in your righteousness", "*yārûmû*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they are exalted" }, "variants": { "*šimkā*": "your name/reputation/character", "*yᵉgîlûn*": "they rejoice/are glad", "*kol-ha-yyôm*": "all day/continually", "*ṣidqātᵉkā*": "your righteousness/justice", "*yārûmû*": "they are exalted/lifted up" } }
- Isa 40:18-25 : 18 { "verseID": "Isaiah.40.18", "source": "וְאֶל־מִ֖י תְּדַמְּי֣וּן אֵ֑ל וּמַה־דְּמ֖וּת תַּ֥עַרְכוּ לֽוֹ׃", "text": "*wěʾel-mî tědamměyûn ʾēl ûmah-děmût taʿarěkû lô*", "grammar": { "*wěʾel-mî*": "conjunction + preposition + interrogative pronoun - 'and to whom'", "*tědamměyûn*": "piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - 'will you liken'", "*ʾēl*": "noun, masculine singular - 'God'", "*ûmah-děmût*": "conjunction + interrogative pronoun + noun, feminine singular - 'and what likeness'", "*taʿarěkû*": "qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - 'will you compare'", "*lô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'to him'" }, "variants": { "*tědamměyûn*": "will you liken/will you compare", "*ʾēl*": "God/deity", "*děmût*": "likeness/image/comparison", "*taʿarěkû*": "will you compare/will you arrange/will you set in order" } } 19 { "verseID": "Isaiah.40.19", "source": "הַפֶּ֙סֶל֙ נָסַ֣ךְ חָרָ֔שׁ וְצֹרֵ֖ף בַּזָּהָ֣ב יְרַקְּעֶ֑נּוּ וּרְתֻק֥וֹת כֶּ֖סֶף צוֹרֵֽף׃", "text": "*happese nāsak ḥārāš wěṣōrēp bazzāhāb yěraqqěʿennû ûrětûqôt kesep ṣôrēp*", "grammar": { "*happese*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - 'the idol'", "*nāsak*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'casts'", "*ḥārāš*": "noun, masculine singular - 'craftsman'", "*wěṣōrēp*": "conjunction + qal participle, masculine singular - 'and goldsmith'", "*bazzāhāb*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - 'with the gold'", "*yěraqqěʿennû*": "piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'overlays it'", "*ûrětûqôt*": "conjunction + noun, feminine plural construct - 'and chains of'", "*kesep*": "noun, masculine singular - 'silver'", "*ṣôrēp*": "qal participle, masculine singular - 'smith'" }, "variants": { "*pesel*": "idol/image/carved image", "*nāsak*": "casts/pours out/melts", "*ḥārāš*": "craftsman/artisan", "*ṣōrēp*": "goldsmith/refiner", "*yěraqqěʿennû*": "overlays it/plates it/hammers it out", "*rětûqôt*": "chains/bonds" } } 20 { "verseID": "Isaiah.40.20", "source": "הַֽמְסֻכָּ֣ן תְּרוּמָ֔ה עֵ֥ץ לֹֽא־יִרְקַ֖ב יִבְחָ֑ר חָרָ֤שׁ חָכָם֙ יְבַקֶּשׁ־ל֔וֹ לְהָכִ֥ין פֶּ֖סֶל לֹ֥א יִמּֽוֹט׃", "text": "*hamsûkkān těrûmāh ʿēṣ lōʾ-yirqab yibḥār ḥārāš ḥākām yěbaqqeš-lô lěhākîn pesel lōʾ yimmôṭ*", "grammar": { "*hamsûkkān*": "definite article + pual participle, masculine singular - 'the impoverished'", "*těrûmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - 'offering'", "*ʿēṣ*": "noun, masculine singular - 'wood'", "*lōʾ-yirqab*": "negative particle + qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'will not rot'", "*yibḥār*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'he selects'", "*ḥārāš*": "noun, masculine singular - 'craftsman'", "*ḥākām*": "adjective, masculine singular - 'skilled'", "*yěbaqqeš-lô*": "piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'he seeks for himself'", "*lěhākîn*": "preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - 'to set up'", "*pesel*": "noun, masculine singular - 'idol'", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - 'not'", "*yimmôṭ*": "niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'it will move/topple'" }, "variants": { "*hamsûkkān*": "the impoverished/the poor one", "*těrûmāh*": "offering/contribution", "*ʿēṣ lōʾ-yirqab*": "wood that will not rot/decay-resistant wood", "*ḥārāš ḥākām*": "skilled craftsman/wise artisan", "*lěhākîn*": "to set up/to establish", "*lōʾ yimmôṭ*": "will not topple/will not move/will not be shaken" } } 21 { "verseID": "Isaiah.40.21", "source": "הֲל֤וֹא תֵֽדְעוּ֙ הֲל֣וֹא תִשְׁמָ֔עוּ הֲל֛וֹא הֻגַּ֥ד מֵרֹ֖אשׁ לָכֶ֑ם הֲלוֹא֙ הֲבִ֣ינֹתֶ֔ם מוֹסְד֖וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃", "text": "*hălôʾ tēdʿû hălôʾ tišmāʿû hălôʾ huggad mērōʾš lākem hălôʾ hăbînōtem môsědôt hāʾāreṣ*", "grammar": { "*hălôʾ*": "interrogative particle + negative particle - 'will you not'", "*tēdʿû*": "qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - 'know'", "*hălôʾ*": "interrogative particle + negative particle - 'will you not'", "*tišmāʿû*": "qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - 'hear'", "*hălôʾ*": "interrogative particle + negative particle - 'has not'", "*huggad*": "hophal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'been told'", "*mērōʾš*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - 'from beginning'", "*lākem*": "preposition with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - 'to you'", "*hălôʾ*": "interrogative particle + negative particle - 'have you not'", "*hăbînōtem*": "hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - 'understood'", "*môsědôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - 'foundations of'", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - 'the earth'" }, "variants": { "*tēdʿû*": "will you know/do you know", "*tišmāʿû*": "will you hear/do you hear", "*huggad mērōʾš*": "been told from the beginning/been declared from the start", "*hăbînōtem*": "understood/comprehended", "*môsědôt hāʾāreṣ*": "foundations of the earth/foundations of the land" } } 22 { "verseID": "Isaiah.40.22", "source": "הַיֹּשֵׁב֙ עַל־ח֣וּג הָאָ֔רֶץ וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ כַּחֲגָבִ֑ים הַנּוֹטֶ֤ה כַדֹּק֙ שָׁמַ֔יִם וַיִּמְתָּחֵ֥ם כָּאֹ֖הֶל לָשָֽׁבֶת׃", "text": "*hayyōšēb ʿal-ḥûg hāʾāreṣ wěyōšěbêhā kaḥăgābîm hanôṭeh kadōq šāmayim wayyimtāḥēm kāʾōhel lāšābet*", "grammar": { "*hayyōšēb*": "definite article + qal participle, masculine singular - 'the one sitting'", "*ʿal-ḥûg*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - 'upon circle of'", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - 'the earth'", "*wěyōšěbêhā*": "conjunction + qal participle, masculine plural construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - 'and its inhabitants'", "*kaḥăgābîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - 'like grasshoppers'", "*hanôṭeh*": "definite article + qal participle, masculine singular - 'the one stretching out'", "*kadōq*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - 'like a curtain'", "*šāmayim*": "noun, masculine plural - 'heavens'", "*wayyimtāḥēm*": "conjunction + qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'and he spreads them'", "*kāʾōhel*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - 'like a tent'", "*lāšābet*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - 'to dwell'" }, "variants": { "*hayyōšēb ʿal-ḥûg*": "who sits upon the circle/who sits above the vault", "*ḥûg*": "circle/vault/horizon", "*kaḥăgābîm*": "like grasshoppers/like locusts", "*hanôṭeh*": "who stretches out/who spreads", "*dōq*": "curtain/thin cloth", "*wayyimtāḥēm*": "and spreads them out/and extends them", "*ʾōhel*": "tent/dwelling" } } 23 { "verseID": "Isaiah.40.23", "source": "הַנּוֹתֵ֥ן רוֹזְנִ֖ים לְאָ֑יִן שֹׁ֥פְטֵי אֶ֖רֶץ כַּתֹּ֥הוּ עָשָֽׂה׃", "text": "*hannôtēn rôzěnîm lěʾāyin šōpěṭê ʾereṣ kattōhû ʿāśāh*", "grammar": { "*hannôtēn*": "definite article + qal participle, masculine singular - 'the one who brings'", "*rôzěnîm*": "noun, masculine plural - 'rulers'", "*lěʾāyin*": "preposition + noun - 'to nothing'", "*šōpěṭê*": "qal participle, masculine plural construct - 'judges of'", "*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - 'earth'", "*kattōhû*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - 'like emptiness'", "*ʿāśāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'he has made'" }, "variants": { "*hannôtēn*": "who brings/who reduces", "*rôzěnîm*": "rulers/princes", "*lěʾāyin*": "to nothing/to naught", "*šōpěṭê ʾereṣ*": "judges of the earth/earthly judges", "*tōhû*": "emptiness/void/chaos", "*ʿāśāh*": "has made/has rendered" } } 24 { "verseID": "Isaiah.40.24", "source": "אַ֣ף בַּל־נִטָּ֗עוּ אַ֚ף בַּל־זֹרָ֔עוּ אַ֛ף בַּל־שֹׁרֵ֥שׁ בָּאָ֖רֶץ גִּזְעָ֑ם וְגַם־נָשַׁ֤ף בָּהֶם֙ וַיִּבָ֔שׁוּ וּסְעָרָ֖ה כַּקַּ֥שׁ תִּשָּׂאֵֽם׃ ס", "text": "*ʾap bal-niṭṭāʿû ʾap bal-zōrāʿû ʾap bal-šōrēš bāʾāreṣ gizʿām wěgam-nāšap bāhem wayyibāšû ûsěʿārāh kaqqaš tiśśāʾēm*", "grammar": { "*ʾap*": "conjunction - 'indeed'", "*bal-niṭṭāʿû*": "negative particle + niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural - 'they are not planted'", "*ʾap*": "conjunction - 'indeed'", "*bal-zōrāʿû*": "negative particle + pual perfect, 3rd person common plural - 'they are not sown'", "*ʾap*": "conjunction - 'indeed'", "*bal-šōrēš*": "negative particle + poel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'has not taken root'", "*bāʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - 'in the earth'", "*gizʿām*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'their stem'", "*wěgam-nāšap*": "conjunction + conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'and also he blows'", "*bāhem*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'on them'", "*wayyibāšû*": "conjunction + qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - 'and they wither'", "*ûsěʿārāh*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular - 'and tempest'", "*kaqqaš*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - 'like chaff'", "*tiśśāʾēm*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'carries them away'" }, "variants": { "*ʾap*": "indeed/moreover/also/barely", "*bal-niṭṭāʿû*": "are not planted/are scarcely planted", "*bal-zōrāʿû*": "are not sown/are scarcely sown", "*bal-šōrēš*": "has not taken root/is scarcely rooted", "*gizʿām*": "their stem/their stock/their trunk", "*nāšap*": "blows/breathes", "*wayyibāšû*": "they wither/they dry up", "*sěʿārāh*": "tempest/whirlwind/storm", "*qaš*": "chaff/stubble/straw", "*tiśśāʾēm*": "carries them away/sweeps them away" } } 25 { "verseID": "Isaiah.40.25", "source": "וְאֶל־מִ֥י תְדַמְּי֖וּנִי וְאֶשְׁוֶ֑ה יֹאמַ֖ר קָדֽוֹשׁ׃", "text": "*wěʾel-mî tědammělûnî wěʾešweh yōʾmar qādôš*", "grammar": { "*wěʾel-mî*": "conjunction + preposition + interrogative pronoun - 'and to whom'", "*tědammělûnî*": "piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - 'will you liken me'", "*wěʾešweh*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 1st person singular - 'and I will be equal'", "*yōʾmar*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'says'", "*qādôš*": "adjective, masculine singular - 'Holy One'" }, "variants": { "*tědammělûnî*": "will you liken me/will you compare me", "*wěʾešweh*": "and I will be equal/that I should be equal", "*qādôš*": "Holy One/the Holy One [meaning God]" } }