Isaiah 54:17

American Standard Version (1901)

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness which is of me, saith Jehovah.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל־כְּלִ֞י יוּצַ֤ר עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ לֹ֣א יִצְלָ֔ח וְכָל־לָשׁ֛וֹן תָּֽקוּם־אִתָּ֥ךְ לַמִּשְׁפָּ֖ט תַּרְשִׁ֑יעִי זֹ֡את נַחֲלַת֩ עַבְדֵ֨י יְהוָ֧ה וְצִדְקָתָ֛ם מֵאִתִּ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

Kol-kəlî yûṣar ʿālayik lōʾ yiṣlāḥ wə-kol-lāšôn tāqûm-ʾittāk lammišpāṭ taršîʿî zōʾt naḥălat ʿabdê Yhwh wə-ṣidqātām mēʾittî nəʾum-Yhwh

Grammar Details

• *Kol-kəlî*: noun, masculine singular + noun, masculine singular - every weapon
• *yûṣar*: verb, imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, hophal - formed
• *ʿālayik*: preposition + 2nd feminine singular suffix - against you
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yiṣlāḥ*: verb, imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, qal - shall prosper
• *wə-kol-lāšôn*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular + noun, feminine singular - and every tongue
• *tāqûm-ʾittāk*: verb, imperfect, 3rd feminine singular, qal + preposition + 2nd feminine singular suffix - that rises against you
• *lammišpāṭ*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in judgment
• *taršîʿî*: verb, imperfect, 2nd feminine singular, hiphil - you shall condemn
• *zōʾt*: demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this
• *naḥălat*: noun, feminine singular construct - heritage of
• *ʿabdê*: noun, masculine plural construct - servants of
• *Yhwh*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *wə-ṣidqātām*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and their righteousness
• *mēʾittî*: preposition + preposition + 1st singular suffix - from me
• *nəʾum-Yhwh*: noun, masculine singular construct + proper noun - declaration of the LORD

Word Meanings

• *kəlî*: weapon/tool/instrument
• *yûṣar*: formed/fashioned/created
• *yiṣlāḥ*: prosper/succeed
• *lāšôn*: tongue/language/speech
• *tāqûm*: rises/stands/appears
• *mišpāṭ*: judgment/justice/legal case
• *taršîʿî*: condemn/prove guilty/refute
• *naḥălat*: heritage/inheritance/possession
• *ʿabdê*: servants of/slaves of
• *ṣidqātām*: their righteousness/their vindication
• *nəʾum*: declaration/utterance/oracle

Referenced Verses

• Isa 50:8 : 8 He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand up together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
• Rom 8:28-39 : 28 And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, [even] to them that are called according to [his] purpose. 29 For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren: 30 and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who [is] against us? 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things? 33 Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth; 34 who is he that condemneth? It is Christ Jesus that died, yea rather, that was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• John 10:28-30 : 28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.
• Rom 8:1 : 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.
• Rev 12:10 : 10 And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accuseth them before our God day and night.
• Isa 54:15 : 15 Behold, they may gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall because of thee.
• Isa 29:8 : 8 And it shall be as when a hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
• Ps 32:6 : 6 For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him.
• Ps 2:1-6 : 1 Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, [saying] , 3 Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision. 5 Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore displeasure: 6 Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.
• Dan 6:20 : 20 And when he came near unto the den to Daniel, he cried with a lamentable voice; the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
• Phil 3:9 : 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, [even] that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:
• Isa 61:10 : 10 I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
• Jer 23:6 : 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness.
• Isa 45:24-25 : 24 Only in Jehovah, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength; even to him shall men come; and all they that were incensed against him shall be put to shame. 25 In Jehovah shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
• Isa 58:14 : 14 then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah; and I will make thee to ride upon the high places of the earth; and I will feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.
• Rom 3:22 : 22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ unto all them that believe; for there is no distinction;
• Rom 10:4 : 4 For Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness to every one that believeth.
• 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 Him who knew no sin he made [to be] sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
• Rom 6:22-23 : 22 But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and [the] Saviour Jesus Christ:
• Matt 16:18 : 18 And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
• Ezek 38:9-9 : 9 And thou shalt ascend, thou shalt come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy hordes, and many peoples with thee. 10 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall come to pass in that day, that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt devise an evil device:
• Dan 3:26 : 26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace: he spake and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego came forth out of the midst of the fire.
• Job 42:7 : 7 And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
• Job 1:11 : 11 But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
• Ps 61:5 : 5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: Thou hast given [me] the heritage of those that fear thy name.
• Ps 71:16 : 16 I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Jehovah: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
• Ps 71:19 : 19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high; Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee?
• Job 2:5 : 5 But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
• Job 22:5-9 : 5 Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities. 6 For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 10 Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee, 11 Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee. 12 Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are! 13 And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven. 15 Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden? 16 Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream, 17 Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us? 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn, 20 [ Saying], Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed. 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee. 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart. 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents. 24 And lay thou [thy] treasure in the dust, And [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the brooks; 25 And the Almighty will be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee. 26 For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God. 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows. 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways. 29 When they cast [thee] down, thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; And the humble person he will save. 30 He will deliver [even] him that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.
• Zech 3:1-4 : 1 And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary. 2 And Jehovah said unto Satan, Jehovah rebuke thee, O Satan; yea, Jehovah that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? 3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel. 4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take the filthy garments from off him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with rich apparel.