Isaiah 21:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־מִפְּנֵ֥י חֲרָב֖וֹת נָדָ֑דוּ מִפְּנֵ֣י ׀ חֶ֣רֶב נְטוּשָׁ֗ה וּמִפְּנֵי֙ קֶ֣שֶׁת דְּרוּכָ֔ה וּמִפְּנֵ֖י כֹּ֥בֶד מִלְחָמָֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

For-from face of ḥarābôt nādādū from face of ḥereb nəṭūšāh and from face of qešet dərūkāh and from face of kōbed milḥāmāh

Grammar Details

*ḥarābôt*: noun, feminine plural - swords
*nādādū*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd plural - they fled
*ḥereb*: noun, feminine singular - sword
*nəṭūšāh*: verb participle, passive, feminine singular - drawn
*qešet*: noun, feminine singular - bow
*dərūkāh*: verb participle, passive, feminine singular - bent/drawn
*kōbed*: noun, masculine singular construct - heaviness/severity of
*milḥāmāh*: noun, feminine singular - war/battle

Word Meanings

*mippənê*: from before/from the face of/because of
*ḥarābôt*: swords/weapons
*ḥereb nəṭūšāh*: drawn sword/unsheathed sword
*qešet dərūkāh*: bent bow/drawn bow/strung bow
*kōbed milḥāmāh*: severity of battle/weight of war/grievousness of conflict

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 6:19-20 : 19 The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them. 20 They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.
Isa 13:14 : 14 And it shall come to pass, that as the chased roe, and as sheep that no man gathereth, they shall turn every man to his own people, and shall flee every man to his own land.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Isa 22:3
76%
3All thy rulers fled away together, they were bound by the archers; all that were found of thee were bound together; they fled afar off.
Isa 21:14
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14Unto him that was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread.
Jer 6:25
74%
25Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, [and] terror, are on every side.
Job 20:24
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24He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.
Jer 46:5
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5Wherefore have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: terror is on every side, saith Jehovah.
Isa 21:16-17
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16For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;
17and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.
Amos 2:14-16
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14And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
15neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver [himself]; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself;
16and he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith Jehovah.
Ezek 7:15-17
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73%
15The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword: and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
16But those of them that escape shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity.
17All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
Jer 15:2
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2And it shall come to pass, when they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith Jehovah: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.
Jer 46:15-16
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15Why are thy strong ones swept away? they stood not, because Jehovah did drive them.
16He made many to stumble, yea, they fell one upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
Jer 4:29
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29Every city fleeth for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they go into the thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city is forsaken, and not a man dwelleth therein.
Isa 30:16
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16but ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
Jer 6:23
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23They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea, and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Zion.
Jer 18:21
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21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, [and] their young men smitten of the sword in battle.
Jer 51:32
72%
32and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
Deut 32:25
71%
25[Without] [shall the sword] [bereave, And in the chambers] [terror;] [It shall destroy] both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.
Jer 5:16
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16Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
Josh 8:6
71%
6and they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: so we will flee before them;
Isa 31:8
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8And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become subject to taskwork.
Isa 13:14-15
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14And it shall come to pass, that as the chased roe, and as sheep that no man gathereth, they shall turn every man to his own people, and shall flee every man to his own land.
15Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is taken shall fall by the sword.
Ezek 32:20
71%
20They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword; draw her away and all her multitudes.
Jer 51:50
71%
50Ye that have escaped the sword, go ye, stand not still; remember Jehovah from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
Joel 2:7-8
2 verses
71%
7They run like mighty men; they climb the wall like men of war; and they march every one on his ways, and they break not their ranks.
8Neither doth one thrust another; they march every one in his path; and they burst through the weapons, and break not off [their course].
Lam 4:9
71%
9They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.
Lev 26:36-37
2 verses
71%
36And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
37And they shall stumble one upon another, as it were before the sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
1 Chr 19:14
71%
14So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.
Jer 51:3
71%
3Against [him that] bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against [him that] lifteth himself up in his coat of mail: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
Jer 50:16
70%
16Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
Isa 3:25
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25Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
Lev 26:7
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7And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
Job 5:20
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20In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword.
Ps 37:14-15
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14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.
15Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.
Jer 48:45
70%
45They that fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and hath devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
Job 30:3
70%
3They are gaunt with want and famine; They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.
Ps 21:12
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12For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.
Ezek 21:15
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15I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter.
Josh 8:15
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15And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
Song 3:8
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8They all handle the sword, [and] are expert in war: Every man hath his sword upon his thigh, Because of fear in the night.
2 Kgs 7:7
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7Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
Lam 5:9
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9We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.