Isaiah 21:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־כֹ֛ה אָמַ֥ר אֲדֹנָ֖י אֵלָ֑י בְּע֤וֹד שָׁנָה֙ כִּשְׁנֵ֣י שָׂכִ֔יר וְכָלָ֖ה כָּל־כְּב֥וֹד קֵדָֽר׃

Transliteration

For-thus 'āmar 'adōnāy to me in 'ôd šānāh like šənê śākîr and kālāh all-kəbôd qēdār

Grammar Details

• *'āmar*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said
• *'adōnāy*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my Lord
• *'ôd*: adverb - yet/still
• *šānāh*: noun, feminine singular - year
• *šənê*: noun, masculine dual construct - years of
• *śākîr*: noun, masculine singular - hired laborer
• *kālāh*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will end/be finished
• *kəbôd*: noun, masculine singular construct - glory of
• *qēdār*: proper noun - Kedar

Word Meanings

• *'ôd šānāh kišnê śākîr*: within a year, as the years of a hired worker/in one year, according to the years of a hired man
• *kālāh*: will end/will be finished/will come to an end
• *kəbôd qēdār*: glory of Kedar/splendor of Kedar

Referenced Verses

• Ps 120:5 : 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
• Isa 16:14 : 14 But now Jehovah hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.
• Isa 60:7 : 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee; they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar; and I will glorify the house of my glory.
• Song 1:5 : 5 I am black, but comely, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.
• Ezek 27:21 : 21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of thy hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were they thy merchants.
• Gen 25:13 : 13 and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
• Jer 49:28 : 28 Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote. Thus saith Jehovah: Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and destroy the children of the east.
• Isa 42:11 : 11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up [their voice], the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of Sela sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
• 1 Chr 1:29 : 29 These are their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
• Job 7:1 : 1 Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?