Isaiah 26:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Trust ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is an everlasting rock.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בִּטְח֥וּ בַֽיהוָ֖ה עֲדֵי־עַ֑ד כִּ֚י בְּיָ֣הּ יְהוָ֔ה צ֖וּר עוֹלָמִֽים׃

Transliteration

Biṭḥû in YHWH ʿădê-ʿad because in YH YHWH ṣûr ʿôlāmîm.

Grammar Details

• *Biṭḥû*: qal imperative masculine plural - 'trust!'
• *baYHWH*: preposition with divine name - 'in YHWH'
• *ʿădê-ʿad*: preposition with masculine singular noun - 'forever/eternity'
• *kî*: conjunction - 'because/for'
• *beYH*: preposition with shortened divine name - 'in YH'
• *YHWH*: divine name - 'YHWH'
• *ṣûr*: masculine singular construct - 'rock of'
• *ʿôlāmîm*: masculine plural noun - 'eternities/ages'

Word Meanings

• *ʿădê-ʿad*: forever/eternity/perpetuity
• *ṣûr*: rock/fortress/strength
• *ʿôlāmîm*: eternities/ages/everlasting/ancient times

Referenced Verses

• Isa 12:2 : 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.
• Ps 62:8 : 8 Trust in him at all times, ye people; Pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. {H5542}
• Isa 50:10 : 10 Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and rely upon his God.
• Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.
• Isa 17:10 : 10 For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength; therefore thou plantest pleasant plants, and settest it with strange slips.
• Ps 46:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
• Ps 55:22 : 22 Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
• Deut 32:4 : 4 The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he.
• 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 There is none holy as Jehovah; For there is none besides thee, Neither is there any rock like our God.
• Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
• Ps 62:11 : 11 God hath spoken once, Twice have I heard this, That power belongeth unto God.
• Matt 28:18 : 18 And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth.
• Ps 18:2 : 2 Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
• Isa 45:24 : 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.
• Isa 63:1 : 1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
• Matt 6:13 : 13 And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil [one].
• Ps 66:7 : 7 He ruleth by his might for ever; His eyes observe the nations: Let not the rebellious exalt themselves. {H5542}
• Ps 93:1 : 1 Jehovah reigneth; He is clothed with majesty; Jehovah is clothed with strength; he hath girded himself therewith: The world also is established, that it cannot be moved.
• Ps 125:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents. They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.
• Prov 3:5-6 : 5 Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.
• Isa 45:17 : 17 [ But] Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end.
• 2 Chr 20:20 : 20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in Jehovah your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
• 2 Chr 32:8 : 8 with him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Jehovah our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
• Job 9:19 : 19 If [we speak] of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, Who, [saith he], will summon me?
• Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.