Isaiah 30:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it; when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאָזְנֶיךָ תִּשְׁמַעְנָה דָבָר מֵאַחֲרֶיךָ לֵאמֹר זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ לְכוּ בוֹ כִּי תַאֲמִינוּ וְכִי תַשְׂמְאִילוּ׃

Transliteration

And your ʾoznêḵā shall tišmaʿnâ a dābār from behind you lēʾmōr: "This [is] the derek, lekû in it, when you taʾămînû and when you taśmeʾîlû."

Grammar Details

• *ʾoznêḵā*: feminine dual noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your ears
• *tišmaʿnâ*: qal imperfect 3rd person feminine plural - they will hear
• *dābār*: masculine singular noun - word/thing
• *lēʾmōr*: qal infinitive construct - saying
• *derek*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the way
• *lekû*: qal imperative masculine plural - walk/go
• *taʾămînû*: hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you turn to the right
• *taśmeʾîlû*: hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you turn to the left

Word Meanings

• *ʾoznêḵā*: your ears
• *tišmaʿnâ*: they will hear/listen to/perceive
• *dābār*: word/thing/matter/command
• *lēʾmōr*: saying/to say
• *derek*: the way/road/path
• *lekû*: walk/go/proceed
• *taʾămînû*: you turn to the right/go right
• *taśmeʾîlû*: you turn to the left/go left

Referenced Verses

• Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.
• 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 58:11 : 11 and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
• Isa 35:8-9 : 8 [And a highway] [shall be there, and a way,] [and it shall be called] [The way] [of holiness;] [the unclean] [shall not pass over] [it; but is shall be for the redeemed]: the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err [therein]. 9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon; they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk [there]:
• Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.
• Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Good and upright is Jehovah: Therefore will he instruct sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in justice; And the meek will he teach his way.
• Jer 6:16 : 16 Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk [therein].
• Deut 5:32 : 32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
• Josh 1:7 : 7 Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest.
• Ps 143:8-9 : 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee. 9 Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. 10 Teach me to do thy will; For thou art my God: Thy Spirit is good; Lead me in the land of uprightness.
• 1 John 2:27 : 27 And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need {G5532} not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you; concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him.
• Isa 48:17 : 17 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
• Josh 23:6 : 6 Therefore be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
• 2 Kgs 22:2 : 2 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
• Prov 4:27 : 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.
• Isa 29:24 : 24 They also that err in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmur shall receive instruction.
• 1 John 2:20 : 20 And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and ye know all the things.