Isaiah 33:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold a land that reacheth afar.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מֶלֶךְ בְּיָפְיוֹ תֶּחֱזֶינָה עֵינֶיךָ תִּרְאֶינָה אֶרֶץ מַרְחַקִּים

Transliteration

Melek in-yāpəyô teḥĕzeynâ ʿêneykā tirʾeynâ ʾereṣ marḥaqqîm

Grammar Details

• *Melek*: noun, masculine singular - king
• *yāpəyô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his beauty
• *teḥĕzeynâ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural - they will behold
• *ʿêneykā*: noun, feminine dual + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyes
• *tirʾeynâ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural - they will see
• *ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular - land
• *marḥaqqîm*: noun, masculine plural - distant places

Word Meanings

• *Melek*: king/ruler
• *yāpəyô*: his beauty/his splendor
• *teḥĕzeynâ*: they will behold/they will see/they will perceive
• *ʿêneykā*: your eyes
• *tirʾeynâ*: they will see/they will perceive/they will look at
• *ʾereṣ*: land/country/earth
• *marḥaqqîm*: distant places/far reaches/far country

Referenced Verses

• Isa 6:5 : 5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.
• Isa 26:15 : 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Jehovah, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.
• Isa 32:1-2 : 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice. 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.
• Isa 37:1 : 1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Jehovah.
• Zech 9:17 : 17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.
• Matt 17:2 : 2 and he was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his garments became white as the light.
• John 1:14 : 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
• John 14:21 : 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.
• John 17:24 : 24 Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
• 2 Cor 4:18 : 18 while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
• Heb 11:13-15 : 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For they that say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own. 15 And if indeed they had been mindful of that [country] from which they went out, they would have had {G302} opportunity to return.
• 1 John 3:2 : 2 Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.
• 2 Chr 32:23 : 23 And many brought gifts unto Jehovah to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
• Ps 31:8 : 8 And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a large place.
• Ps 45:2 : 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men; Grace is poured into thy lips: Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
• Song 5:10 : 10 My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand.