Isaiah 47:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness; thou hast said, None seeth me; thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee, and thou hast said in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתִּבְטְחִ֣י בְרָעָתֵ֗ךְ אָמַרְתְּ֙ אֵ֣ין רֹאָ֔נִי חָכְמָתֵ֥ךְ וְדַעְתֵּ֖ךְ הִ֣יא שׁוֹבְבָ֑תֶךְ וַתֹּאמְרִ֣י בְלִבֵּ֔ךְ אֲנִ֖י וְאַפְסִ֥י עֽוֹד׃

Transliteration

And-wattiḇṭəḥî in-ḇərāʿāṯēḵ ʾāmart ʾên rōʾānî ḥāḵmāṯēḵ and-ḏaʿtēḵ hîʾ šôḇəḇāṯeḵ and-wattōʾmərî in-ḇəlibbēḵ ʾănî and-ʾap̄sî ʿôḏ.

Grammar Details

*wattiḇṭəḥî*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 2nd person feminine singular - and you trusted
*ḇərāʿāṯēḵ*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - in your wickedness/evil
*ʾāmart*: qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you said
*ʾên*: particle of negation - there is not
*rōʾānî*: qal participle, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - seeing me
*ḥāḵmāṯēḵ*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your wisdom
*ḏaʿtēḵ*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your knowledge
*hîʾ*: 3rd person feminine singular personal pronoun - she/it
*šôḇəḇāṯeḵ*: polel participle, feminine singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - leading you astray
*wattōʾmərî*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 2nd person feminine singular - and you said
*ḇəlibbēḵ*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - in your heart
*ʾănî*: 1st person singular personal pronoun - I
*ʾap̄sî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - my end/no one besides me
*ʿôḏ*: adverb - still/yet/besides

Word Meanings

*ḇərāʿāṯēḵ*: in your wickedness/in your evil/in your wrongdoing
*rōʾānî*: seeing me/one who sees me
*ḥāḵmāṯēḵ*: your wisdom/your skill
*ḏaʿtēḵ*: your knowledge/your understanding
*šôḇəḇāṯeḵ*: leading you astray/perverting you/causing you to turn away
*ḇəlibbēḵ*: in your heart/in your mind
*ʾap̄sî*: my end/no one besides me/I am the only one

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Referenced Verses

Ps 52:7 : 7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Isa 5:21 : 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Isa 29:15 : 15 Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Isa 59:4 : 4 None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Ezek 8:12 : 12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his chambers of imagery? for they say, Jehovah seeth us not; Jehovah hath forsaken the land.
Ezek 9:9 : 9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wresting [of judgment]: for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah seeth not.
Ezek 28:2-6 : 2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are man, and not God, though you did set your heart as the heart of God;— 3 behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from you; 4 by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten you riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures; 5 by your great wisdom [and] by your traffic have you increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches;— 6 therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,
Rom 1:22 : 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
1 Cor 1:19-21 : 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe.
1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:
Jer 23:24 : 24 Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.
Isa 44:20 : 20 He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Isa 28:15 : 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
Job 22:13-14 : 13 And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.
Ps 10:11 : 11 He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will never see it.
Ps 62:9-9 : 9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity. 10 Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart [thereon].
Ps 64:5 : 5 They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?
Ps 94:7-9 : 7 And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider. 8 Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise? 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Eccl 8:8 : 8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.

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