Isaiah 51:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׂאוּ֩ לַשָּׁמַ֨יִם עֵֽינֵיכֶ֜ם וְֽהַבִּ֧יטוּ אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ מִתַּ֗חַת כִּֽי־שָׁמַ֜יִם כֶּעָשָׁ֤ן נִמְלָ֙חוּ֙ וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ כַּבֶּ֣גֶד תִּבְלֶ֔ה וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ כְּמוֹ־כֵ֣ן יְמוּת֑וּן וִישֽׁוּעָתִי֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה וְצִדְקָתִ֖י לֹ֥א תֵחָֽת

Transliteration

śə'û laššāmayim 'ênêkem wəhabbiṭû 'el-hā'āreṣ mittaḥat kî-šāmayim ke'āšān nimləḥû wəhā'āreṣ kabbeged tiblê wəyošəbêhā kəmô-kēn yəmûtûn wîšû'ātî lə'ôlām tihyê wəṣidqātî lō' tēḥāt

Grammar Details

• *śə'û*: Qal imperative, masculine plural - lift up/raise
• *laššāmayim*: preposition + definite article + common noun, masculine dual - to the heavens
• *'ênêkem*: common noun, feminine dual construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your eyes
• *wəhabbiṭû*: conjunction + Hiphil imperative, masculine plural - and look/observe
• *'el-hā'āreṣ*: preposition + definite article + common noun, feminine singular - to the earth
• *mittaḥat*: preposition + adverb - from beneath
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *šāmayim*: common noun, masculine dual - heavens
• *ke'āšān*: preposition + common noun, masculine singular - like smoke
• *nimləḥû*: Niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural - will be dissolved/will vanish
• *wəhā'āreṣ*: conjunction + definite article + common noun, feminine singular - and the earth
• *kabbeged*: preposition + definite article + common noun, masculine singular - like the garment
• *tiblê*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - will wear out
• *wəyošəbêhā*: conjunction + Qal participle, masculine plural construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and its inhabitants
• *kəmô-kēn*: preposition + adverb - likewise/in the same way
• *yəmûtûn*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - will die
• *wîšû'ātî*: conjunction + common noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and my salvation
• *lə'ôlām*: preposition + common noun, masculine singular - forever
• *tihyê*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - will be
• *wəṣidqātî*: conjunction + common noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and my righteousness
• *lō'*: negative particle - not
• *tēḥāt*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - will be dismayed/broken

Word Meanings

• *nimləḥû*: will be dissolved/will vanish/will be dispersed
• *tiblê*: will wear out/will decay/will deteriorate
• *yəmûtûn*: will die/will perish
• *tēḥāt*: will be dismayed/will be broken/will be shattered/will be abolished

Referenced Verses

• Isa 34:4 : 4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as the leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as a fading [leaf] from the fig-tree.
• Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
• Isa 40:26 : 26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
• 2 Pet 3:10-12 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; {G1722} {G3571} in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein {G846} shall be burned up. 11 Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in [all] holy living and godliness, 12 looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
• Rev 6:12-14 : 12 And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and {G2400} there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood; 13 and the stars of the heaven fell unto the earth, as a fig tree casteth her unripe figs when she is shaken of a great wind. 14 And the heaven was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
• Ps 102:25-26 : 25 Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
• Isa 51:8 : 8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation unto all generations.
• John 10:27-29 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand.
• Heb 1:10-12 : 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands: 11 They shall perish; but thou continuest: And they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12 And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, As a garment, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.
• 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.
• Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
• Heb 9:15 : 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
• Isa 50:9 : 9 Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.
• Ps 103:17 : 17 But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children's children;
• Isa 13:13 : 13 Therefore I will make the heavens to tremble, and the earth shall be shaken out of its place, in the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
• Deut 4:19 : 19 and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.
• Ps 8:3-4 : 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?
• Dan 9:24 : 24 Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.
• John 3:15-16 : 15 that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
• John 5:24 : 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and {G2064} cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.
• Heb 5:9 : 9 and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;
• Heb 9:12 : 12 nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.
• 2 Thess 2:16 : 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,