Isaiah 51:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁמְע֤וּ אֵלַי֙ יֹ֣דְעֵי צֶ֔דֶק עַ֖ם תּוֹרָתִ֣י בְלִבָּ֑ם אַל־תִּֽירְאוּ֙ חֶרְפַּ֣ת אֱנ֔וֹשׁ וּמִגִּדֻּפֹתָ֖ם אַל־תֵּחָֽתּוּ

Transliteration

šim'û 'ēlay yōdə'ê ṣedeq 'am tôrātî bəlibbām 'al-tîrə'û ḥerpat 'ĕnôš ûmiggiduppōtām 'al-tēḥāttû

Grammar Details

• *šim'û*: Qal imperative, masculine plural - hear/listen
• *'ēlay*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me
• *yōdə'ê*: Qal participle, masculine plural construct - knowers of
• *ṣedeq*: common noun, masculine singular - righteousness
• *'am*: common noun, masculine singular - people
• *tôrātî*: common noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my law
• *bəlibbām*: preposition + common noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in their heart
• *'al*: negative particle - do not
• *tîrə'û*: Qal imperfect jussive, 2nd person masculine plural - fear
• *ḥerpat*: common noun, feminine singular construct - reproach of
• *'ĕnôš*: common noun, masculine singular - man/mankind
• *ûmiggiduppōtām*: conjunction + preposition + common noun, feminine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and from their revilings
• *tēḥāttû*: Niphal imperfect jussive, 2nd person masculine plural - be dismayed/be broken

Word Meanings

• *yōdə'ê*: knowers of/those who know
• *ṣedeq*: righteousness/justice/rightness
• *tôrātî*: my law/my instruction/my teaching
• *ḥerpat*: reproach of/insult of/taunt of
• *'ĕnôš*: man/mankind/mortals
• *giduppōtām*: their revilings/their insults/their taunts
• *tēḥāttû*: be dismayed/be broken/be shattered

Referenced Verses

• Ps 37:31 : 31 The law of his God is in his heart; None of his steps shall slide.
• Matt 5:11 : 11 Blessed are ye when [men] shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
• Matt 10:28 : 28 And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Isa 51:1 : 1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.
• Acts 5:41 : 41 They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the Name.
• Ezek 2:6 : 6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
• 2 Cor 3:3 : 3 being made manifest that ye are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in tables [that are] hearts of flesh.
• Phil 3:8 : 8 Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,
• Phil 3:10 : 10 that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;
• Titus 2:11-12 : 11 For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men, 12 instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;
• Heb 10:16 : 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them After those days, saith the Lord: I will put my laws on their heart, And upon their mind also will I write them; [then saith he],
• 1 Pet 4:4 : 4 wherein {G3739} they think it strange that ye run not with [them] into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of [you]:
• 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed [are ye]; because the [Spirit] of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.
• Jer 1:17 : 17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them.
• Jer 31:33-34 : 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people: 34 and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.
• Ps 40:8 : 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.
• Luke 6:22 : 22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from their company], and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
• Luke 12:4-5 : 4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I will warn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.