Isaiah 51:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י כַבֶּ֙גֶד֙ יֹאכְלֵ֣ם עָ֔שׁ וְכַצֶּ֖מֶר יֹאכְלֵ֣ם סָ֑ס וְצִדְקָתִי֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה וִישׁוּעָתִ֖י לְד֥וֹר דּוֹרִֽים

Transliteration

kî kabbeged yō'kəlēm 'āš wəkaṣṣemer yō'kəlēm sās wəṣidqātî lə'ôlām tihyê wîšû'ātî lədôr dôrîm

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*kabbeged*: preposition + definite article + common noun, masculine singular - like the garment
*yō'kəlēm*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - it will eat/consume them
*'āš*: common noun, masculine singular - moth
*wəkaṣṣemer*: conjunction + preposition + definite article + common noun, masculine singular - and like the wool
*sās*: common noun, masculine singular - moth/worm
*wəṣidqātî*: conjunction + common noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and my righteousness
*lə'ôlām*: preposition + common noun, masculine singular - forever
*tihyê*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - will be
*wîšû'ātî*: conjunction + common noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and my salvation
*lədôr*: preposition + common noun, masculine singular construct - to generation of
*dôrîm*: common noun, masculine plural - generations

Word Meanings

*'āš*: moth/clothes-moth
*sās*: moth/worm/insect that eats fabric
*dôr dôrîm*: generation of generations/all generations/forever

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

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.
Isa 51:6 : 6 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.
Isa 66:24 : 24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the dead bodies of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
Hos 5:12 : 12 Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Luke 1:50 : 50 And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.
Job 4:19 : 19 How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!
Job 13:28 : 28 Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth - eaten.
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.
Isa 46:13 : 13 I bring near my righteousness, it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.

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