Isaiah 57:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou wast wearied with the length of thy way; yet saidst thou not, It is in vain: thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not faint.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּרֹ֤ב דַּרְכֵּךְ֙ יָגַ֔עַתְּ לֹ֥א אָמַ֖רְתְּ נוֹאָ֑שׁ חַיַּ֤ת יָדֵךְ֙ מָצָ֔את עַל־כֵּ֖ן לֹ֥א חָלִֽית׃

Transliteration

bərōb darkēk yāgāʿat lōʾ ʾāmart nôʾāš ḥayyat yādēk māṣāʾt ʿal-kēn lōʾ ḥālît.

Grammar Details

*bərōb*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct - in the abundance of
*darkēk*: noun, feminine, singular + 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your way/journey
*yāgāʿat*: qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you grew weary
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ʾāmart*: qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you said
*nôʾāš*: niphal participle, masculine, singular - hopeless/despairing
*ḥayyat*: noun, feminine, singular construct - life of
*yādēk*: noun, feminine, singular + 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your hand
*māṣāʾt*: qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you found
*ʿal-kēn*: preposition + adverb - therefore
*ḥālît*: qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you were sick/weak

Word Meanings

*rōb*: abundance/greatness/multitude
*darkēk*: your way/journey/manner/conduct
*yāgāʿat*: you grew weary/tired/exhausted
*nôʾāš*: it is hopeless/I despair/I give up
*ḥayyat* *yādēk*: vitality of your hand/strength/renewal of your vigor
*māṣāʾt*: you found/discovered/obtained
*ḥālît*: you grew weak/sick/faint/weary

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 2:25 : 25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
Jer 18:12 : 12 But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.
Jer 44:17-18 : 17 But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. 18 But since we left off burning incense to the queen of heaven, and pouring out drink-offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
Ezek 24:12 : 12 She hath wearied [herself] with toil; yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her; her rust [goeth not forth] by fire.
Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
Rom 7:9 : 9 And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;
Jer 2:36 : 36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt also, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
Jer 3:3 : 3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Jer 5:3 : 3 O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Jer 9:5 : 5 And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
2 Chr 28:22-23 : 22 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against Jehovah, this same king Ahaz. 23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
Isa 47:13 : 13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.

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