Isaiah 33:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And she will have no more fear of change, being full of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is her wealth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָה אֱמוּנַת עִתֶּיךָ חֹסֶן יְשׁוּעֹת חָכְמַת וָדָעַת יִרְאַת יְהוָה הִיא אוֹצָרוֹ

Transliteration

And-hāyâ ʾĕmûnat ʿittekā ḥōsen yəšûʿōt ḥākəmat wā-dāʿat yirʾat YHWH hîʾ ʾôṣārô

Grammar Details

• *hāyâ*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be
• *ʾĕmûnat*: noun, feminine singular construct - faithfulness/stability of
• *ʿittekā*: noun, feminine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your times
• *ḥōsen*: noun, masculine singular - strength/wealth
• *yəšûʿōt*: noun, feminine plural - salvations/deliverances
• *ḥākəmat*: noun, feminine singular construct - wisdom of
• *wā-dāʿat*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and knowledge
• *yirʾat*: noun, feminine singular construct - fear of
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD
• *hîʾ*: 3rd person feminine singular pronoun - she/it
• *ʾôṣārô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his treasure

Word Meanings

• *hāyâ*: it will be/it shall become
• *ʾĕmûnat*: faithfulness/stability/security
• *ʿittekā*: your times/your periods
• *ḥōsen*: strength/wealth/storehouse
• *yəšûʿōt*: salvations/deliverances/victories
• *ḥākəmat*: wisdom
• *dāʿat*: knowledge/understanding
• *yirʾat*: fear/reverence/awe
• *ʾôṣārô*: his treasure/his storehouse/his wealth

Referenced Verses

• Matt 6:33 : 33 But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.
• Ps 112:1-3 : 1 Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws. 2 His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright. 3 A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.
• Prov 24:3-7 : 3 The building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong: 4 And by knowledge its rooms are full of all dear and pleasing things. 5 A wise man is strong; and a man of knowledge makes strength greater. 6 For by wise guiding you will overcome in war: and in a number of wise guides there is salvation. 7 Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.
• Prov 28:2 : 2 Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.
• Prov 28:15-16 : 15 Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people. 16 The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.
• Prov 29:4 : 4 A king, by right rule, makes the land safe; but one full of desires makes it a waste.
• Eccl 7:12 : 12 Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.
• Eccl 7:19 : 19 Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.
• Eccl 9:14-18 : 14 There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it. 15 Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man. 16 Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing. 17 The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish. 18 Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good.
• Isa 11:2-5 : 2 And the spirit of the Lord will be resting on him, the spirit of wisdom and good sense, the spirit of wise guiding and strength, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; 3 And he will not be guided in his judging by what he sees, or give decisions by the hearing of his ears: 4 But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer. 5 And righteousness will be the cord of his robe, and good faith the band round his breast.
• Isa 38:5-6 : 5 Go to Hezekiah, and say, The Lord, the God of David, your father, says, Your prayer has come to my ears, and I have seen your weeping: see, I will give you fifteen more years of life. 6 And I will keep you and this town safe from the hands of the king of Assyria: and I will keep watch over this town.
• Isa 51:6 : 6 Let your eyes be lifted up to the heavens, and turned to the earth which is under them: for the heavens will go in flight like smoke, and the earth will become old like a coat, and its people will come to destruction like insects: but my salvation will be for ever, and my righteousness will not come to an end.
• Ps 140:7 : 7 O Lord God, the strength of my salvation, you have been a cover over my head in the day of the fight.
• Prov 14:27 : 27 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.
• Prov 15:16 : 16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.
• Prov 19:23 : 23 The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.
• 2 Chr 32:20-21 : 20 And Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, made prayer because of this, crying out to heaven. 21 And the Lord sent an angel who put to death all the men of war and the chiefs and the captains in the army of the king of Assyria. So he went back to his country in shame. And when he came into the house of his god, his sons, the offspring of his body, put him to death there with the sword.
• 2 Chr 32:27-29 : 27 And Hezekiah had very great wealth and honour; and he made himself store-houses for his gold and silver and jewels and spices, and for body-covers and all sorts of beautiful vessels. 28 And store-houses for the produce of grain and wine and oil; and buildings for all sorts of beasts and flocks. 29 And he made towns for himself, and got together much property in flocks and herds: for God had given him great wealth.
• Ps 27:1-2 : 1 <Of David.> The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me? 2 When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame.
• Ps 28:8 : 8 The Lord is their strength, and a strong place of salvation for his king.
• Ps 45:4 : 4 And go nobly on in your power, because you are good and true and without pride; and your right hand will be teaching you things of fear.
• 2 Cor 6:10 : 10 As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.
• 1 Tim 4:8 : 8 For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.
• 1 Tim 6:6 : 6 But true faith, with peace of mind, is of great profit:
• Jer 22:15-17 : 15 Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him? 16 He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord. 17 But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.