Isaiah 21:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For this is what the Lord said to me: 'In one year, as if it were the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־כֹ֛ה אָמַ֥ר אֲדֹנָ֖י אֵלָ֑י בְּע֤וֹד שָׁנָה֙ כִּשְׁנֵ֣י שָׂכִ֔יר וְכָלָ֖ה כָּל־כְּב֥וֹד קֵדָֽר׃

Transliteration

For-thus 'āmar 'adōnāy to me in 'ôd šānāh like šənê śākîr and kālāh all-kəbôd qēdār

Grammar Details

• *'āmar*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said
• *'adōnāy*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my Lord
• *'ôd*: adverb - yet/still
• *šānāh*: noun, feminine singular - year
• *šənê*: noun, masculine dual construct - years of
• *śākîr*: noun, masculine singular - hired laborer
• *kālāh*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will end/be finished
• *kəbôd*: noun, masculine singular construct - glory of
• *qēdār*: proper noun - Kedar

Word Meanings

• *'ôd šānāh kišnê śākîr*: within a year, as the years of a hired worker/in one year, according to the years of a hired man
• *kālāh*: will end/will be finished/will come to an end
• *kəbôd qēdār*: glory of Kedar/splendor of Kedar

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For the Lord has said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will fail:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For thus hath the LORDE spoken vnto me: ouer a yeare shal all the power of Cedar be gone, like as when the office of an hyred seruaunte goeth out:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For thus hath the Lorde sayd vnto me, Yet a yeere according to the yeeres of an hireling, and all the glorie of Kedar shall faile.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto me: There is yet a yere, accordyng to the yeres of an hired seruaunt, and all the glorie of Cedar shall fayle.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For thus has the Lord said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For thus said the Lord unto me: `Within a year, as years of a hireling, Consumed hath been all the honour of Kedar.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For so has the Lord said to me, In a year, by the years of a servant working for payment, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end:

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the Lord said to me, "Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For this is what the Lord has told me:“Within exactly one year all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 120:5 : 5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, and live among the tents of Kedar.
• Isa 16:14 : 14 But now the LORD has spoken, saying: In three years, as precisely as the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab, along with its great multitude, will be brought into contempt. Only a small and insignificant remnant will remain, not mighty at all.
• Isa 60:7 : 7 All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you; they will go up with acceptance on my altar, and I will glorify the house of my splendor.
• Song 1:5 : 5 I am dark but lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
• Ezek 27:21 : 21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were merchants at your service, trading lambs, rams, and goats with you.
• Gen 25:13 : 13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
• Jer 49:28 : 28 Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, struck, the LORD says this: Rise up, attack Kedar, and plunder the people of the east.
• Isa 42:11 : 11 Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voices, along with the villages where Kedar lives. Let the inhabitants of the rock sing for joy; let them shout from the top of the mountains.
• 1 Chr 1:29 : 29 These were their descendants: The firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
• Job 7:1 : 1 Isn't human life on earth like hard labor and their days like those of a hired worker?