Isaiah 26:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH [is] everlasting strength:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בִּטְח֥וּ בַֽיהוָ֖ה עֲדֵי־עַ֑ד כִּ֚י בְּיָ֣הּ יְהוָ֔ה צ֖וּר עוֹלָמִֽים׃

Transliteration

Biṭḥû in YHWH ʿădê-ʿad because in YH YHWH ṣûr ʿôlāmîm.

Grammar Details

• *Biṭḥû*: qal imperative masculine plural - 'trust!'
• *baYHWH*: preposition with divine name - 'in YHWH'
• *ʿădê-ʿad*: preposition with masculine singular noun - 'forever/eternity'
• *kî*: conjunction - 'because/for'
• *beYH*: preposition with shortened divine name - 'in YH'
• *YHWH*: divine name - 'YHWH'
• *ṣûr*: masculine singular construct - 'rock of'
• *ʿôlāmîm*: masculine plural noun - 'eternities/ages'

Word Meanings

• *ʿădê-ʿad*: forever/eternity/perpetuity
• *ṣûr*: rock/fortress/strength
• *ʿôlāmîm*: eternities/ages/everlasting/ancient times

Referenced Verses

• Isa 12:2 : 2 Behold, God [is] my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH [is] my strength and [my] song; he also is become my salvation.
• Ps 62:8 : 8 ¶ Trust in him at all times; [ye] people, pour out your heart before him: God [is] a refuge for us. Selah.
• Isa 50:10 : 10 ¶ Who [is] among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh [in] darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
• Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
• Isa 17:10 : 10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
• Ps 46:1 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
• Ps 55:22 : 22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
• Deut 32:4 : 4 [He is] the Rock, his work [is] perfect: for all his ways [are] judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right [is] he.
• 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 [There is] none holy as the LORD: for [there is] none beside thee: neither [is there] any rock like our God.
• Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
• Ps 62:11 : 11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power [belongeth] unto God.
• Matt 28:18 : 18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, ‹All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.›
• Ps 18:2 : 2 The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower.
• Isa 45:24 : 24 Surely, shall [one] say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: [even] to him shall [men] come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
• Isa 63:1 : 1 ¶ Who [is] this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this [that is] glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
• Matt 6:13 : 13 ‹And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.›
• Ps 66:7 : 7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
• Ps 93:1 : 1 ¶ The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, [wherewith] he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
• Ps 125:1 : 1 ¶ A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD [shall be] as mount Zion, [which] cannot be removed, [but] abideth for ever.
• Prov 3:5-6 : 5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
• Isa 45:17 : 17 [But] Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
• 2 Chr 20:20 : 20 ¶ And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
• 2 Chr 32:8 : 8 With him [is] an arm of flesh; but with us [is] the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
• Job 9:19 : 19 If [I speak] of strength, lo, [he is] strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time [to plead]?
• Deut 32:15 : 15 ¶ But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness]; then he forsook God [which] made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.