Isaiah 13:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־כוֹכְבֵ֤י הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ וּכְסִ֣ילֵיהֶ֔ם לֹ֥א יָהֵ֖לּוּ אוֹרָ֑ם חָשַׁ֤ךְ הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ בְּצֵאת֔וֹ וְיָרֵ֖חַ לֹֽא־יַגִּ֥יהַ אוֹרֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

For-kôḵəḇê the-šāmayim û-ḵəsîlêhem not yāhēllû ʾôrām ḥāšaḵ the-šemeš in-ṣēʾṯô wə-yārēaḥ not-yaggîah ʾôrô

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *kôḵəḇê*: noun, masculine, plural, construct - stars of
• *haššāmayim*: noun, masculine, plural + definite article - the heavens
• *ûḵəsîlêhem*: conjunction + noun, masculine, plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and their constellations
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yāhēllû*: verb, Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will shine
• *ʾôrām*: noun, masculine, singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their light
• *ḥāšaḵ*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - is darkened
• *haššemeš*: noun, masculine, singular + definite article - the sun
• *bəṣēʾṯô*: preposition + verb, Qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in its going forth
• *wəyārēaḥ*: conjunction + noun, masculine, singular - and moon
• *lōʾ-yaggîah*: negative particle + verb, Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will not shine
• *ʾôrô*: noun, masculine, singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its light

Word Meanings

• *kôḵəḇê*: stars of/celestial bodies of
• *ḵəsîlêhem*: their constellations/their groups of stars/Orion
• *yāhēllû*: will shine/will give light/will illuminate
• *ḥāšaḵ*: is darkened/is black/is dim
• *bəṣēʾṯô*: in its going forth/in its rising/when it comes out
• *yaggîah*: will shine/will give light/will send forth

Referenced Verses

• Matt 24:29 : 29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
• Mark 13:24 : 24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
• Luke 21:25 : 25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
• Rev 6:12-14 : 12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
• Rev 8:12 : 12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
• Isa 5:30 : 30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
• Isa 24:23 : 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
• Joel 2:10 : 10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
• Joel 2:31 : 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
• Joel 3:15 : 15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
• Amos 8:9-9 : 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day: 10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
• Zeph 1:15-16 : 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, 16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
• Ezek 32:7-8 : 7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. 8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
• Isa 24:21 : 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.