Isaiah 21:16

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:

📖 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

Referenced Verses

• Ps 120:5 : 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
• Isa 16:14 : 14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
• Isa 60:7 : 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
• Song 1:5 : 5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
• Ezek 27:21 : 21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.
• Gen 25:13 : 13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
• Jer 49:28 : 28 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
• Isa 42:11 : 11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
• 1 Chr 1:29 : 29 These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
• Job 7:1 : 1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?