Isaiah 30:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנָתַן לָכֶם אֲדֹנָי לֶחֶם צָר וּמַיִם לָחַץ וְלֹא־יִכָּנֵף עוֹד מוֹרֶיךָ וְהָיוּ עֵינֶיךָ רֹאוֹת אֶת־מוֹרֶיךָ׃

Transliteration

And nātan ʾădōnāy to you leḥem of ṣār and mayim of lāḥaṣ, and not yikkānēp anymore your môreîḵā, but shall hāyû your ʿêneîḵā rōʾôt ʾet your môreîḵā.

Grammar Details

*nātan*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he gave
*ʾădōnāy*: divine title - Lord/Master
*leḥem*: masculine singular construct - bread of
*ṣār*: masculine singular noun - distress/affliction
*mayim*: masculine plural construct - waters of
*lāḥaṣ*: masculine singular noun - oppression/distress
*yikkānēp*: niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will be hidden
*môreîḵā*: hiphil participle masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your teachers
*hāyû*: qal perfect 3rd person plural - they were/will be
*ʿêneîḵā*: feminine dual noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyes
*rōʾôt*: qal participle feminine plural - seeing

Word Meanings

*nātan*: he gave/granted/provided
*ʾădōnāy*: Lord/Master (divine title)
*leḥem*: bread/food of
*ṣār*: distress/affliction/adversity
*mayim*: waters/water of
*lāḥaṣ*: oppression/distress/pressure
*yikkānēp*: he will be hidden/concealed/removed from sight
*môreîḵā*: your teachers/instructors/guides
*hāyû*: they were/will be/become
*ʿêneîḵā*: your eyes
*rōʾôt*: seeing/beholding/looking at

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 22:27 : 27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
Ps 74:9 : 9 We see{H8804)} not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth{H8802)} how long.
Ps 80:5 : 5 Thou feedest{H8689)} them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink{H8686)} in great measure.
Ps 127:2 : 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Acts 14:22 : 22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Eph 4:11 : 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Deut 16:3 : 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
Ezek 4:13-17 : 13 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. 14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. 15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. 16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: 17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
Ezek 24:22-23 : 22 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men. 23 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
Amos 8:11-12 : 11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
Matt 9:38 : 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Ps 102:9 : 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
2 Chr 18:26 : 26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
Ps 30:5 : 5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

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