Isaiah 30:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאָזְנֶיךָ תִּשְׁמַעְנָה דָבָר מֵאַחֲרֶיךָ לֵאמֹר זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ לְכוּ בוֹ כִּי תַאֲמִינוּ וְכִי תַשְׂמְאִילוּ׃

Transliteration

And your ʾoznêḵā shall tišmaʿnâ a dābār from behind you lēʾmōr: "This [is] the derek, lekû in it, when you taʾămînû and when you taśmeʾîlû."

Grammar Details

• *ʾoznêḵā*: feminine dual noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your ears
• *tišmaʿnâ*: qal imperfect 3rd person feminine plural - they will hear
• *dābār*: masculine singular noun - word/thing
• *lēʾmōr*: qal infinitive construct - saying
• *derek*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the way
• *lekû*: qal imperative masculine plural - walk/go
• *taʾămînû*: hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you turn to the right
• *taśmeʾîlû*: hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you turn to the left

Word Meanings

• *ʾoznêḵā*: your ears
• *tišmaʿnâ*: they will hear/listen to/perceive
• *dābār*: word/thing/matter/command
• *lēʾmōr*: saying/to say
• *derek*: the way/road/path
• *lekû*: walk/go/proceed
• *taʾămînû*: you turn to the right/go right
• *taśmeʾîlû*: you turn to the left/go left

Referenced Verses

• Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
• 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 58:11 : 11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
• Isa 35:8-9 : 8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. 9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
• Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
• Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
• Jer 6:16 : 16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
• Deut 5:32 : 32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
• Josh 1:7 : 7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
• Ps 143:8-9 : 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. 9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. 10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
• 1 John 2:27 : 27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
• Isa 48:17 : 17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
• Josh 23:6 : 6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
• 2 Kgs 22:2 : 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
• Prov 4:27 : 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
• Isa 29:24 : 24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
• 1 John 2:20 : 20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.