Isaiah 33:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מֶלֶךְ בְּיָפְיוֹ תֶּחֱזֶינָה עֵינֶיךָ תִּרְאֶינָה אֶרֶץ מַרְחַקִּים

Transliteration

Melek in-yāpəyô teḥĕzeynâ ʿêneykā tirʾeynâ ʾereṣ marḥaqqîm

Grammar Details

*Melek*: noun, masculine singular - king
*yāpəyô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his beauty
*teḥĕzeynâ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural - they will behold
*ʿêneykā*: noun, feminine dual + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyes
*tirʾeynâ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural - they will see
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular - land
*marḥaqqîm*: noun, masculine plural - distant places

Word Meanings

*Melek*: king/ruler
*yāpəyô*: his beauty/his splendor
*teḥĕzeynâ*: they will behold/they will see/they will perceive
*ʿêneykā*: your eyes
*tirʾeynâ*: they will see/they will perceive/they will look at
*ʾereṣ*: land/country/earth
*marḥaqqîm*: distant places/far reaches/far country

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Referenced Verses

Isa 6:5 : 5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
Isa 26:15 : 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
Isa 32:1-2 : 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. 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.
Isa 37:1 : 1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
Zech 9:17 : 17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
Matt 17:2 : 2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
John 1:14 : 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us ,(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 14:21 : 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
John 17:24 : 24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
2 Cor 4:18 : 18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Heb 11:13-15 : 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. 15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
1 John 3:2 : 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
2 Chr 32:23 : 23 And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
Ps 31:8 : 8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
Ps 45:2 : 2 Thou art fairer{H8795)} than the children of men: grace is poured{H8717)} into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed{H8765)} thee for ever.
Song 5:10 : 10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

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