Isaiah 40:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָ֤מָּה תֹאמַר֙ יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וּתְדַבֵּ֖ר יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל נִסְתְּרָ֤ה דַרְכִּי֙ מֵֽיְהוָ֔ה וּמֵאֱלֹהַ֖י מִשְׁפָּטִ֥י יַעֲבֽוֹר׃

Transliteration

lāmmāh tōʾmar yaʿăqōb ûtědabbēr yiśrāʾēl nistěrāh darkî mêYHWH ûmēʾĕlōhay mišpāṭî yaʿăbôr

Grammar Details

*lāmmāh*: interrogative adverb - 'why'
*tōʾmar*: qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - 'do you say'
*yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - 'Jacob'
*ûtědabbēr*: conjunction + piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - 'and speak'
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - 'Israel'
*nistěrāh*: niphal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - 'is hidden'
*darkî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'my way'
*mêYHWH*: preposition + divine name - 'from the LORD'
*ûmēʾĕlōhay*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - 'and from my God'
*mišpāṭî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'my justice'
*yaʿăbôr*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'passes by'

Word Meanings

*lāmmāh tōʾmar*: why do you say/why would you say
*ûtědabbēr*: and speak/and declare
*nistěrāh darkî*: my way is hidden/my path is concealed
*mišpāṭî yaʿăbôr*: my justice passes by/my right is disregarded/my cause is ignored

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 27:2 : 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
Isa 49:4 : 4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
Luke 18:7-8 : 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? 8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
Isa 49:14 : 14 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.

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