Isaiah 51:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָנֹכִ֧י אָנֹכִ֛י ה֖וּא מְנַחֶמְכֶ֑ם מִֽי־אַ֤תְּ וַתִּֽירְאִי֙ מֵאֱנ֣וֹשׁ יָמ֔וּת וּמִבֶּן־אָדָ֖ם חָצִ֥יר יִנָּתֵֽן

Transliteration

'ānōkî 'ānōkî hû' mənaḥemkem mî-'at wattîrə'î mē'ĕnôš yāmût ûmibben-'ādām ḥāṣîr yinnātēn

Grammar Details

• *'ānōkî*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *hû'*: personal pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he
• *mənaḥemkem*: Piel participle, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your comforter
• *mî*: interrogative pronoun - who
• *'at*: personal pronoun, 2nd person feminine singular - you
• *wattîrə'î*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular - that you fear
• *mē'ĕnôš*: preposition + common noun, masculine singular - from man
• *yāmût*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will die
• *ûmibben*: conjunction + preposition + common noun, masculine singular construct - and from son of
• *'ādām*: common noun, masculine singular - mankind/man
• *ḥāṣîr*: common noun, masculine singular - grass
• *yinnātēn*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will be made/given

Word Meanings

• *mənaḥemkem*: your comforter/your consoler
• *'ĕnôš*: man/mortal/humankind
• *ben-'ādām*: son of man/human being
• *ḥāṣîr*: grass/hay/vegetation
• *yinnātēn*: will be made/will be given/will be rendered

Referenced Verses

• Ps 118:6 : 6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
• 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
• Isa 2:22 : 22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
• Isa 51:3 : 3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
• John 14:26-27 : 26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
• John 14:18 : 18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
• Isa 66:13 : 13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
• Ps 103:15-16 : 15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
• Isa 51:7-8 : 7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. 8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
• Isa 40:6-7 : 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
• Isa 43:25 : 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
• Ps 90:5-6 : 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood{H8804)}; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up{H8799)}. 6 In the morning it flourisheth{H8686)}, and groweth up{H8804)}; in the evening it is cut down{H8787)}, and withereth{H8804)}.
• 2 Cor 1:3-5 : 3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
• 2 Cor 7:5-6 : 5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. 6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
• Jas 1:10-11 : 10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. 11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
• Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked spring{H8800)} as the grass, and when all the workers{H8802)} of iniquity do flourish{H8686)}; it is that they shall be destroyed{H8736)} for ever:
• Ps 146:4 : 4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
• Prov 29:26 : 26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.
• Isa 57:15-18 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. 16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. 18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
• Acts 9:31 : 31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
• Dan 3:16-18 : 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. 17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. 18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
• Matt 10:28 : 28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Luke 12:4-5 : 4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.