Isaiah 51:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁמְע֤וּ אֵלַי֙ יֹ֣דְעֵי צֶ֔דֶק עַ֖ם תּוֹרָתִ֣י בְלִבָּ֑ם אַל־תִּֽירְאוּ֙ חֶרְפַּ֣ת אֱנ֔וֹשׁ וּמִגִּדֻּפֹתָ֖ם אַל־תֵּחָֽתּוּ

Transliteration

šim'û 'ēlay yōdə'ê ṣedeq 'am tôrātî bəlibbām 'al-tîrə'û ḥerpat 'ĕnôš ûmiggiduppōtām 'al-tēḥāttû

Grammar Details

*šim'û*: Qal imperative, masculine plural - hear/listen
*'ēlay*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me
*yōdə'ê*: Qal participle, masculine plural construct - knowers of
*ṣedeq*: common noun, masculine singular - righteousness
*'am*: common noun, masculine singular - people
*tôrātî*: common noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my law
*bəlibbām*: preposition + common noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in their heart
*'al*: negative particle - do not
*tîrə'û*: Qal imperfect jussive, 2nd person masculine plural - fear
*ḥerpat*: common noun, feminine singular construct - reproach of
*'ĕnôš*: common noun, masculine singular - man/mankind
*ûmiggiduppōtām*: conjunction + preposition + common noun, feminine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and from their revilings
*tēḥāttû*: Niphal imperfect jussive, 2nd person masculine plural - be dismayed/be broken

Word Meanings

*yōdə'ê*: knowers of/those who know
*ṣedeq*: righteousness/justice/rightness
*tôrātî*: my law/my instruction/my teaching
*ḥerpat*: reproach of/insult of/taunt of
*'ĕnôš*: man/mankind/mortals
*giduppōtām*: their revilings/their insults/their taunts
*tēḥāttû*: be dismayed/be broken/be shattered

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Referenced Verses

Ps 37:31 : 31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
Matt 5:11 : 11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
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.
Isa 51:1 : 1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
Acts 5:41 : 41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Ezek 2:6 : 6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
2 Cor 3:3 : 3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Phil 3:8 : 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Phil 3:10 : 10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
Titus 2:11-12 : 11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly , righteously, and godly, in this present world;
Heb 10:16 : 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
1 Pet 4:4 : 4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
Jer 1:17 : 17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
Jer 31:33-34 : 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Ps 40:8 : 8 I delight{H8804)} to do{H8800)} thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Luke 6:22 : 22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
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.

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