Isaiah 57:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַל־מִי֙ תִּתְעַנָּ֔גוּ עַל־מִ֛י תַּרְחִ֥יבוּ פֶ֖ה תַּאֲרִ֣יכוּ לָשׁ֑וֹן הֲלֽוֹא־אַתֶּ֥ם יִלְדֵי־פֶ֖שַׁע זֶ֥רַע שָֽׁקֶר׃

Transliteration

ʿal-mî titʿannāgû ʿal-mî tarḥîbû peh taʾărîḵû lāšôn hălôʾ-ʾattem yildê-pešaʿ zeraʿ šāqer.

Grammar Details

• *ʿal-mî*: preposition + interrogative pronoun - against whom
• *titʿannāgû*: hithpael imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you make yourselves sport/delight yourselves
• *tarḥîbû*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you make wide/open wide
• *peh*: noun, masculine, singular - mouth
• *taʾărîḵû*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you make long/extend
• *lāšôn*: noun, feminine, singular - tongue
• *hălôʾ-ʾattem*: interrogative particle + negation + 2nd person masculine plural pronoun - are you not
• *yildê-pešaʿ*: noun, masculine, plural construct + noun - children of transgression
• *zeraʿ*: noun, masculine, singular construct - seed of
• *šāqer*: noun, masculine, singular - falsehood/lie

Word Meanings

• *titʿannāgû*: amuse yourselves/mock/delight yourselves/make sport
• *tarḥîbû*: open wide/enlarge/make wide
• *taʾărîḵû*: stick out/extend/prolong
• *pešaʿ*: transgression/rebellion/sin
• *šāqer*: falsehood/deception/lie

Referenced Verses

• Isa 1:4 : 4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
• Ps 35:21 : 21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said{H8804)}, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen{H8804)} it.
• Ps 69:12 : 12 They that sit in{H8802)} the gate speak{H8799)} against me; and I was the song of the drunkards{H8802)}.
• Exod 9:17 : 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
• Exod 16:7-8 : 7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us? 8 And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.
• Num 16:11 : 11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
• Josh 10:21 : 21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
• Judg 16:25-27 : 25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars. 26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them. 27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
• Job 16:9-9 : 9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
• Ps 22:7 : 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
• Ps 22:13 : 13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
• Ps 22:17 : 17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
• Isa 10:15 : 15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
• Isa 30:1 : 1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
• Isa 30:9 : 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
• Isa 37:23 : 23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 37:29 : 29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
• Lam 2:15-16 : 15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? 16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
• Ezek 2:4 : 4 For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.
• Hos 10:9 : 9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
• Matt 13:38 : 38 {G1161} The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
• Matt 27:29 : 29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
• Matt 27:39-44 : 39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, 40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41 {G1161} Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. 43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. 44 {G1161} The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
• Luke 10:16 : 16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
• Acts 9:4 : 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
• Eph 2:2-3 : 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
• Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
• Col 3:6 : 6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
• 2 Pet 2:13 : 13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;