2 Kings 20:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּ קְח֖וּ דְּבֶ֣לֶת תְּאֵנִ֑ים וַיִּקְח֛וּ וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ עַֽל־הַשְּׁחִ֖ין וַיֶּֽחִי׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer Yəšaʿyāhû, qəḥû dəbelet təʾēnîm; wə-yiqqəḥû wə-yāśîmû on-the-šəḥîn wə-yeḥî.

Grammar Details

• *wə*-: conjunction - and
• *yōʾmer*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he said
• *Yəšaʿyāhû*: proper name - Isaiah
• *qəḥû*: qal imperative masculine plural - take
• *dəbelet*: feminine singular construct - cake of
• *təʾēnîm*: feminine plural noun - figs
• *yiqqəḥû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they took
• *yāśîmû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they placed
• *šəḥîn*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the boil
• *yeḥî*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he lived/recovered

Word Meanings

• *dəbelet*: cake/lump/pressed mass
• *šəḥîn*: boil/sore/inflammation
• *yeḥî*: he recovered/he lived/he was restored

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then Isaiah said, "Prepare a lump of figs." So they took it and placed it on the boil, and he recovered.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Isaiah{H3470} said,{H559} Take{H3947} a cake{H1690} of figs.{H8384} And they took{H3947} and laid{H7760} it on the boil,{H7822} and he recovered.{H2421}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Isaiah{H3470} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Take{H3947}{(H8798)} a lump{H1690} of figs{H8384}. And they took{H3947}{(H8799)} and laid{H7760}{(H8799)} it on the boil{H7822}, and he recovered{H2421}{(H8799)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Esay sayde: Bringe hither a quantite of fygges. And whan they broughte them, they layed them vpon the sore, and it was healed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Isaiah sayde, Take a lumpe of dry figges; they tooke it, and layed it on the boyle, and he recouered.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Isai sayd: Take a lumpe of dried figges. And they toke and layed it on the sore, and he recouered.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid [it] on the boil, and he recovered.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Isaiah saith, `Take ye a cake of figs;' and they take and lay `it' on the boil, and he reviveth.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. So they took it and put it on his wound, and he got better.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs." They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Isaiah ordered,“Get a fig cake.” So they did as he ordered and placed it on the ulcerated sore, and he recovered.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 38:21 : 21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and apply it like a plaster on the boil, and he shall recover.
• 2 Kgs 2:20-22 : 20 And he said, Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it. And they brought it to him. 21 And he went forth to the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus says the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from here any more death or barren land. 22 So the waters were healed to this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spoke.
• 2 Kgs 4:41 : 41 But he said, Then bring flour. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.