Isaiah 14:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

Howl, O gate; cry, O city; you, whole Philistia, are dissolved: for there will come from the north a smoke, and none will be alone in his appointed times.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֵילִ֤ילִֽי שַׁ֙עַר֙ זַֽעֲקִי־עִ֔יר נָמ֖וֹג פְּלֶ֣שֶׁת כֻּלֵּ֑ךְ כִּ֤י מִצָּפוֹן֙ עָשָׁ֣ן בָּ֔א וְאֵ֥ין בּוֹדֵ֖ד בְּמוֹעָדָֽיו׃

Transliteration

hêlîlî šaʿar, zaʿăqî-ʿîr, nāmôg pǝlešet all-of-you; for from-ṣāp̄ôn ʿāšān bāʾ, and-none bôdēd in-môʿādāyw.

Grammar Details

• *hêlîlî*: hiphil imperative, feminine singular - wail
• *šaʿar*: masculine singular noun - gate
• *zaʿăqî*: qal imperative, feminine singular - cry out
• *ʿîr*: feminine singular noun - city
• *nāmôg*: niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - melted/dissolved
• *pǝlešet*: proper noun - Philistia
• *ṣāp̄ôn*: masculine singular noun - north
• *ʿāšān*: masculine singular noun - smoke
• *bāʾ*: qal active participle, masculine singular - coming
• *bôdēd*: qal active participle, masculine singular - being alone/straggling
• *môʿādāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his ranks/appointed places

Word Meanings

• *hêlîlî*: wail/howl/lament
• *zaʿăqî*: cry out/scream/call out
• *nāmôg*: melted/dissolved/disintegrated
• *ʿāšān*: smoke/cloud
• *bôdēd*: being alone/straggling/separated
• *môʿādāyw*: his ranks/his appointed places/his assemblies/his troops

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! All of Philistia is dissolved. For smoke comes from the north, and there is no straggler in its ranks.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Howl,{H3213} O gate;{H8179} cry,{H2199} O city;{H5892} thou art melted{H4127} away, O Philistia,{H6429} all of thee; for there cometh{H935} a smoke{H6227} out of the north,{H6828} and there is no straggler{H909} in his ranks.{H4151}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Howl{H3213}{(H8685)}, O gate{H8179}; cry{H2199}{(H8798)}, O city{H5892}; thou, whole Palestina{H6429}, art dissolved{H4127}{(H8738)}: for there shall come{H935}{(H8804)} from the north{H6828} a smoke{H6227}, and none shall be alone{H909}{(H8802)} in his appointed times{H4151}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Mourne ye portes, wepe ye Cities And feare thou (o whole Palestina) for there shal come fro the North a smoke, whose power no man maye abyde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Howle, O gate, crie, O citie: thou whole lande of Palestina art dissolued, for there shall come from the North a smoke, and none shalbe alone, at his time appointed.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Mourne thou porte, weepe thou citie, for, O whole lande of Palestina, thou art layd waste: for there shal come from the north a smoke, that not one alone may abide at home in his times.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, [art] dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none [shall be] alone in his appointed times.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Howl, gate; cry, city; you are melted away, Philistia, all of you; for there comes a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Howl, O gate; cry, O city, Melted art thou, Philistia, all of thee, For from the north smoke hath come, And there is none alone in his set places.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou art melted away, O Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou art melted away, O Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Send out a cry, O door! Make sounds of sorrow, O town! All your land has come to nothing, O Philistia; for there comes a smoke out of the north, and everyone keeps his place in the line.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Howl, gate! Cry, city! You are melted away, Philistia, all of you; for smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Wail, O city gate! Cry out, O city! Melt with fear, all you Philistines! For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 1:14 : 14 Then the LORD said to me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
• Isa 13:6 : 6 Howl; for the day of the LORD is near; it will come as a destruction from the Almighty.
• Isa 14:29 : 29 Rejoice not, whole Philistia, because the rod of him that struck you is broken: for out of the serpent's root will come forth a viper, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent.
• Isa 20:1 : 1 In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
• Isa 24:12 : 12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.
• Isa 16:7 : 7 Therefore Moab shall wail for Moab, everyone shall wail: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall you mourn; surely they are stricken.
• Jer 25:16-20 : 16 And they shall drink, and stagger, and go mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. 17 Then I took the cup from the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom the LORD had sent me: 18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; 20 And all the mixed people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
• Isa 3:26 : 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she being desolate shall sit on the ground.