Isaiah 2:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּיּ֤וֹם הַהוּא֙ יַשְׁלִ֣יךְ הָאָדָ֔ם אֵ֚ת אֱלִילֵ֣י כַסְפּ֔וֹ וְאֵ֖ת אֱלִילֵ֣י זְהָב֑וֹ אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָֽשׂוּ־לוֹ֙ לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֔ת לַחְפֹּ֥ר פֵּר֖וֹת וְלָעֲטַלֵּפִֽים׃

Transliteration

In-the-yôm the-hûʾ yašlîk the-ʾādām ʾēt ʾĕlîlê kaspô and-ʾēt ʾĕlîlê zəhābô which ʿāśû-for-him to-ləhištaḥăwōt, to-the-ḥăpōr pērôt and-to-the-ʿăṭallēpîm.

Grammar Details

• *ba-yôm*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the day
• *ha-hûʾ*: definite article + pronoun, masculine singular - that
• *yašlîk*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will throw/cast away
• *hā-ʾādām*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - mankind/humanity
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *ʾĕlîlê*: noun, masculine plural construct - idols of
• *kaspô*: noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his silver
• *wə-ʾēt*: conjunction + direct object marker
• *zəhābô*: noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his gold
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
• *ʿāśû-lô*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd common plural + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - they made for him
• *lə-hištaḥăwōt*: preposition + verb, hishtaphel infinitive construct - to worship/bow down
• *la-ḥăpōr*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - to the mole
• *pērôt*: noun, feminine plural - rats
• *wə-lā-ʿăṭallēpîm*: conjunction + preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - and to the bats

Word Meanings

• *yašlîk*: will throw/cast away/discard
• *ʾĕlîlê*: idols/worthless things/nothings
• *ləhištaḥăwōt*: to worship/bow down/prostrate oneself
• *ḥăpōr pērôt*: moles/burrowing animals/rodents
• *ʿăṭallēpîm*: bats/flying creatures

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  On that day, people will throw away their silver idols and their gold idols, which they made to worship, to the moles and bats.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then, the shal ma cast awaye his goddes of syluer and golde (which he neuertheles had made to honoure the) vnto Molles and Backes:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  At that day shall man cast away his siluer idoles, & his golden idoles (which they had made themselues to worship them) to the mowles and to the backes,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  In the selfe same day shall man cast away his gods of siluer, and his gods of golde, into the holes of Mowles and Backes, which he neuerthelesse had made to hym selfe to honour them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made [each one] for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  In that day, men shall cast away their idols of silver, And their idols of gold, Which have been made for themselves to worship, To the moles and to the bats;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  In that day doth man cast his idols of silver, And his idols of gold, That they have made for him to worship, To moles, and to bats,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In that day men will put their images of silver and of gold, which they made for worship, in the keeping of the beasts of the dark places;

• World English Bible (2000)

  In that day, men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  At that time men will throw their silver and gold idols, which they made for themselves to worship, into the caves where rodents and bats live,

Referenced Verses

• Isa 30:22 : 22 You shall defile also the covering of your graven images of silver, and the ornament of your molten images of gold: you shall cast them away as a menstrual cloth; you shall say to it, Be gone.
• Isa 31:7 : 7 For in that day every man will cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made for you as a sin.
• Lev 11:19 : 19 And the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
• Isa 46:1 : 1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops, their idols are upon the beasts and upon the cattle; your carriages are heavily loaded; they are a burden to the weary animal.
• Isa 46:6 : 6 They pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver on the scales, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god: they fall down, yes, they worship.
• Hos 14:8 : 8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do anymore with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green cypress tree. From me your fruit is found.
• Phil 3:7-8 : 7 But what things were gain to me, those I have counted as loss for Christ. 8 Indeed, I count all things as loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ,