Isaiah 21:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the distress of war.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־מִפְּנֵ֥י חֲרָב֖וֹת נָדָ֑דוּ מִפְּנֵ֣י ׀ חֶ֣רֶב נְטוּשָׁ֗ה וּמִפְּנֵי֙ קֶ֣שֶׁת דְּרוּכָ֔ה וּמִפְּנֵ֖י כֹּ֥בֶד מִלְחָמָֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

For-from face of ḥarābôt nādādū from face of ḥereb nəṭūšāh and from face of qešet dərūkāh and from face of kōbed milḥāmāh

Grammar Details

• *ḥarābôt*: noun, feminine plural - swords
• *nādādū*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd plural - they fled
• *ḥereb*: noun, feminine singular - sword
• *nəṭūšāh*: verb participle, passive, feminine singular - drawn
• *qešet*: noun, feminine singular - bow
• *dərūkāh*: verb participle, passive, feminine singular - bent/drawn
• *kōbed*: noun, masculine singular construct - heaviness/severity of
• *milḥāmāh*: noun, feminine singular - war/battle

Word Meanings

• *mippənê*: from before/from the face of/because of
• *ḥarābôt*: swords/weapons
• *ḥereb nəṭūšāh*: drawn sword/unsheathed sword
• *qešet dərūkāh*: bent bow/drawn bow/strung bow
• *kōbed milḥāmāh*: severity of battle/weight of war/grievousness of conflict

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For they fled from swords, from drawn swords, from bent bows, and from the severity of battle.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For they fled{H5074} away from{H6440} the swords,{H2719} from{H6440} the drawn{H5203} sword,{H2719} and from{H6440} the bent{H1869} bow,{H7198} and from{H6440} the grievousness{H3514} of war.{H4421}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For they fled{H5074}{(H8804)} from{H6440} the swords{H2719}, from{H6440} the drawn{H5203}{(H8803)} sword{H2719}, and from{H6440} the bent{H1869}{(H8803)} bow{H7198}, and from{H6440} the grievousness{H3514} of war{H4421}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For thei shal runne awaye from the weapen, from the drawe swerde, from the bet bowe, and from the greate batell.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For they flee from the drawen swords, euen from the drawen sword, & from the bent bowe, and from the grieuousnesse of warre.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For because of swordes they are become fugitiue, Euen for the drawen sworde, and for the bent bowe, and because of the greeuousnesse of warre.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For from the face of destructions they fled, From the face of a stretched-out sword, And from the face of a trodden bow, And from the face of the grievousness of battle.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For they are in flight from the sharp sword, and the bent bow, and from the trouble of war.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For they flee from the swords– from the drawn sword and from the battle-ready bow and from the severity of the battle.

Referenced Verses

• Job 6:19-20 : 19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. 20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came there and were ashamed.
• Isa 13:14 : 14 And it will be as the hunted roe, and as a sheep that no man takes up: every man will turn to his own people, and everyone will flee to his own land.