Isaiah 21:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

For the Lord has said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will fail:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־כֹ֛ה אָמַ֥ר אֲדֹנָ֖י אֵלָ֑י בְּע֤וֹד שָׁנָה֙ כִּשְׁנֵ֣י שָׂכִ֔יר וְכָלָ֖ה כָּל־כְּב֥וֹד קֵדָֽר׃

Transliteration

For-thus 'āmar 'adōnāy to me in 'ôd šānāh like šənê śākîr and kālāh all-kəbôd qēdār

Grammar Details

• *'āmar*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said
• *'adōnāy*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my Lord
• *'ôd*: adverb - yet/still
• *šānāh*: noun, feminine singular - year
• *šənê*: noun, masculine dual construct - years of
• *śākîr*: noun, masculine singular - hired laborer
• *kālāh*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will end/be finished
• *kəbôd*: noun, masculine singular construct - glory of
• *qēdār*: proper noun - Kedar

Word Meanings

• *'ôd šānāh kišnê śākîr*: within a year, as the years of a hired worker/in one year, according to the years of a hired man
• *kālāh*: will end/will be finished/will come to an end
• *kəbôd qēdār*: glory of Kedar/splendor of Kedar

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For this is what the Lord said to me: 'In one year, as if it were the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For thus hath the LORDE spoken vnto me: ouer a yeare shal all the power of Cedar be gone, like as when the office of an hyred seruaunte goeth out:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For thus hath the Lorde sayd vnto me, Yet a yeere according to the yeeres of an hireling, and all the glorie of Kedar shall faile.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto me: There is yet a yere, accordyng to the yeres of an hired seruaunt, and all the glorie of Cedar shall fayle.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For thus has the Lord said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For thus said the Lord unto me: `Within a year, as years of a hireling, Consumed hath been all the honour of Kedar.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For so has the Lord said to me, In a year, by the years of a servant working for payment, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end:

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the Lord said to me, "Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For this is what the Lord has told me:“Within exactly one year all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 120:5 : 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
• Isa 16:14 : 14 But now the LORD has spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab shall be despised, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
• Isa 60:7 : 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to you, the rams of Nebaioth shall serve you; they shall come up with acceptance on My altar, and I will glorify the house of My glory.
• Song 1:5 : 5 I am dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
• Ezek 27:21 : 21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with you in lambs, rams, and goats: in these they were your merchants.
• Gen 25:13 : 13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, and Mibsam,
• Jer 49:28 : 28 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon shall strike, thus says the LORD: Arise, go up to Kedar, and destroy the men of the east.
• Isa 42:11 : 11 Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar inhabits: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
• 1 Chr 1:29 : 29 These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
• Job 7:1 : 1 Is there not an appointed time for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired worker?