Isaiah 25:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And He will stretch forth His hands in their midst, as he who swims spreads his hands to swim; and He will bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּפֵרַ֤שׂ יָדָיו֙ בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יְפָרֵ֥שׂ הַשֹּׂחֶ֖ה לִשְׂח֑וֹת וְהִשְׁפִּיל֙ גַּֽאֲוָת֔וֹ עִ֖ם אָרְבּ֥וֹת יָדָֽיו׃

Transliteration

ûpēraś yādāyw in-qirbô like-which yĕpārēś the-śōḥeh to-śĕḥôt wĕhišpîl gaʾăwātô with ʾarbôt yādāyw

Grammar Details

• *ûpēraś*: conjunction with verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he will spread out
• *yādāyw*: noun, feminine dual with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his hands
• *qirbô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his midst
• *kaʾăšer*: conjunction - as, like
• *yĕpārēś*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - spreads out
• *śōḥeh*: participle, qal active, masculine singular - swimmer
• *śĕḥôt*: verb, qal infinitive construct - to swim
• *wĕhišpîl*: conjunction with verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he will bring low
• *gaʾăwātô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his pride
• *ʾarbôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - ambushes, schemes, crafts

Word Meanings

• *pēraś yādāyw bĕqirbô*: he will spread out his hands in his midst
• *kaʾăšer yĕpārēś haśśōḥeh liśĕḥôt*: as a swimmer spreads out to swim
• *hišpîl gaʾăwātô*: he will bring low his pride
• *ʾarbôt yādāyw*: the skill/crafts of his hands, the movements of his hands

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They will spread out their hands in it, as a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim. But God will bring down their pride despite the skill of their hands.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he shall spread forth{H6566} his hands{H3027} in the midst{H7130} thereof, as he that swimmeth{H7811} spreadeth forth{H6566} his hands to swim;{H7811} but Jehovah will lay low{H8213} his pride{H1346} together with the craft{H698} of his hands.{H3027}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he shall spread forth{H6566}{(H8765)} his hands{H3027} in the midst{H7130} of them, as he that swimmeth{H7811}{(H8802)} spreadeth forth{H6566}{(H8762)} his hands to swim{H7811}{(H8800)}: and he shall bring down{H8213}{(H8689)} their pride{H1346} together with the spoils{H698} of their hands{H3027}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For he shal stretch out his hodes vpon him, like as a swimmer doth to swymme. And wt the power of his hondes shal he cast downe his hie pompe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he shall stretche out his hande in the middes of them (as he that swimmeth, stretcheth them out to swimme) and with the strength of his handes shall he bring downe their pride.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he shall stretche out his hande in the middes of them, as he that swimmeth casteth out his hands to swimme: and with the strength of his handes shall he bring downe their pryde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth [his hands] to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He shall spread forth his hands in the midst of it, as he who swims spreads forth [his hands] to swim; but [Yahweh] will lay low his pride together with the craft of his hands.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he spread out his hands in its midst, As spread out doth the swimmer to swim; And He hath humbled his excellency With the machinations of his hands.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst thereof, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth `his hands' to swim; but `Jehovah' will lay low his pride together with the craft of his hands.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst thereof, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth [his hands] to swim; but [Jehovah] will lay low his pride [ together with the craft of his hands.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And if he puts out his hands, like a man stretching out his hands in swimming, the Lord will make low his pride, however expert his designs.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He will spread out his hands in its midst, like one who swims spreads out hands to swim, but his pride will be humbled together with the craft of his hands.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Moab will spread out its hands in the middle of it, just as a swimmer spreads his hands to swim; the LORD will bring down Moab’s pride as it spreads its hands.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 14:26 : 26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
• Isa 5:25 : 25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them, and has struck them: and the hills trembled, and their carcasses were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
• Isa 2:11 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Isa 16:6 : 6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
• 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 25:5 : 5 You will bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the song of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
• Isa 53:12 : 12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
• Isa 65:2 : 2 I have stretched out my hands all day long to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own thoughts;
• Jer 48:29 : 29 We have heard the pride of Moab (he is exceedingly proud), his loftiness, and his arrogance, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
• Jer 48:42 : 42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against the LORD.
• Jer 50:31-32 : 31 Behold, I am against you, O most proud, says the Lord GOD of hosts: for your day has come, the time that I will visit you. 32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall help him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all around him.
• Jer 51:44 : 44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth what he has swallowed; and the nations shall no longer gather to him; indeed, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
• Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and His ways just; and those that walk in pride He is able to abase.
• Col 2:15 : 15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
• Jas 4:6 : 6 But he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
• Rev 18:6-8 : 6 Repay her even as she repaid you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she has filled, fill to her double. 7 As much as she has glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, give her that much torment and sorrow: for she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. 8 Therefore her plagues shall come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judges her.
• Rev 19:18-20 : 18 That you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great. 19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse, and against his army. 20 And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked miracles before him, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with sulfur.
• Isa 10:33 : 33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be cut down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
• Isa 13:11 : 11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
• Ps 2:5 : 5 Then shall he speak to them in his wrath, and distress them in his deep displeasure.
• Ps 2:8-9 : 8 Ask of me, and I shall give you the nations for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. 9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 10 Be wise now therefore, O you kings: be instructed, you judges of the earth. 11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
• Ps 110:1-7 : 1 The LORD said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool. 2 The LORD will send the rod of your strength out of Zion: rule in the midst of your enemies. 3 Your people shall be willing in the day of your power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: you have the dew of your youth. 4 The LORD has sworn and will not relent, You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. 5 The Lord at your right hand will strike through kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He will judge among the nations, he will fill the places with dead bodies; he will wound the heads over many countries. 7 He will drink from the brook by the way; therefore he will lift up the head.