Isaiah 25:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces; and the reproach of His people He will take away from all the earth: for the LORD has spoken.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בִּלַּ֤ע הַמָּ֙וֶת֙ לָנֶ֔צַח וּמָחָ֨ה אֲדֹנָ֧י יְהוִ֛ה דִּמְעָ֖ה מֵעַ֣ל כָּל־פָּנִ֑ים וְחֶרְפַּ֣ת עַמּ֗וֹ יָסִיר֙ מֵעַ֣ל כָּל־הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבֵּֽר׃

Transliteration

billaʿ the-māwet to-lāneṣaḥ ûmāḥāh ʾădōnāy YHWH dimʿāh from-upon all-pānîm wĕḥerpat ʿammô yāsîr from-upon all-the-ʾāreṣ kî YHWH dibbēr

Grammar Details

• *billaʿ*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will swallow up
• *māwet*: noun, masculine singular - death
• *lāneṣaḥ*: preposition with noun - forever, to victory
• *ûmāḥāh*: conjunction with verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he will wipe away
• *ʾădōnāy*: noun, divine title - Lord, Master
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *dimʿāh*: noun, feminine singular - tear, weeping
• *pānîm*: noun, masculine plural - faces
• *wĕḥerpat*: conjunction with noun, feminine singular construct - and reproach of
• *ʿammô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his people
• *yāsîr*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will remove
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth, land
• *kî*: conjunction - for, because
• *dibbēr*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has spoken

Word Meanings

• *billaʿ hammāwet lāneṣaḥ*: he will swallow up death forever/to victory
• *māḥāh dimʿāh*: wipe away tears, remove weeping
• *ʾădōnāy YHWH*: Lord YHWH, Master Yahweh
• *ḥerpat ʿammô*: reproach of his people, disgrace of his nation
• *yāsîr mēʿal kol-hāʾāreṣ*: he will remove from all the earth/land

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  He hath swallowed up{H1104} death{H4194} for ever;{H5331} and the Lord{H136} Jehovah{H3069} will wipe away{H4229} tears{H1832} from off all faces;{H6440} and the reproach{H2781} of his people{H5971} will he take away{H5493} from off all the earth:{H776} for Jehovah{H3068} hath spoken{H1696} it.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  He will swallow up{H1104}{(H8765)} death{H4194} in victory{H5331}; and the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} will wipe away{H4229}{(H8804)} tears{H1832} from off all faces{H6440}; and the rebuke{H2781} of his people{H5971} shall he take away{H5493}{(H8686)} from off all the earth{H776}: for the LORD{H3068} hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} it.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  As for death, he shal vtterly cosume it, The LORDE God shal wipe awaye the teares from all faces, and take awaye the confucio of his people thorow ye whole worlde. For ye LORDE himself hath sayde it.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  He wil destroy death for euer: and the Lord God wil wipe away the teares from all faces, and the rebuke of his people will he take away out of all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  As for death he hath destroyed it for euer, and the Lorde God shall wype away teares from all faces, and the rebuke of his people shall he take away out of all the earth, for so the Lorde hath sayde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken [it].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He has swallowed up death forever; and the Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Yahweh has spoken it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  He hath swallowed up death in victory, And wiped hath the Lord Jehovah, The tear from off all faces, And the reproach of His people He turneth aside from off all the earth, For Jehovah hath spoken.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  He has put an end to death for ever; and the Lord God will take away all weeping; and he will put an end to the shame of his people in all the earth: for the Lord has said it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  he will swallow up death permanently. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from every face, and remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. Indeed, the LORD has announced it!

Referenced Verses

• Rev 21:4 : 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things have passed away.
• 1 Cor 15:54 : 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: 'Death is swallowed up in victory.'
• Hos 13:14 : 14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be your plagues; O grave, I will be your destruction: repentance shall be hidden from my eyes.
• Rev 7:17 : 17 For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and will lead them to living fountains of waters; and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.
• 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is spoken of as evil, but on your part he is glorified.
• Isa 35:10 : 10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
• Isa 37:3 : 3 And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.
• Isa 51:11 : 11 Therefore the redeemed of the LORD will return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy will be upon their heads: they will obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning will flee away.
• Isa 54:4 : 4 Fear not; for you shall not be ashamed: neither be you confounded; for you shall not be put to shame: for you shall forget the shame of your youth, and shall not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.
• Mal 3:17-18 : 17 And they shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him. 18 Then shall you return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
• Ps 69:9 : 9 For the zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproached you have fallen on me.
• Ps 89:50-51 : 50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants; how I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; 51 With which your enemies have reproached, O LORD, with which they have reproached the footsteps of your anointed.
• Isa 30:19 : 19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: you shall weep no more: he will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer you.
• Isa 30:26 : 26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD binds up the breach of his people, and heals the wound of their bruise.
• Matt 5:11-12 : 11 Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
• 1 Cor 15:26 : 26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.
• Isa 60:15 : 15 Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no one went through you, I will make you an eternal excellence, a joy of many generations.
• Isa 61:7 : 7 For your shame you shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion; therefore in their land they shall possess the double; everlasting joy shall be unto them.
• Isa 65:19 : 19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem and delight in my people; the voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
• Isa 66:5 : 5 Hear the word of the LORD, you that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
• Rev 20:14 : 14 And Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
• 2 Tim 1:10 : 10 But is now revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
• Heb 2:14-15 : 14 Since then the children partake of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15 And deliver those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.