Isaiah 29:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

For the terrible one is brought to nothing, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־אָפֵ֥ס עָרִ֖יץ וְכָ֣לָה לֵ֑ץ וְנִכְרְת֖וּ כָּל־שֹׁ֥קְדֵי אָֽוֶן

Transliteration

For-ʾāp̱ēs ʿārîṣ and-kālāh lēṣ and-niḵrĕtû all-šōqĕdê ʾāwen

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *ʾāp̱ēs*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - has ceased/ended
• *ʿārîṣ*: adjective, masculine singular - ruthless/terrifying one
• *wĕ-ḵālāh*: conjunction waw + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and has come to an end
• *lēṣ*: noun, masculine singular - mocker/scoffer
• *wĕ-niḵrĕtû*: conjunction waw + verb, niphal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and will be cut off
• *kol-šōqĕdê*: particle kol + verb, qal participle, masculine plural construct - all those watching for
• *ʾāwen*: noun, masculine singular - iniquity/wickedness

Word Meanings

• *ʾāp̱ēs*: has ceased/ended/disappeared
• *ʿārîṣ*: ruthless one/terrifying one/tyrant
• *kālāh*: has come to an end/been consumed/finished
• *lēṣ*: mocker/scoffer/scorner
• *niḵrĕtû*: will be cut off/destroyed/eliminated
• *šōqĕdê*: those watching for/intent on/vigilant for
• *ʾāwen*: iniquity/wickedness/evil

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For the ruthless will vanish, the scoffer will disappear, and all who have an eye for evil will be cut off.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then shal the furious people ceasse, and ye mockers shal be put awaye, and all they yt do wronge shalbe rooted out,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the cruel man shal cease, & the scornefull shalbe consumed: and all that hasted to iniquitie, shalbe cut off:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For he that dyd violence is brought to naught, and the scornefull man is consumed, and they rooted out that made haste early to vnrighteousnesse,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the terrible one is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who watch for iniquity are cut off;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For ceased hath the terrible one, And consumed hath been the scorner, And cut off have been all watching for iniquity,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the cruel one has come to nothing; and those who make sport of the Lord are gone; and those who are watching to do evil are cut off:

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off--

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For tyrants will disappear, those who taunt will vanish, and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated–

Referenced Verses

• Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it because it is in the power of their hand.
• Isa 28:14-22 : 14 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, who rule this people who are in Jerusalem. 15 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we in agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hidden ourselves: 16 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation: he who believes shall not act hastily. 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. 18 And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then you shall be trampled down by it. 19 From the time that it goes forth it shall take you: for morning by morning it shall pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report. 20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. 21 For the LORD shall rise up as in Mount Perazim, he shall be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his unusual act. 22 Now therefore do not be mockers, lest your bonds be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
• Isa 29:5 : 5 Moreover, the multitude of your strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passes away; yes, it shall be at an instant, suddenly.
• Luke 16:14 : 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they ridiculed him.
• Isa 13:3 : 3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for my anger, even those who rejoice in my exaltation.
• Isa 25:4-5 : 4 For You have been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is like a storm against the wall. 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.
• Luke 20:20-23 : 20 And they watched him, and sent spies, who pretended to be righteous men, that they might trap him in his words, so they could deliver him to the power and authority of the governor. 21 And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that you say and teach rightly, neither do you show favoritism, but teach the way of God truly: 22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not? 23 But he perceived their trickery, and said to them, Why do you test me?
• Luke 23:11 : 11 And Herod with his soldiers treated Him with contempt and mocked Him, arraying Him in a splendid robe, and sent Him back to Pilate.
• Luke 23:35 : 35 And the people stood looking on. But the rulers, with them, sneered, saying, He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is Christ, the chosen of God.
• Rev 12:10 : 10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night."
• Isa 49:25 : 25 But thus says the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.
• Isa 51:13 : 13 And you forget the LORD your Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and you fear continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?
• Isa 59:4 : 4 No one calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth: they trust in vanity and speak lies; they conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.
• Dan 7:7 : 7 After this, I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces and trampled what was left with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
• Dan 7:19-25 : 19 Then I desired to know the truth about the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, exceedingly dreadful, with its teeth of iron and its nails of bronze, which devoured, broke in pieces, and trampled the rest with its feet. 20 And about the ten horns that were on its head, and the other which came up, and before which three fell; even that horn that had eyes and a mouth that spoke very great things, whose appearance was greater than its companions. 21 I watched, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them, 22 until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. 23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be different from all other kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. 24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise; and another shall rise after them, and he shall be different from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. 25 And he shall speak great words against the Most High and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.
• Hab 1:6-7 : 6 For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation which marches through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwellingplaces that are not theirs. 7 They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
• Mark 2:6-7 : 6 But certain of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, 7 Why does this man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God only?
• Mark 3:2-6 : 2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him. 3 And he said to the man who had the withered hand, Stand forth. 4 And he said to them, Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to kill? But they remained silent. 5 And when he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other. 6 And the Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
• Luke 6:7 : 7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the Sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
• Luke 13:14-17 : 14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, and said to the people, There are six days on which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day. 15 The Lord then answered him, and said, You hypocrite, does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water? 16 And should not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, indeed these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day? 17 And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.