Isaiah 30:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־עַם בְּצִיּוֹן יֵשֵׁב בִּירֽוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם בָּכוֹ לֹא־תִבְכֶּה חָנוֹן יָחְנְךָ לְקוֹל זַעֲקֶךָ כְּשָׁמְעָתוֹ עָנָךְ׃

Transliteration

For a people in Ṣiyyôn shall yēšēb in Yerûšālāim. Bāḵô you shall not tibkeh; ḥānôn he will yoḥonḵā at [the] sound of your zaʿăqeḵā; when he šomeʿātô he will ʿānāḵ.

Grammar Details

• *Ṣiyyôn*: proper noun - Zion
• *yēšēb*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will dwell
• *Yerûšālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *Bāḵô*: qal infinitive absolute - weeping
• *tibkeh*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will weep
• *ḥānôn*: qal infinitive absolute - showing grace
• *yoḥonḵā*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - he will be gracious to you
• *zaʿăqeḵā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your cry
• *šomeʿātô*: qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his hearing
• *ʿānāḵ*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - he answered you

Word Meanings

• *Ṣiyyôn*: Zion (Jerusalem)
• *yēšēb*: will dwell/sit/reside
• *Yerûšālāim*: Jerusalem (proper name)
• *Bāḵô*: weeping/crying (emphatic)
• *tibkeh*: you will weep/cry
• *ḥānôn*: showing grace/being gracious (emphatic)
• *yoḥonḵā*: he will be gracious to you/favor you/show mercy to you
• *zaʿăqeḵā*: your cry/outcry/call for help
• *šomeʿātô*: his hearing/as soon as he hears
• *ʿānāḵ*: he answered you/responded to you

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  O people of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. How gracious he will be when you cry for help! As soon as he hears, he will answer you.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the people{H5971} shall dwell{H3427} in Zion{H6726} at Jerusalem;{H3389} thou shalt weep{H1058} no more;{H1058} he will surely{H2603} be gracious{H2603} unto thee at the voice{H6963} of thy cry;{H2199} when he shall hear,{H8085} he will answer{H6030} thee.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the people{H5971} shall dwell{H3427}{(H8799)} in Zion{H6726} at Jerusalem{H3389}: thou shalt weep{H1058}{(H8799)} no more{H1058}{(H8800)}: he will be very{H2603}{(H8800)} gracious{H2603}{(H8799)} unto thee at the voice{H6963} of thy cry{H2199}{(H8800)}; when he shall hear{H8085}{(H8800)} it, he will answer{H6030}{(H8804)} thee.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For thus (o thou people of Sion and ye citisens of Ierusalem) shal ye neuer be in heuynes, for doutlesse he will haue mercy vpon the. As soone as he heareth the voyce of thy crie, he will helpe the.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Surely a people shal dwell in Zion, and in Ierusalem: thou shalt weepe no more: he wil certainly haue mercy vpon thee at the voyce of thy crye: when he heareth thee, he wil answere thee.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If the people remaine in Sion and at Hierusalem, thou shalt not be in heauinesse: but at the voyce of thy complaint shall he haue mercy vpon thee, and when he heareth it, he shall geue thee an aunswere.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; you shall weep no more; he will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry; when he shall hear, he will answer you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For the people in Zion dwell in Jerusalem, Weep thou not, weeping, Pitying, He pitieth thee at the voice of thy cry, When He heareth He answereth thee.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; thou shalt weep no more; he will surely be gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear, he will answer thee.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; thou shalt weep no more; he will surely be gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear, he will answer thee.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  O people, living in Zion, at Jerusalem, your weeping will be ended; he will certainly have mercy on you at the sound of your cry; when it comes to his ear, he will give you an answer.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. You will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When he hears you, he will answer you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For people will live in Zion; in Jerusalem you will weep no more. When he hears your cry of despair, he will indeed show you mercy; when he hears it, he will respond to you.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 65:24 : 24 It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
• Isa 60:20 : 20 Your sun shall no longer go down, nor shall your moon withdraw itself; for the LORD shall be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.
• Matt 7:7-9 : 7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or what man among you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him?
• Ps 50:15 : 15 And call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.
• Isa 58:9 : 9 Then you shall call, and the LORD shall answer; you shall cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If you take away the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, and speaking vanity;
• Isa 61:1-3 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; 3 To appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified.
• Isa 65:9 : 9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah an inheritor of my mountains; my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
• Isa 25:8 : 8 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.
• 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 40:1-2 : 1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak kindly to Jerusalem and cry out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, for she has received from the LORD's hand double for all her sins.
• Isa 46:13 : 13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not delay: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
• Isa 54:6-9 : 6 For the LORD has called you as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when you were refused, says your God. 7 For a small moment have I forsaken you; but with great mercies will I gather you. 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on you, says the LORD your Redeemer. 9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you. 10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, says the LORD that has mercy on you. 11 O you afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted: behold, I will lay your stones with fair colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires. 12 And I will make your windows of agates, and your gates of carbuncles, and all your borders of pleasant stones. 13 And all your children shall be taught by the LORD; and great shall be the peace of your children. 14 In righteousness shall you be established: you shall be far from oppression; for you shall not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near you.
• Isa 65:18 : 18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
• Isa 10:24 : 24 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people who dwell in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrian: he shall strike you with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against you, as Egypt did.
• Isa 12:3-6 : 3 Therefore with joy shall you draw water out of the wells of salvation. 4 And in that day you shall say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his deeds among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. 5 Sing unto the LORD; for he has done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. 6 Cry out and shout, inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of you.
• Luke 6:21 : 21 Blessed are you that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep now: for you shall laugh.
• Rom 11:26 : 26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
• Eph 3:20 : 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
• 1 John 5:14-15 : 14 And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.
• Rev 5:4 : 4 And I wept greatly because no one was found worthy to open and to read the book, or to look at it.
• 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.
• Jer 29:11-13 : 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon me, and you will go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 And you will seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.
• Jer 30:12 : 12 For thus says the LORD, Your bruise is incurable, and your wound is severe.
• Jer 31:6 : 6 For there shall be a day when the watchmen on Mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let us go up to Zion to the LORD our God.
• Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications I will lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, in which they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
• Jer 31:12 : 12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they shall not sorrow anymore at all.
• Jer 33:3 : 3 Call to me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.
• Jer 50:4-5 : 4 In those days and at that time, says the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go and seek the LORD their God. 5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces toward it, saying, Come and let us join ourselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
• Jer 50:28 : 28 The voice of those who flee and escape from the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
• Jer 51:10 : 10 The LORD has brought forth our righteousness; come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
• Ezek 20:40 : 40 For on my holy mountain, in the mountain height of Israel, says the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your offerings, with all your holy things.
• Ezek 36:37 : 37 Thus says the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
• Ezek 37:25-28 : 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children forever: and my servant David shall be their prince forever. 26 Moreover, I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them forevermore. 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yes, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 And the nations shall know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them forevermore.
• Mic 4:9 : 9 Now why do you cry out aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished? For pangs have taken you like a woman in labor.
• Zeph 3:14-20 : 14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 15 The LORD has taken away your judgments, he has cast out your enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of you: you shall see evil no more. 16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear not: and to Zion, Let not your hands be weak. 17 The LORD your God in the midst of you is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over you with joy; he will rest in his love, he will rejoice over you with singing. 18 I will gather those who are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of you, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. 19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict you: and I will save her who is lame, and gather her who was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame. 20 At that time I will bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, says the LORD.
• Zech 1:16-17 : 16 Therefore thus says the LORD: I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy; My house shall be built in it, says the LORD of hosts, and a measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem. 17 Proclaim again, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: My cities shall again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem.
• Zech 2:4-7 : 4 And said to him, 'Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls because of the multitude of people and cattle in it.' 5 For I, says the LORD, will be a wall of fire around her, and will be the glory in her midst. 6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, says the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of heaven, says the LORD. 7 Deliver yourself, O Zion, who dwells with the daughter of Babylon.
• Zech 8:3-8 : 3 Thus says the LORD; I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts, the holy mountain. 4 Thus says the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, each with his staff in his hand because of great age. 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets. 6 Thus says the LORD of hosts; If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvelous in My eyes? says the LORD of hosts. 7 Thus says the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save My people from the east country, and from the west country; 8 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.