Isaiah 34:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompense for the controversy of Zion.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֛י י֥וֹם נָקָ֖ם לַֽיהוָ֑ה שְׁנַ֥ת שִׁלּוּמִ֖ים לְרִ֥יב צִיּֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

kî yôm nāqām lāyhwh šĕnat šillûmîm lĕrîb ṣiyyôn

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *yôm*: masculine singular construct - day of
• *nāqām*: masculine singular noun - vengeance
• *lāyhwh*: preposition + divine name - to/for YHWH
• *šĕnat*: feminine singular construct - year of
• *šillûmîm*: masculine plural noun - retribution/recompense
• *lĕrîb*: preposition + masculine singular construct - for controversy/dispute of
• *ṣiyyôn*: proper noun - Zion

Word Meanings

• *yôm*: day/time
• *nāqām*: vengeance/revenge/retribution
• *šĕnat*: year/period
• *šillûmîm*: retribution/recompense/repayment
• *rîb*: controversy/dispute/case/lawsuit
• *ṣiyyôn*: Zion (Jerusalem)

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, the year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For Jehovah hath a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Vnto the also (o Sion) shal come the daye of the vengeaunce of God, and the yeare when as thyne owne iugdmentes shalbe recompensed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For it is the day of the Lordes vengeance, and the yeere of recompence for the iudgement of Zion.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For it is the day of Gods vengeaunce, and the yere of recompence for the reuenge of Sion.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For [it is] the day of the LORD'S vengeance, [and] the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For Yahweh has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  (For a day of vengeance `is' to Jehovah, A year of recompences for Zion's strife,)

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For Jehovah hath a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For Jehovah hath a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For it is the day of the Lord's punishment, when he gives payment for the wrongs done to Zion.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For Yahweh has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the LORD has planned a day of revenge, a time when he will repay Edom for her hostility toward Zion.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 63:4 : 4 For the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redeemed has come.
• Isa 61:2 : 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
• Isa 35:4 : 4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; He will come and save you.
• Ps 94:1 : 1 O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself.
• Jer 46:10 : 10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge himself on his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
• Rev 6:10-11 : 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto each of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest for a little while, until their fellow servants and their brethren, who should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
• Rev 18:20 : 20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her.
• Rev 19:2 : 2 For true and righteous are His judgments: for He has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged the blood of His servants at her hand.
• Isa 49:26 : 26 And I will feed them that oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunk with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
• Isa 59:17-18 : 17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. 18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the coastlands he will repay recompense.
• Mic 6:1 : 1 Hear now what the LORD says; Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
• Luke 18:7 : 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, who cry day and night to him, though he bears long with them?
• Rom 2:5 : 5 But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• Rom 2:8-9 : 8 But to those who are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
• 2 Thess 1:6-9 : 6 Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you; 7 And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all who believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
• Isa 26:21 : 21 For behold, the LORD comes out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also will disclose her blood and will no more cover her slain.
• Deut 32:35 : 35 To me belong vengeance, and recompense; their foot shall slip in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
• Deut 32:41-43 : 41 If I sharpen my glittering sword, and my hand takes hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my enemies, and will reward those who hate me. 42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenge upon the enemy. 43 Rejoice, O nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful to his land, and to his people.