Isaiah 54:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Sing, O barren, you who did not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, says the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רָנִּ֥י עֲקָרָ֖ה לֹ֣א יָלָ֑דָה פִּצְחִ֨י רִנָּ֤ה וְצַהֲלִי֙ לֹא־חָ֔לָה כִּֽי־רַבִּ֧ים בְּֽנֵי־שׁוֹמֵמָ֛ה מִבְּנֵ֥י בְעוּלָ֖ה אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

Rānî ʿăqārâ lōʾ yālādâ piṣḥî rinnâ wə-ṣahalî lōʾ-ḥālâ kî-rabbîm bənê-šômēmâ from-bənê bəʿûlâ ʾāmar Yhwh

Grammar Details

• *Rānî*: imperative, feminine singular - sing/rejoice
• *ʿăqārâ*: noun, feminine singular - barren woman
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yālādâ*: verb, perfect, 3rd feminine singular - gave birth
• *piṣḥî*: imperative, feminine singular - break forth
• *rinnâ*: noun, feminine singular - joyful singing/cry
• *wə-ṣahalî*: conjunction + imperative, feminine singular - and shout for joy
• *lōʾ-ḥālâ*: negative particle + verb, perfect, 3rd feminine singular - not travailed/been in labor
• *kî-rabbîm*: conjunction + adjective, masculine plural - for many (are)
• *bənê-šômēmâ*: construct form - children of desolate one
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - children/sons of
• *bəʿûlâ*: passive participle, feminine singular - married woman
• *ʾāmar*: verb, perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said
• *Yhwh*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh

Word Meanings

• *Rānî*: sing/rejoice/cry out with joy
• *ʿăqārâ*: barren woman/childless one
• *šômēmâ*: desolate/deserted/abandoned woman
• *bəʿûlâ*: married woman/woman with a husband

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Sing, O barren woman who has not given birth! Break forth into song and shout with joy, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate woman are more than the children of the married woman, says the Lord.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Sing,{H7442} O barren,{H6135} thou that didst not bear;{H3205} break forth{H6476} into singing,{H7440} and cry aloud,{H6670} thou that didst not travail with child:{H2342} for more{H7227} are the children{H1121} of the desolate{H8074} than the children{H1121} of the married wife,{H1166} saith{H559} Jehovah.{H3068}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Sing{H7442}{(H8798)}, O barren{H6135}, thou that didst not bear{H3205}{(H8804)}; break forth{H6476}{(H8798)} into singing{H7440}, and cry aloud{H6670}{(H8761)}, thou that didst not travail with child{H2342}{(H8804)}: for more{H7227} are the children{H1121} of the desolate{H8074}{(H8802)} than the children{H1121} of the married wife{H1166}{(H8803)}, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore be glad now, thou bare that bearest not. Reioyce, synge & be mery, thou yt art not with childe: For the desolate hath moo children, then the maried wife, saieth the LORDE.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Reioyce, O barren that diddest not beare: breake forth into ioy and reioyce, thou that diddest not trauaile with childe: for the desolate hath moe children then the married wife, sayeth the Lorde.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Be glad nowe thou baren that bearest not, reioyce, syng, and be mery thou that art not with childe: for the desolate hath mo childre then the maryed wyfe saith the Lorde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Sing, O barren, thou [that] didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou [that] didst not travail with child: for more [are] the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Sing, barren, you who didn't bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, says Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Sing, O barren, she hath not borne! Break forth with singing, and cry aloud, She hath not brought forth! For more `are' the sons of the desolate, Than the sons of the married one, said Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let your voice be loud in song, O woman without children; make melody and sounds of joy, you who did not give birth: for the children of her who had no husband are more than those of the married wife, says the Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Sing, barren, you who didn't bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife," says Yahweh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Zion Will Be Secure“Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth! Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one are more numerous than the children of the married woman,” says the LORD.

Referenced Verses

• Gal 4:27 : 27 For it is written: 'Rejoice, O barren, you who do not bear! Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor! For the desolate has many more children than she who has a husband.'
• 1 Sam 2:5 : 5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread; and those who were hungry have ceased to hunger: so that the barren has borne seven; and she who has many children has become feeble.
• Isa 62:4 : 4 You shall no longer be called Forsaken; nor shall your land any longer be called Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah: for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married.
• Heb 11:11-12 : 11 Through faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the seashore innumerable.
• Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King comes to you: he is just, and endowed with salvation; lowly, and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt the foal of a donkey.
• Ps 67:3-5 : 3 Let the people praise You, O God; let all the people praise You. 4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for You shall judge the people righteously, and govern the nations on earth. Selah. 5 Let the people praise You, O God; let all the people praise You.
• Isa 49:20 : 20 The children which you shall have, after you have lost the other, shall say again in your ears, The place is too narrow for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
• Ps 113:9 : 9 He makes the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD.
• Isa 42:10-11 : 10 Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you that go down to the sea, and all that is in it; the islands, and their inhabitants. 11 Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar inhabits: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
• Isa 44:23 : 23 Sing, O heavens; for the LORD has done it: shout, you lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it: for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
• Isa 49:13 : 13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD has comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
• Rev 7:9-9 : 9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no one could number, of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and languages, stood before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palm branches in their hands; 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb.
• Zeph 3:14 : 14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
• Isa 55:12-13 : 12 For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
• Ps 98:3-9 : 3 He has remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. 4 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. 5 Sing to the LORD with the harp; with the harp and the sound of a psalm. 6 With trumpets and the sound of a horn make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. 7 Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world, and those who dwell in it. 8 Let the rivers clap their hands; let the hills be joyful together 9 Before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth: with righteousness he shall judge the world, and the people with fairness.