Isaiah 57:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

You are wearied by the length of your way; yet you did not say, There is no hope: you have found the life of your hand; therefore you were not grieved.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּרֹ֤ב דַּרְכֵּךְ֙ יָגַ֔עַתְּ לֹ֥א אָמַ֖רְתְּ נוֹאָ֑שׁ חַיַּ֤ת יָדֵךְ֙ מָצָ֔את עַל־כֵּ֖ן לֹ֥א חָלִֽית׃

Transliteration

bərōb darkēk yāgāʿat lōʾ ʾāmart nôʾāš ḥayyat yādēk māṣāʾt ʿal-kēn lōʾ ḥālît.

Grammar Details

• *bərōb*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct - in the abundance of
• *darkēk*: noun, feminine, singular + 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your way/journey
• *yāgāʿat*: qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you grew weary
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *ʾāmart*: qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you said
• *nôʾāš*: niphal participle, masculine, singular - hopeless/despairing
• *ḥayyat*: noun, feminine, singular construct - life of
• *yādēk*: noun, feminine, singular + 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your hand
• *māṣāʾt*: qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you found
• *ʿal-kēn*: preposition + adverb - therefore
• *ḥālît*: qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you were sick/weak

Word Meanings

• *rōb*: abundance/greatness/multitude
• *darkēk*: your way/journey/manner/conduct
• *yāgāʿat*: you grew weary/tired/exhausted
• *nôʾāš*: it is hopeless/I despair/I give up
• *ḥayyat* *yādēk*: vitality of your hand/strength/renewal of your vigor
• *māṣāʾt*: you found/discovered/obtained
• *ḥālît*: you grew weak/sick/faint/weary

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You wearied yourself with your many ways, but you did not say, ‘It’s hopeless.’ You found renewal of your strength, and so you did not grow faint.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou wast wearied{H3021} with the length{H7230} of thy way;{H1870} yet saidst{H559} thou not, It is in vain:{H2976} thou didst find{H4672} a quickening{H2416} of thy strength;{H3027} therefore thou wast not faint.{H2470}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou art wearied{H3021}{(H8804)} in the greatness{H7230} of thy way{H1870}; yet saidst{H559}{(H8804)} thou not, There is no hope{H2976}{(H8737)}: thou hast found{H4672}{(H8804)} the life{H2416} of thine hand{H3027}; therefore thou wast not grieved{H2470}{(H8804)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou hast had trouble for ye multitude of thyne owne wayes, yet saydest thou neuer: I wil leaue of. Thou thinkest to haue life (or health) of thy self, and therfore thou beleuest not that thou art sick.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou weariedst thy selfe in thy manifolde iourneys, yet saydest thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found life by thine hand, therefore thou wast not grieued.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou art weerie for the multitude of thyne owne wayes, yet saydest thou neuer, there is no hope: Thou hast had the life that thy handes wrought, and therefore thou art carelesse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; [yet] saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You were wearied with the length of your way; yet you didn't say, It is in vain: you found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren't faint.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  In the greatness of thy way thou hast laboured, Thou hast not said, `It is desperate.' The life of thy hand thou hast found, Therefore thou hast not been sick.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou wast wearied with the length of thy way; yet saidst thou not, It is in vain: thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not faint.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou wast wearied with the length of thy way; yet saidst thou not, It is in vain: thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not faint.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You were tired with your long journeys; but you did not say, There is no hope: you got new strength, and so you were not feeble.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You were wearied with the length of your way; yet you didn't say, 'It is in vain.' You found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren't faint.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired, but you do not say,‘I give up.’ You get renewed energy, so you don’t collapse.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 2:25 : 25 Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst: but you said, There is no hope: no; for I have loved foreign gods, and after them I will go.
• Jer 18:12 : 12 And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own plans, and we will everyone do the imagination of his evil heart.
• Jer 44:17-18 : 17 But we will certainly do whatever thing proceeds out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil. 18 But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of heaven, and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
• Ezek 24:12 : 12 She has wearied herself with lies, and her great scum did not go out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
• Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for mere vanity?
• Rom 7:9 : 9 For I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
• Jer 2:36 : 36 Why do you go about so much to change your way? you also shall be ashamed of Egypt, as you were ashamed of Assyria.
• Jer 3:3 : 3 Therefore, the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; and you had a harlot's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.
• Jer 5:3 : 3 O LORD, are not your eyes upon the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; you have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
• Jer 9:5 : 5 And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
• 2 Chr 28:22-23 : 22 And in the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against the LORD, this is that King Ahaz. 23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, who had struck him, and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
• Isa 47:13 : 13 You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators stand up and save you from these things that shall come upon you.