Isaiah 58:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

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;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָ֤ז תִּקְרָא֙ וַיהוָ֣ה יַעֲנֶ֔ה תְּשַׁוַּ֖ע וְיֹאמַ֣ר הִנֵּ֑נִי אִם־תָּסִ֤יר מִתּֽוֹכְךָ֙ מוֹטָ֔ה שְׁלַ֥ח אֶצְבַּ֖ע וְדַבֶּר־אָֽוֶן׃

Transliteration

Then tiqrāʾ wa-YHWH yaʿăneh təšawwaʿ wə-yōʾmar hinnēnî if-tāsîr from-midst-of-you môṭāh šəlaḥ ʾeṣbaʿ wə-dabbēr-ʾāwen

Grammar Details

• *ʾāz*: adverb - then
• *tiqrāʾ*: imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will call
• *wa*-*YHWH*: conjunction with divine name - and YHWH
• *yaʿăneh*: imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will answer
• *təšawwaʿ*: imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will cry for help
• *wə*-*yōʾmar*: conjunction with imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he will say
• *hinnēnî*: interjection with 1st person singular suffix - here I am
• *ʾim*-*tāsîr*: conditional particle with imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - if you remove
• *mi*-*tôkəkā*: preposition with noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - from your midst
• *môṭāh*: noun - yoke
• *šəlaḥ*: infinitive construct - pointing of/extending of
• *ʾeṣbaʿ*: noun - finger
• *wə*-*dabbēr*-*ʾāwen*: conjunction with infinitive construct with noun - and speaking wickedness

Word Meanings

• *tiqrāʾ*: you will call/you will cry out
• *yaʿăneh*: he will answer/he will respond
• *təšawwaʿ*: you will cry for help/you will call out
• *yōʾmar*: he will say/he will speak
• *hinnēnî*: here I am/behold me
• *tāsîr*: you remove/you take away/you put aside
• *tôkəkā*: your midst/among you
• *môṭāh*: yoke/bar
• *šəlaḥ*: pointing of/extending of/sending forth
• *ʾeṣbaʿ*: finger/pointing finger (as gesture of scorn)
• *dabbēr*: speaking/talking
• *ʾāwen*: wickedness/iniquity/trouble

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: 'Here I am.' If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing finger, and malicious talk.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then yf thou callest, the LORDE shal answere the: yf thou criest, he shal saye: here I am. Yee yf thou layest awaye thy burthens, and holdest thy fyngers, and ceasest from blasphemous talkinge,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then shalt thou call, and the Lorde shall answere: thou shalt cry and hee shall say, Here I am: if thou take away from the mids of thee the yoke, the putting foorth of the finger, and wicked speaking:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then if thou callest, the Lorde shall aunswere thee, if thou cryest, he shall say, here I am: yea if thou layest away from thee thy burthens, and holdest thy fingers, and ceassest from vngracious talking:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I [am]. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then shall you call, and Yahweh will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am. If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Then thou callest, and Jehovah answereth, Thou criest, and He saith, `Behold Me.' If thou turn aside from thy midst the yoke, The sending forth of the finger, And the speaking of vanity,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then at the sound of your voice, the Lord will give an answer; at your cry he will say, Here am I. If you take away from among you the yoke, the putting out of the finger of shame, and the evil word;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then you shall call, and Yahweh will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, 'Here I am.' "If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then you will call out, and the LORD will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply,‘Here I am.’ You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 50:15 : 15 And call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.
• Ps 12:2 : 2 They speak vanity everyone with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
• 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.
• Prov 6:13 : 13 He winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet, he teaches with his fingers;
• Ps 91:15 : 15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.
• Ps 34:15-17 : 15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. 16 The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
• Ps 37:4 : 4 Delight yourself also in the LORD, and he shall give you the desires of your heart.
• Isa 1:15 : 15 And when you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: indeed, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Jer 29:12-13 : 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.
• Matt 7:7-8 : 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.
• 1 John 3:21-22 : 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, then we have confidence toward God. 22 And whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
• Ezek 13:8 : 8 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have spoken vanity and seen lies, behold, I am against you, says the Lord GOD.
• Zech 10:2 : 2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie and told false dreams; they comfort in vain. Therefore they went their way as a flock; they were troubled because there was no shepherd.
• Isa 30:19 : 19 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.
• Isa 57:4 : 4 Against whom do you sport yourselves? Against whom do you make a wide mouth and stick out the tongue? Are you not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
• Isa 58:6 : 6 Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
• Isa 59:3-4 : 3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue has muttered perverseness. 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.
• Isa 59:13 : 13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
• Gen 27:18 : 18 And he came to his father and said, My father: and he said, Here I am; who are you, my son?
• 1 Sam 3:4-8 : 4 That the LORD called Samuel; and he answered, Here I am. 5 And he ran to Eli, and said, Here I am; for you called me. And he said, I did not call; lie down again. And he went and lay down. 6 And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. So Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here I am; for you did call me. And he answered, I did not call, my son; lie down again. 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed to him. 8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. Then he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here I am; for you did call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.
• Ps 118:5 : 5 I called upon the LORD in distress; the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
• Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: 19 But truly God has heard me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.