Isaiah 14:6
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. | It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution. | that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [which] struck | מַכֶּ֤ה | ma-KEH | H5221 | to smiteנָכָה (na.khah) 1) to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill 1a)(Niphal) to be stricken or smitten 1b) (Pual) to be stricken or smitten 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to smite, strike, beat, scourge, clap, applaud, give a thrust 1c2) to smite, kill, slay (man or beast) 1c3) to smite, attack, attack and destroy, conquer, subjugate, ravage 1c4) to smite, chastise, send judgment upon, punish, destroy 1d) (Hophal) to be smitten 1d1) to receive a blow 1d2) to be wounded 1d3) to be beaten 1d4) to be (fatally) smitten, be killed, be slain 1d5) to be attacked and captured 1d6) to be smitten (with disease) … |
| peoples | עַמִּים֙ | 'a-MIM | H5971A | peopleעַם (am) : people/nation 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men |
| in wrath | בְּעֶבְרָ֔ה | be-'ev-RAH | H5678 | furyעֶבְרָה (ev.rah) 1) outpouring, overflow, excess, fury, wrath, arrogance 1a) overflow, excess, outburst 1b) arrogance 1c) overflowing rage or fury |
| a blow | מַכַּ֖ת | ma-KAT | H4347 | woundמַכָּה (mak.kah) 1) blow, wound, slaughter 1a) blow, stripe 1b) beating, scourging 1c) wound 1d) slaughter 1e) defeat, conquest 1f) plague |
| of not | בִּלְתִּ֣י | bil-TI | H1115 | lestבִּלְתִּי (bil.ti) subst 1) not, except adv 2) not 3) except (after preceding negation) conj 4) except (after an implied or expressed negation) with prep 5) so as not, in order not 6) an account of not, because...not 7) until not |
| ceasing | סָרָ֑ה | sa-RAH | H5627 | revoltסָרָה (sa.rah) 1) apostasy, defection, turning aside, withdrawal 1a) defection (of moral or legal offenses) 1b) apostasy 1c) withdrawal (negated) |
| [which] ruled | רֹדֶ֤ה | ro-DEH | H7287A | to ruleרָדָה (ra.dah) 1) to rule, have dominion, dominate, tread down 1a) (Qal) to have dominion, rule, subjugate 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to dominate |
| in the anger | בָאַף֙ | va-'AF | H0639G | face: angerאַף (aph) : anger 1) nostril, nose, face 2) anger |
| nations | גּוֹיִ֔ם | go-YIM | H1471A | nationגּוֹי (goy) 1) nation, people 1a) nation, people 1a1) usually of non-Hebrew people 1a2) of descendants of Abraham 1a3) of Israel 1b) of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.) |
| persecution | מֻרְדָּ֖ף | mur-DAF | H4783 | persecutionמֻרְדָּף (mur.daph) persecution |
| [which] not | בְּלִ֥י | be-LI | H1097 | withoutבְּלִי (be.li) subst 1) wearing out adv of negation 2) without, no, not |
| anyone restrained | חָשָֽׂךְ׃ | cha-SAKH | H2820 | to withholdחָשַׂךְ (cha.sakh) 1) to withhold, restrain, hold back, keep in check, refrain 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to withhold, keep back, keep for oneself, keep from, hold in check, refrain, spare, reserve 1a2) to restrain, check 1b) (Niphal) to assuage, be spared |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.