Isaiah 42:15
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. | I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes. | I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I will lay waste | אַחֲרִ֤יב | 'a-cha-RIV | H2717B | to destroyחָרֵב (cha.rev) 1) to be waste, lay waste, make desolate, be desolate, be in ruins 1a) (Qal) to be waste, be desolate 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be made desolate 1b2) desolate (participle) 1c) (Hiphil) to lay waste, make desolate 1d) (Hophal) to be laid waste Aramaic equivalent: cha.rav (חֲרַב "be wasted" H2718) |
| mountains | הָרִים֙ | ha-RIM | H2022G | mountain: mountהַר (har) : mount/hill hill, mountain, hill country, mount |
| and hills | וּגְבָע֔וֹת | u-ge-va-'ot | H1389I | hillגִּבְעָה (giv.ah) 1) hill 1a) hill (lower than a mountain) 1b) as a place of illicit worship 1c) poetic for mountain 1d) used in place names |
| and all | וְכָל־ | ve-khol | H3605 | allכֹּל (kol) 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606) |
| vegetation their | עֶשְׂבָּ֖ם | 'es-BAM | H6212 | grassעֲשַׂב (a.sav) herbage, grass Aramaic of e.sev (עֵ֫שֶׂב "vegetation" H6212) |
| I will dry up | אוֹבִ֑ישׁ | 'o-VISH | H3001 | to witherיָבֵשׁ (ya.vesh) 1) to make dry, wither, be dry, become dry, be dried up, be withered 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be dry, be dried up, be without moisture 1a2) to be dried up 1b) (Piel) to make dry, dry up 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to dry up, make dry 1c1a) to dry up (water) 1c1b) to make dry, wither 1c1c) to exhibit dryness |
| and I will make | וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י | ve-sam-TI | H7760A | to set: makeשׂוּם (sum) : make/establish 1) to put, place, set, appoint, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on 1a2) to set, direct, direct toward 1a2a) to extend (compassion) (fig) 1a3) to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix 1a4) to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix 1a5) to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give 1b) (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign 1c) (Hophal) to be set |
| rivers | נְהָרוֹת֙ | ne-ha-rOt | H5104H | riverנְהַר (ne.har) river Aramaic of na.har (נָהָר "river" H5104H) |
| into the islands | לָֽאִיִּ֔ים | la-'i-YIM | H0339 | coastlandאִי (i) coast, island, shore, region |
| and pools | וַאֲגַמִּ֖ים | va-'a-ga-MIM | H0098 | poolאֲגַם (a.gam) 1) pool, troubled pool 1a) troubled or muddy (gloomy) pools, marshes 1b) any pool, pond 1c) swamp reeds, reeds, rush(es) |
| I will dry up | אוֹבִֽישׁ׃ | 'o-VISH | H3001 | to witherיָבֵשׁ (ya.vesh) 1) to make dry, wither, be dry, become dry, be dried up, be withered 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be dry, be dried up, be without moisture 1a2) to be dried up 1b) (Piel) to make dry, dry up 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to dry up, make dry 1c1a) to dry up (water) 1c1b) to make dry, wither 1c1c) to exhibit dryness |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.