Isaiah 59:10
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men. | Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead. | We grope for the wall like the blind; yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| we grope for | נְגַֽשְׁשָׁ֤ה | ne-gash-SHAH | H1659 | to gropeגָּשַׁשׁ (ga.shash) 1) to feel with the hand, grope, stroke, feel 1a) (Piel) to grope, grope for, feel with the hand |
| like the blind [people] | כַֽעִוְרִים֙ | kha-'iv-RIM | H5787 | blindעִוֵּר (iv.ver) 1) blind 1a) blind (physically) 1b) blind (fig.) |
| a wall | קִ֔יר | Kir | H7023 | wallקִיר (qir) 1) wall, side 1a) wall (of house or chamber) 1b) the sides (of the altar) |
| and like there not | וּכְאֵ֥ין | u-khe-'EIN | H0369 | nothingאַ֫יִן (a.yin) 1) nothing, not, nought n 1a) nothing, nought neg 1b) not 1c) to have not (of possession) adv 1d) without w/prep 1e) for lack of |
| [are] eyes | עֵינַ֖יִם | 'ei-NA-yim | H5869A | eyeעַ֫יִן (a.yin) : eye 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) |
| we grope | נְגַשֵּׁ֑שָׁה | ne-ga-SHE-shah | H1659 | to gropeגָּשַׁשׁ (ga.shash) 1) to feel with the hand, grope, stroke, feel 1a) (Piel) to grope, grope for, feel with the hand |
| we have stumbled | כָּשַׁ֤לְנוּ | ka-SHAL-nu | H3782 | to stumbleכָּשַׁל (ka.shal) 1) to stumble, stagger, totter 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stumble 1a2) to totter 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to stumble 1b2) to be tottering, be feeble 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to stumble, bring injury or ruin to, overthrow 1c2) to make feeble, make weak 1d) (Hophal) to be made to stumble 1e) (Piel) bereave |
| at the noons | בַֽצָּהֳרַ֙יִם֙ | va-tzo-ho-RA-yim | H6672A | middayצֹ֫הַר (tso.har) 1) noon, midday 1a) noon (as specific time of day) 1b) noon (in simile as bright of happiness, blessing) |
| like the twilight | כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁף | ka-NE-shef | H5399 | twilightנֶ֫שֶׁף (ne.sheph) 1) twilight 1a) evening twilight 1b) morning twilight |
| among the fat people | בָּאַשְׁמַנִּ֖ים | ba-'ash-ma-NIM | H0820 | strongאַשְׁמַנִּים (ash.man) 1) the stout, among the stout 2) (CLBL) the desolate, like dead |
| like the dead [people] | כַּמֵּתִֽים׃ | ka-me-TIM | H4191 | to dieמוּת (mut) 1) to die, kill, have one executed 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to die 1a2) to die (as penalty), be put to death 1a3) to die, perish (of a nation) 1a4) to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct) 1b) (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch 1c) (Hiphil) to kill, put to death 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be killed, be put to death 1d1a) to die prematurely |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.