Isaiah 17:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 17:12 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ה֗וֹי
hôwy
H1945
alas
הֲמוֹן֙
hâmôwn
H1995
tumult
עַמִּ֣ים
ʻam
H5971
people
רַבִּ֔ים
rab
H7227
many
כַּהֲמ֥וֹת
hâmâh
H1993
to roar
יַמִּ֖ים
yâm
H3220
sea
יֶהֱמָי֑וּן
hâmâh
H1993
to roar
וּשְׁא֣וֹן
shâʼôwn
H7588
roar
לְאֻמִּ֔ים
lᵉʼôm
H3816
people
כִּשְׁא֛וֹן
shâʼôwn
H7588
roar
מַ֥יִם
mayim
H4325
water
כַּבִּירִ֖ים
kabbîyr
H3524
mighty
יִשָּׁאֽוּן
shâʼâh
H7582
to crash
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Ah, the uproar of many peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
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King James Version Public Domain
Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Woe to the multitude of many peoples! Like the raging of the seas, they rage. And the roar of peoples! Like the roar of mighty waters, they roar.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).