Isaiah 2:20 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 2:20 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 →
בַּיּ֤וֹם
yôwm
H3117
day
הַהוּא֙
hûwʼ
H1931
he
יַשְׁלִ֣יךְ
shâlak
H7993
to throw
הָאָדָ֔ם
ʼâdâm
H120
man
אֵ֚ת
ʼêth
H853
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אֱלִילֵ֣י
ʼĕlîyl
H457
worthless
כַסְפּ֔וֹ
keçeph
H3701
silver
וְאֵ֖ת
ʼêth
H853
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אֱלִילֵ֣י
ʼĕlîyl
H457
worthless
זְהָב֑וֹ
zâhâb
H2091
gold
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
עָֽשׂוּ
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
לוֹ֙
לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֔ת
shâchâh
H7812
to bow down
לַחְפֹּ֥ר
chăphôr
H2661
mole
פֵּר֖וֹת
pêrâh
H6512
mole
וְלָעֲטַלֵּפִֽים
ʻăṭallêph
H5847
bat
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World English Bible Public Domain
In that day, men shall cast away their idols of silver, And their idols of gold, Which have been made for themselves to worship, To the moles and to the bats;
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King James Version Public Domain
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
On that day a human will throw away the idols of his silver and the idols of his gold, which they made for him to worship, to diggers of holes and to bats,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).