Isaiah 25:2 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 25:2 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 →
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
שַׂ֤מְתָּ
sûwm
H7760
to put
מֵעִיר֙
ʻîyr
H5892
city
לַגָּ֔ל
gal
H1530
wave
קִרְיָ֥ה
qiryâh
H7151
city
בְצוּרָ֖ה
bâtsar
H1219
to fortify
לְמַפֵּלָ֑ה
mappâlâh
H4654
ruin
אַרְמ֤וֹן
ʼarmôwn
H759
citadel
זָרִים֙
zûwr
H2114
to be strange
מֵעִ֔יר
ʻîyr
H5892
city
לְעוֹלָ֖ם
ʻôwlâm
H5769
forever
לֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
יִבָּנֶֽה
bânâh
H1129
to build
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For you have made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
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King James Version Public Domain
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For you have made a city a heap, a fortified city a ruin, a palace of foreigners not a city; it will not be built forever.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).