Isaiah 28:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 28:4 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 →
וְֽהָ֨יְתָ֜ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
צִיצַ֤ת
tsîytsâh
H6733
blossom
נֹבֵל֙
nâbêl
H5034
to be foolish
צְבִ֣י
tsᵉbîy
H6643
beauty
תִפְאַרְתּ֔וֹ
tiphʼârâh
H8597
glory
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
רֹ֖אשׁ
rôʼsh
H7218
head
גֵּ֣יא
gayʼ
H1516
valley
שְׁמָנִ֑ים
shemen
H8081
fat
כְּבִכּוּרָהּ֙
bikkûwr
H1061
firstfruits
בְּטֶ֣רֶם
ṭerem
H2962
before
קַ֔יִץ
qayits
H7019
summer
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
יִרְאֶ֤ה
râʼâh
H7200
to see
הָֽרֹאֶה֙
râʼâh
H7200
to see
אוֹתָ֔הּ
ʼêth
H853
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בְּעוֹדָ֥הּ
ʻôwd
H5750
still
בְּכַפּ֖וֹ
kaph
H3709
palm
יִבְלָעֶֽנָּה
bâlaʻ
H1104
to swallow up
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World English Bible Public Domain
and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer; which when he who looks on it sees, while it is yet in his hand he eats it up.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the fading flower, the splendor of its beauty, which on the head of a valley of fatnesses, will be like the firstfruit before summer: When one seeing sees it, while it still in his palm, he swallows it. q1
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