Isaiah 29:16 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 29:16 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 →
הַ֨פְכְּכֶ֔ם
hôphek
H2017
perversity
אִם
ʼim
H518
if
כְּחֹ֥מֶר
chômer
H2563
mortar
הַיֹּצֵ֖ר
yâtsar
H3335
to form
יֵֽחָשֵׁ֑ב
châshab
H2803
to think
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
יֹאמַ֨ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה
maʻăseh
H4639
work
לְעֹשֵׂ֨הוּ֙
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
עָשָׂ֔נִי
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
וְיֵ֛צֶר
yêtser
H3336
form
אָמַ֥ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לְיוֹצְר֖וֹ
yâtsar
H3335
to form
לֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
הֵבִֽין
bîyn
H995
to understand
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World English Bible Public Domain
You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him who made it, He didn't make me; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, He has no understanding?
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King James Version Public Domain
Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Your overturning! If the potter should be regarded as the clay, that the make should say of its Maker, “He did not make me,” or the form should say of its Former, “He does not understand”?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).