Isaiah 29:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 29:5 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 →
וְהָיָ֛ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
כְּאָבָ֥ק
ʼâbâq
H80
dust
דַּ֖ק
daq
H1851
thin
הֲמ֣וֹן
hâmôwn
H1995
tumult
זָרָ֑יִךְ
zûwr
H2114
to be strange
וּכְמֹ֤ץ
môts
H4671
chaff
עֹבֵר֙
ʻâbar
H5674
to pass over
הֲמ֣וֹן
hâmôwn
H1995
tumult
עָֽרִיצִ֔ים
ʻârîyts
H6184
awesome
וְהָיָ֖ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
לְפֶ֥תַע
pethaʻ
H6621
suddenness
פִּתְאֹֽם
pithʼôwm
H6597
suddenly
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
But the multitude of your foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the awesome ones as chaff that passes away: yes, it shall be in an instant suddenly.
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King James Version Public Domain
Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But the multitude of your strangers will be like fine dust, and the multitude of the terrible, like passing chaff. And it will happen in an instant, suddenly.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).