Isaiah 42:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 42:17 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 →
נָסֹ֤גוּ
çûwg
H5472
to backslide
אָחוֹר֙
ʼâchôwr
H268
behind
יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ
bûwsh
H954
to be ashamed
בֹ֔שֶׁת
bôsheth
H1322
shame
הַבֹּטְחִ֖ים
bâṭach
H982
to trust
בַּפָּ֑סֶל
peçel
H6459
idol
הָאֹמְרִ֥ים
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לְמַסֵּכָ֖ה
maççêkâh
H4541
molten image
אַתֶּ֥ם
ʼattâh
H859
you
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
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World English Bible Public Domain
They shall be turned back, they shall be utterly disappointed, who trust in engraved images, who tell molten images, You are our gods.
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King James Version Public Domain
They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
They will be turned back, they will have shame shame, the ones trusting in a carved idol, the ones saying to a cast idol, ‘You our gods.’ q1
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).