Isaiah 44:9 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 44:9 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 →
יֹֽצְרֵי
yâtsar
H3335
to form
פֶ֤סֶל
peçel
H6459
idol
כֻּלָּם֙
kôl
H3605
all
תֹּ֔הוּ
tôhûw
H8414
chaos
וַחֲמוּדֵיהֶ֖ם
châmad
H2530
to desire
בַּל
bal
H1077
not
יוֹעִ֑ילוּ
yaʻal
H3276
to profit
וְעֵדֵיהֶ֣ם
ʻêd
H5707
witness
הֵׄ֗מָּׄהׄ
hêm
H1992
they
בַּל
bal
H1077
not
יִרְא֛וּ
râʼâh
H7200
to see
וּבַל
bal
H1077
not
יֵדְע֖וּ
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
לְמַ֥עַן
maʻan
H4616
for the sake of
יֵבֹֽשׁוּ
bûwsh
H954
to be ashamed
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World English Bible Public Domain
Those who fashion an engraved image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses don't see, nor know: that they may be disappointed.
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King James Version Public Domain
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
The fashioners of an idol, all of them emptiness, and their desired do not benefit. And their witnesses, they, they do not see, and they do not know, so they have shame.
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