Isaiah 46:6 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 46:6 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 →
הַזָּלִ֤ים
zûwl
H2107
to lavish
זָהָב֙
zâhâb
H2091
gold
מִכִּ֔יס
kîyç
H3599
purse
וְכֶ֖סֶף
keçeph
H3701
silver
בַּקָּנֶ֣ה
qâneh
H7070
reed
יִשְׁקֹ֑לוּ
shâqal
H8254
to weigh
יִשְׂכְּר֤וּ
sâkar
H7936
to hire
צוֹרֵף֙
tsâraph
H6884
to refine
וְיַעֲשֵׂ֣הוּ
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
אֵ֔ל
ʼêl
H410
God
יִסְגְּד֖וּ
çâgad
H5456
to prostrate
אַף
ʼaph
H637
also
יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ
shâchâh
H7812
to bow down
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World English Bible Public Domain
Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down--yes, they worship.
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King James Version Public Domain
They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
The ones dumping gold from a bag, and they weigh silver on a scale; they hire a metalworker, and they make it a god; they bow down, indeed, they prostrate themselves.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).