Isaiah 48:19 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 48:19 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 →
וַיְהִ֤י
hâyâh
H1961
to be
כַחוֹל֙
chôwl
H2344
sand
זַרְעֶ֔ךָ
zeraʻ
H2233
seed
וְצֶאֱצָאֵ֥י
tseʼĕtsâʼ
H6631
offspring
מֵעֶ֖יךָ
mêʻeh
H4578
bowels
כִּמְעֹתָ֑יו
mêʻâh
H4579
grain
לֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יִכָּרֵ֧ת
kârath
H3772
to cut
וְֽלֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יִשָּׁמֵ֛ד
shâmad
H8045
to destroy
שְׁמ֖וֹ
shêm
H8034
name
מִלְּפָנָֽי
pânîym
H6440
face
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World English Bible Public Domain
your seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of your loins like the grains of it: his name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.
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King James Version Public Domain
Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And your seed would have been like the sand, and the offspring of your womb, like its grains. He would not have been cut off, and his name would not have been destroyed from to my face.” q1
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).