Isaiah 49:23 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 49:23 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 →
וְהָי֨וּ
hâyâh
H1961
to be
מְלָכִ֜ים
melek
H4428
king
אֹֽמְנַ֗יִךְ
ʼâman
H539
to confirm
וְשָׂרֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙
sârâh
H8282
princess
מֵינִ֣יקֹתַ֔יִךְ
yânaq
H3243
to nurse
אַפַּ֗יִם
ʼaph
H639
nose
אֶ֚רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
יִשְׁתַּ֣חֲווּ
shâchâh
H7812
to bow down
לָ֔ךְ
וַעֲפַ֥ר
ʻâphâr
H6083
dust
רַגְלַ֖יִךְ
regel
H7272
foot
יְלַחֵ֑כוּ
lâchak
H3897
to lick
וְיָדַ֨עַתְּ֙
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
אֲנִ֣י
ʼănîy
H589
I
יְהוָ֔ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
לֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יֵבֹ֖שׁוּ
bûwsh
H954
to be ashamed
קוָֹֽי
qâvâh
H6960
to wait
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World English Bible Public Domain
Kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed.
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King James Version Public Domain
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And kings will be the ones fostering you, and their princesses, the ones nursing you. Nostrils the earth, they will prostrate themselves to you, and they will lick the dust of your feet. And you will know that I Yahweh; who will not have shame, the ones waiting for me.” q1
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