Isaiah 50:2 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 50:2 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 →
מַדּ֨וּעַ
maddûwaʻ
H4069
why
בָּ֜אתִי
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
וְאֵ֣ין
ʼayin
H369
nothing
אִ֗ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
קָרָֽאתִי֮
qârâʼ
H7121
to call
וְאֵ֣ין
ʼayin
H369
nothing
עוֹנֶה֒
ʻânâh
H6030
to answer
הֲקָצ֨וֹר
qâtsar
H7114
to be short
קָצְרָ֤ה
qâtsar
H7114
to be short
יָדִי֙
yâd
H3027
hand
מִפְּד֔וּת
pᵉdûwth
H6304
ransom
וְאִם
ʼim
H518
if
אֵֽין
ʼayin
H369
nothing
בִּ֥י
כֹ֖חַ
kôach
H3581
strength
לְהַצִּ֑יל
nâtsal
H5337
to rescue
הֵ֣ן
hên
H2005
behold
בְּגַעֲרָתִ֞י
gᵉʻârâh
H1606
rebuke
אַחֲרִ֣יב
chârab
H2717
to lay waste
יָ֗ם
yâm
H3220
sea
אָשִׂ֤ים
sûwm
H7760
to put
נְהָרוֹת֙
nâhâr
H5104
stream
מִדְבָּ֔ר
midbâr
H4057
wilderness
תִּבְאַ֤שׁ
bâʼash
H887
to stink
דְּגָתָם֙
dâgâh
H1710
fish
מֵאֵ֣ין
ʼayin
H369
nothing
מַ֔יִם
mayim
H4325
water
וְתָמֹ֖ת
mûwth
H4191
to die
בַּצָּמָֽא
tsâmâʼ
H6772
thirst
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World English Bible Public Domain
Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can't redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
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King James Version Public Domain
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Why did I come, and there was no man? I called, but there was none answering. Being short, is my hand too short for redemption? Or if there is no power in me to deliver? Behold, with my rebuke I dry up the sea. I make rivers a wilderness; their fish stink from there being no water, and they die of thirst.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).