Isaiah 50:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 50:4 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 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י
ʼĂdônây
H136
lord
יְהֹוִ֗ה
Yᵉhôvih
H3069
LORD
נָ֤תַן
nâthan
H5414
to give
לִי֙
לְשׁ֣וֹן
lâshôwn
H3956
tongue
לִמּוּדִ֔ים
limmûwd
H3928
taught
לָדַ֛עַת
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
לָע֥וּת
ʻûwth
H5790
to hasten to
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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יָעֵ֖ף
yâʻêph
H3287
weary
דָּבָ֑ר
dâbâr
H1697
word
יָעִ֣יר
ʻûwr
H5782
to awake
בַּבֹּ֣קֶר
bôqer
H1242
morning
בַּבֹּ֗קֶר
bôqer
H1242
morning
יָעִ֥יר
ʻûwr
H5782
to awake
לִי֙
אֹ֔זֶן
ʼôzen
H241
ear
לִשְׁמֹ֖עַ
shâmaʻ
H8085
to hear
כַּלִּמּוּדִֽים
limmûwd
H3928
taught
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World English Bible Public Domain
The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary: he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
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King James Version Public Domain
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
The Lord Yahweh has given to me a tongue of the learned, to know to sustain the weary a word. He awakens in the morning; in the morning he awakens for me an ear to hear like the learned.
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