Isaiah 52:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 52:5 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 →
וְעַתָּ֤ה
ʻattâh
H6258
now
מי
mâh
H4100
what
לי
מַה
mâh
H4100
what
לִּי
פֹה֙
pôh
H6311
here
נְאֻם
nᵉʼum
H5002
utterance
יְהוָ֔ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
לֻקַּ֥ח
lâqach
H3947
to take
עַמִּ֖י
ʻam
H5971
people
חִנָּ֑ם
chinnâm
H2600
freely
משלו
mâshal
H4910
to rule
מֹשְׁלָ֤יו
mâshal
H4910
to rule
יְהֵילִ֨ילוּ֙
yâlal
H3213
to howl
נְאֻם
nᵉʼum
H5002
utterance
יְהוָ֔ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
וְתָמִ֥יד
tâmîyd
H8548
continually
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
הַיּ֖וֹם
yôwm
H3117
day
שְׁמִ֥י
shêm
H8034
name
מִנֹּאָֽץ
nâʼats
H5006
to despise
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World English Bible Public Domain
Now therefore, what do I here, says Yahweh, seeing that my people is taken away for nothing? those who rule over them do howl, says Yahweh, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.
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King James Version Public Domain
Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And now, what to me here?”—the declaration of Yahweh— “For my people is taken for nothing. Its rulers howl”—the declaration of Yahweh— “and continually, all of the day, my name is being despised.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).