Isaiah 59:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 59:5 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 →
בֵּיצֵ֤י
bêytsâh
H1000
egg
צִפְעוֹנִי֙
tsephaʻ
H6848
viper
בִּקֵּ֔עוּ
bâqaʻ
H1234
to split
וְקוּרֵ֥י
qûwr
H6980
thread
עַכָּבִ֖ישׁ
ʻakkâbîysh
H5908
spider
יֶאֱרֹ֑גוּ
ʼârag
H707
to weave
הָאֹכֵ֤ל
ʼâkal
H398
to eat
מִבֵּֽיצֵיהֶם֙
bêytsâh
H1000
egg
יָמ֔וּת
mûwth
H4191
to die
וְהַזּוּרֶ֖ה
zûwreh
H2116
crushed thing
תִּבָּקַ֥ע
bâqaʻ
H1234
to split
אֶפְעֶֽה
ʼephʻeh
H660
viper
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World English Bible Public Domain
They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he who eats of their eggs dies; and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.
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King James Version Public Domain
They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
They hatch the eggs of a viper, and they weave the webs of a spider. The one eating of their eggs dies; when one is crushed, an adder hatches.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).