Isaiah 63:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 63:17 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 →
לָ֣מָּה
mâh
H4100
what
תַתְעֵ֤נוּ
tâʻâh
H8582
to go astray
יְהוָה֙
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
מִדְּרָכֶ֔יךָ
derek
H1870
way
תַּקְשִׁ֥יחַ
qâshach
H7188
to make hard
לִבֵּ֖נוּ
lêb
H3820
heart
מִיִּרְאָתֶ֑ךָ
yirʼâh
H3374
fear
שׁ֚וּב
shûwb
H7725
to return
לְמַ֣עַן
maʻan
H4616
for the sake of
עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ
ʻebed
H5650
servant
שִׁבְטֵ֖י
shêbeṭ
H7626
staff
נַחֲלָתֶֽךָ
nachălâh
H5159
inheritance
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
O Yahweh, why do you make us to err from your ways, and harden our heart from your fear? Return for your servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance.
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King James Version Public Domain
O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Why do you make us wander, Yahweh, from your ways? do you harden our heart from fearing you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).