Isaiah 8:21 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 8:21 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 →
וְעָ֥בַר
ʻâbar
H5674
to pass over
בָּ֖הּ
נִקְשֶׁ֣ה
qâshâh
H7185
to be hard
וְרָעֵ֑ב
râʻêb
H7457
hungry
וְהָיָ֨ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
כִֽי
kîy
H3588
that
יִרְעַ֜ב
râʻêb
H7456
to be hungry
וְהִתְקַצַּ֗ף
qâtsaph
H7107
to be angry
וְקִלֵּ֧ל
qâlal
H7043
to be light
בְּמַלְכּ֛וֹ
melek
H4428
king
וּבֵאלֹהָ֖יו
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
וּפָנָ֥ה
pânâh
H6437
to turn
לְמָֽעְלָה
maʻal
H4605
above
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World English Bible Public Domain
They shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall happen that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:
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King James Version Public Domain
And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And one will pass through it, distressed and hungry. And it will happen when he is hungry that he will become angry and curse his king and his God. And he will look upward,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).