Isaiah 9:18 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 9:18 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 →
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
בָעֲרָ֤ה
bâʻar
H1197
to burn
כָאֵשׁ֙
ʼêsh
H784
fire
רִשְׁעָ֔ה
rishʻâh
H7564
wickedness
שָׁמִ֥יר
shâmîyr
H8068
thorn
וָשַׁ֖יִת
shayith
H7898
thorn bushes
תֹּאכֵ֑ל
ʼâkal
H398
to eat
וַתִּצַּת֙
yâtsath
H3341
to kindle
בְּסִֽבְכֵ֣י
çᵉbâk
H5442
thicket
הַיַּ֔עַר
yaʻar
H3293
forest
וַיִּֽתְאַבְּכ֖וּ
ʼâbak
H55
to roll
גֵּא֥וּת
gêʼûwth
H1348
majesty
עָשָֽׁן
ʻâshân
H6227
smoke
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World English Bible Public Domain
For wickedness burns as the fire; it devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
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King James Version Public Domain
For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For wickedness burns like fire; it devours the briar and the thorn. And it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward a rising of smoke.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).