Isaiah 31
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1
ה֣וֹי הַיֹּרְדִ֤ים מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ לְעֶזְרָ֔ה עַל סוּסִ֖ים יִשָּׁעֵ֑נוּ וַיִּבְטְח֨וּ עַל רֶ֜כֶב כִּ֣י רָ֗ב וְעַ֤ל פָּֽרָשִׁים֙ כִּֽי עָצְמ֣וּ מְאֹ֔ד וְלֹ֤א שָׁעוּ֙ עַל קְד֣וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאֶת יְהוָ֖ה לֹ֥א דָרָֽשׁוּ
alas · the going down · Egypt · to/for help · upon · horses · to lean on · and to trust · upon · chariot · that · many · and upon · horses · that · to be mighty · exceedingly · and not · to look · upon · holy of · Israel · and - · LORD · not · to seek
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2
וְגַם ה֤וּא חָכָם֙ וַיָּ֣בֵא רָ֔ע וְאֶת דְּבָרָ֖יו לֹ֣א הֵסִ֑יר וְקָם֙ עַל בֵּ֣ית מְרֵעִ֔ים וְעַל עֶזְרַ֖ת פֹּ֥עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן
and also · he · wise · and to enter · evil · and - · words his · not · to turn aside · and to rise · upon · house of · doing evil · and upon · help of · doing · trouble
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3
וּמִצְרַ֤יִם אָדָם֙ וְֽלֹא אֵ֔ל וְסוּסֵיהֶ֥ם בָּשָׂ֖ר וְלֹא ר֑וּחַ וַֽיהוָ֞ה יַטֶּ֣ה יָד֗וֹ וְכָשַׁ֤ל עוֹזֵר֙ וְנָפַ֣ל עָזֻ֔ר וְיַחְדָּ֖ו כֻּלָּ֥ם יִכְלָיֽוּן
and Egypt · man · and not · God · and horses their · flesh · and not · spirit · and LORD · to stretch out · hand his · and to stumble · helping · and to fall · helped · and together · all their · to finish
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4
כִּ֣י כֹ֣ה אָֽמַר יְהוָ֣ה אֵלַ֡י כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר יֶהְגֶּה֩ הָאַרְיֵ֨ה וְהַכְּפִ֜יר עַל טַרְפּ֗וֹ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִקָּרֵ֤א עָלָיו֙ מְלֹ֣א רֹעִ֔ים מִקּוֹלָם֙ לֹ֣א יֵחָ֔ת וּמֵֽהֲמוֹנָ֖ם לֹ֣א יַֽעֲנֶ֑ה כֵּ֗ן יֵרֵד֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת לִצְבֹּ֥א עַל הַר צִיּ֖וֹן וְעַל גִּבְעָתָֽהּ
that · thus · to say · LORD · to me · like/as which · to moan · the lion · and the young lion · upon · prey his · which · to call · upon him · fulness of · shepherding · from voice their · not · to be dismayed · and from tumult their · not · to afflict · thus · to go down · LORD · armies · to wage war · upon · mountain of · Zion · and upon · hill her
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5
כְּצִפֳּרִ֣ים עָפ֔וֹת כֵּ֗ן יָגֵ֛ן יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת עַל יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם גָּנ֥וֹן וְהִצִּ֖יל פָּסֹ֥חַ וְהִמְלִֽיט
like/as birds · flying · thus · to defend · LORD · armies · upon · Jerusalem · to defend · and to rescue · to skip · and to escape
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6
שׁ֗וּבוּ לַאֲשֶׁ֛ר הֶעְמִ֥יקוּ סָרָ֖ה בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
return · to/for which · to be deep · apostasy · sons of · Israel
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7
כִּ֚י בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא יִמְאָס֗וּן אִ֚ישׁ אֱלִילֵ֣י כַסְפּ֔וֹ וֶאֱלִילֵ֖י זְהָב֑וֹ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשׂ֥וּ לָכֶ֛ם יְדֵיכֶ֖ם חֵֽטְא
that · in/at the day · the he · to reject · man · idols of · silver his · and idols of · gold his · which · to do · to/for you · hands your · sin
Septuagint runs shorter here
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8
וְנָפַ֤ל אַשּׁוּר֙ בְּחֶ֣רֶב לֹא אִ֔ישׁ וְחֶ֥רֶב לֹֽא אָדָ֖ם תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֑נּוּ וְנָ֥ס לוֹ֙ מִפְּנֵי חֶ֔רֶב וּבַחוּרָ֖יו לָמַ֥ס יִהְיֽוּ
and to fall · Assyria · in/at sword · not · man · and sword · not · man · to eat him · and to flee · to/for him · from face(s) of · sword · and young men his · to/for forced labor · to be
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9
וְסַלְעוֹ֙ מִמָּג֣וֹר יַֽעֲב֔וֹר וְחַתּ֥וּ מִנֵּ֖ס שָׂרָ֑יו נְאֻם יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁר א֥וּר לוֹ֙ בְּצִיּ֔וֹן וְתַנּ֥וּר ל֖וֹ בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם
and rock his · from fear · to pass over · and to be dismayed · from banner · princes his · utterance of · LORD · which · flame · to/for him · in/at Zion · and furnace · to/for him · in/at Jerusalem
About this chapter
- 9 Verses
- 156 Hebrew words
- 101 Distinct lemmas
1 verse here runs noticeably shorter or longer in the Septuagint than in the Hebrew (the Greek is shorter) — 31:7. Open any to read the two side by side.
Measured from the length of the two English translations (the LXX English for the Greek), which tokenize alike — a rough divergence signal, not a word-level alignment or a claim about wording. How the Septuagint differs →
Isaiah 31 contains 9 verses in the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Click any verse to open it in the interlinear word-by-word view, with transliteration, Strong's number, gloss, and full morphology for every word. Use the chapter navigation above to step through Isaiah, or return to the book of Isaiah for the full chapter list.