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KJV Lexicon And thou shalt be brought downshaphel (shaw-fale') to depress or sink (expec. figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive) and shalt speak dabar (daw-bar') perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue out of the ground 'erets (eh'-rets) the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world. and thy speech 'imrah (im-raw') commandment, speech, word. shall be low shachach (shaw-khakh') to sink or depress (reflexive or causative) -- bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop. out of the dust `aphar (aw-fawr') dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud -- ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish. and thy voice qowl (kole) from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound shall be as of one that hath a familiar spirit 'owb (obe) a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar) -- bottle, familiar spirit. out of the ground 'erets (eh'-rets) the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world. and thy speech 'imrah (im-raw') commandment, speech, word. shall whisper tsaphaph (tsaw-faf') to coo or chirp (as a bird) -- chatter, peep, whisper. out of the dust `aphar (aw-fawr') dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud -- ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Then you will be brought low; From the earth you will speak, And from the dust where you are prostrate Your words will come. Your voice will also be like that of a spirit from the ground, And your speech will whisper from the dust. King James Bible And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. Holman Christian Standard Bible You will be brought down; you will speak from the ground, and your words will come from low in the dust. Your voice will be like that of a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper from the dust. International Standard Version and you will be brought down. You will speak from the ground, and your speech will mumble from the dust. Your voice will come ghostlike from the ground, and your speech will whisper from the dust. NET Bible You will fall; while lying on the ground you will speak; from the dust where you lie, your words will be heard. Your voice will sound like a spirit speaking from the underworld; from the dust you will chirp as if muttering an incantation. GOD'S WORD® Translation When you have fallen, you will speak as you lie on the ground. Your words will be muffled by the dust. Your voice will come out of the ground like that of a ghost. Your words will be whispered from the dust. King James 2000 Bible And you shall be brought down, and shall speak out of the ground, and your speech shall be low out of the dust, and your voice shall be, as of one that is a medium, out of the ground, and your speech shall whisper out of the dust. Links Isaiah 29:4Isaiah 29:4 NIV Isaiah 29:4 NLT Isaiah 29:4 ESV Isaiah 29:4 NASB Isaiah 29:4 KJV |
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