NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Is it such a fasttsowm (tsome) a fast: --fast(-ing). that I have chosen bachar (baw-khar') to try, i.e. (by implication) select -- acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require. a day yowm (yome) a day (as the warm hours), for a man 'adam (aw-dawm') ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) -- another, + hypocrite, + common sort, low, man (mean, of low degree), person. to afflict `anah (aw-naw') to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows) his soul nephesh (neh'-fesh) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) is it to bow down kaphaph (kaw-faf') to curve -- bow down (self). his head ro'sh (roshe) the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) as a bulrush 'agmown (ag-mone') a marshy pool (others from a different root, a kettle); by implication a rush (as growing there); collectively a rope of rushes -- bulrush, caldron, hook, rush. and to spread yatsa` (yaw-tsah') to strew as a surface -- make (one's) bed, lie, spread. sackcloth saq (sak) a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.) -- sack(-cloth, -clothes). and ashes 'epher (ay'-fer) ashes -- ashes. under him wilt thou call qara' (kaw-raw') to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications) this zeh (zeh) the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that a fast tsowm (tsome) a fast: --fast(-ing). and an acceptable ratsown (raw-tsone') delight (especially as shown) -- (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would. day yowm (yome) a day (as the warm hours), to the LORD Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it for bowing one's head like a reed And for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed? Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to the LORD? King James Bible Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? Holman Christian Standard Bible Will the fast I choose be like this: A day for a person to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD? International Standard Version "Is this the kind of fast that I have chosen, merely a day for a person to humble himself? Is it merely for bowing down one's head like a bulrush, for lying on sackcloth and ashes? Is this what you call a fast, an acceptable day to the LORD? NET Bible Is this really the kind of fasting I want? Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out on sackcloth and ashes? Is this really what you call a fast, a day that is pleasing to the LORD? GOD'S WORD® Translation Is this the kind of fasting I have chosen? Should people humble themselves for [only] a day? Is fasting just bowing your head like a cattail and making your bed from sackcloth and ashes? Is this what you call fasting? Is this an acceptable day to the LORD? King James 2000 Bible Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? Links Isaiah 58:5Isaiah 58:5 NIV Isaiah 58:5 NLT Isaiah 58:5 ESV Isaiah 58:5 NASB Isaiah 58:5 KJV |
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