Isaiah 14:17
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Who madeשָׂ֥ם
(sam)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
the worldתֵּבֵ֛ל
(te·vel)
8398: worldfrom yabal
like a wildernessכַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר
(kam·mid·bar)
4057b: wildernessfrom dabar
And overthrewהָרָ֑ס
(ha·ras;)
2040: to throw down, break or tear downa prim. root
its cities,וְעָרָ֣יו
(ve·'a·rav)
5892b: city, townof uncertain derivation
Who did not allowפָ֥תַח
(fa·tach)
6605a: to opena prim. root
his prisonersאֲסִירָ֖יו
(a·si·rav)
615: a bondman, prisonerfrom asar
to [go] home?'בָּֽיְתָה׃
(ba·ye·tah.)
1004: a housea prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
That made
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
the world
tebel  (tay-bale')
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a partic. land, as Babylonia, Palestine
as a wilderness
midbar  (mid-bawr')
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs) -- desert, south, speech, wilderness.
and destroyed
harac  (haw-ras')
to pull down or in pieces, break, &? destroy -- beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, utterly.
the cities
`iyr  (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
thereof that opened
pathach  (paw-thakh')
to open wide; specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
not the house
bayith  (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
of his prisoners
'aciyr  (aw-sere')
bound, i.e. a captive -- (those which are) bound, prisoner.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Who made the world like a wilderness And overthrew its cities, Who did not allow his prisoners to go home?'

King James Bible
That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
who turned the world into a wilderness, who destroyed its cities and would not release the prisoners to return home?"

International Standard Version
who made the world like a desert, who destroyed its cities, who would not open the jails for his prisoners?'

NET Bible
Is this the one who made the world like a desert, who ruined its cities, and refused to free his prisoners so they could return home?"'

GOD'S WORD® Translation
who made the world like a desert and tore down its cities, who didn't let his prisoners go home?"

King James 2000 Bible
That made the world like a wilderness, and destroyed its cities; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
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