NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon And his breathruwach (roo'-akh) wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being as an overflowing shataph (shaw-taf') to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer -- drown, (over-)flow(-whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away). stream nachal (nakh'-al) a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine) -- brook, flood, river, stream, valley. shall reach to the midst chatsah (khaw-tsaw') to cut or split in two; to halve -- divide, live out half, reach to the midst, participle of the neck tsavva'r (tsav-vawr') in the sense of binding; the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound) -- neck. to sift nuwph (noof) to quiver (i.e. vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinadoing, sawing, waving, etc.) the nations gowy (go'-ee) a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people. with the sieve naphah (naw-faw') a height; also a sieve -- border, coast, region, sieve. of vanity shav' (shawv) evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain) -- false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity. and there shall be a bridle recen (reh'-sen) a halter (as restraining); by implication, the jaw -- bridle. in the jaws lchiy (lekh-ee') the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone -- cheek (bone), jaw (bone). of the people `am (am) a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people. causing them to err ta`ah (taw-aw') to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray; also causative of both Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible His breath is like an overflowing torrent, Which reaches to the neck, To shake the nations back and forth in a sieve, And to put in the jaws of the peoples the bridle which leads to ruin. King James Bible And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. Holman Christian Standard Bible His breath is like an overflowing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction and to put a bridle on the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray. International Standard Version His breath is like an overflowing torrent, and it rises right up to the neck, to shake the nations in the sieve of destruction, and to place in the jaws of the peoples a bit that leads them astray. NET Bible His battle cry overwhelms like a flooding river that reaches one's neck. He shakes the nations in a sieve that isolates the chaff; he puts a bit into the mouth of the nations and leads them to destruction. GOD'S WORD® Translation His breath is like an overflowing stream. It rises neck high, sifting the nations with a sieve of destruction, placing a bit in the mouths of the people to lead them astray. King James 2000 Bible And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. Links Isaiah 30:28Isaiah 30:28 NIV Isaiah 30:28 NLT Isaiah 30:28 ESV Isaiah 30:28 NASB Isaiah 30:28 KJV |
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