Isaiah 10:14New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a nest, And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth; And there was not one that flapped its wing or opened [its] beak or chirped.”
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs [that are] left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathereth eggs that are forsaken, have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or that opened the mouth, or chirped.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathereth eggs that are forsaken, have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or that opened the mouth, or chirped.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs [that are] left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples, and as one gathereth forsaken eggs, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And my hand, hath found as a nest, the wealth of the peoples, And, as the gathering of eggs that are forsaken, all the earth, have, I, gathered,—And there was none to flap a wing, or open a mouth, or chirp.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And my hand as to a nest Getteth to the wealth of the peoples, And as a gathering of forsaken eggs All the earth I—I have gathered, And there hath not been one moving wing, Or opening mouth, or whispering.'
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And my hand hath found the strength of the people as a nest; and as eggs are gathered, that are left, so have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or made the least noise.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And mine hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people, and as one gathereth egges that are left, so haue I gathered all the earth: and there was none to mooue the wing or to open the mouth, or to whisper.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth egges that are left, haue I gathered all the earth, and there was none that moued the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And my hand has found like a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken, I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved a wing or opened the mouth or chirped.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And I will shake the inhabited cities: and I will take with my hand all the world as a nest: and I will even take them as eggs that have been left; and there is none that shall escape me, or contradict me.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs [that are] left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. |
And my hand
3027 {3027} Primeיָדyad{yawd}
A primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote.
hath found
4672 {4672} Primeמָצָאmatsa'{maw-tsaw'}
A primitive root; properly to come forth to, that is, appear or exist; transitively to attain, that is, find or acquire; figuratively to occur, meet or be present.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
as a nest
7064 {7064} Primeקֵןqen{kane}
Contracted from H7077; a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings; figuratively a chamber or dwelling.
the riches
2428 {2428} Primeחַיִלchayil{khah'-yil}
From H2342; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength.
of the people:
5971 {5971} Primeעַם`am{am}
From H6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock.
and as one gathereth
622 {0622} Primeאסף'acaph{aw-saf'}
A primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence to receive, take away, that is, remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.).
z8800 <8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Infinitive (See H8812) Count - 4888
eggs
1000 {1000} Primeבֵּיצָהbeytsah{bay-tsaw'}
From the same as H0948; an egg (from its whiteness).
[ that are] left,
5800 {5800} Primeעָזַב`azab{aw-zab'}
A primitive root; to loosen, that is, relinquish, permit, etc.
z8803 <8803> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Passive (See H8815) Count - 1415
have I
x589 (0589) Complementאֲנִי'aniy{an-ee'}
Contracted from H0595; I.
gathered
622 {0622} Primeאסף'acaph{aw-saf'}
A primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence to receive, take away, that is, remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
all
x3605 (3605) Complementכֹּלkol{kole}
From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).
the earth;
776 {0776} Primeאֶרֶץ'erets{eh'-rets}
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).
and there was
x1961 (1961) Complementהָיָהhayah{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
none
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
that moved
5074 {5074} Primeנָדַדnadad{naw-dad'}
A primitive root; properly to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away.
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
the wing,
3671 {3671} Primeכָּנָףkanaph{kaw-nawf'}
From H3670; an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bed clothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle.
or opened
6475 {6475} Primeפָּצָהpatsah{paw-tsaw'}
A primitive root; to rend, that is, open (especially the mouth).
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
the mouth,
6310 {6310} Primeפֶּהpeh{peh}
From H6284; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literally or figuratively (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to.
or peeped.
6850 {6850} Primeצָפַףtsaphaph{tsaw-faf'}
A primitive root; to coo or chirp (as a bird).
z8772 <8772> Grammar
Stem - Pilpel (See H8842) Mood - Participle (See H8813) Count - 9 |
Isaiah 10:14
_ _ nest — implying the ease with which he carried off all before him.
_ _ left — by the parent bird.
_ _ none ... moved ... wing — image from an angry bird resisting the robbery of its “nest.”
_ _ peeped — chirped even low (Isaiah 8:19). No resistance was offered me, of deed, or even word. |
Isaiah 10:14
Eggs — Which the dam left in her nest. Gathered — All the riches of the earth. An hyperbole not unusual in the mouths of such persons. Peeped — As birds do, which, when they see the robbing of their nest, express their grief and anger, by hovering about them, and by mournful cries. |
- And my:
Isaiah 5:8 Woe unto them that join house to house, [that] lay field to field, till [there be] no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Job 31:25 If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
Proverbs 18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour [is] humility.
Proverbs 21:6-7 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. ... The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
Hosea 12:7-8 [He is] a merchant, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppress. ... And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: [in] all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that [were] sin.
Nahum 2:9-13 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for [there is] none end of the store [and] glory out of all the pleasant furniture. ... Behold, I [am] against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
Nahum 3:1 Woe to the bloody city! it [is] all full of lies [and] robbery; the prey departeth not;
Habakkuk 2:5-11 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, [he is] a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and [is] as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: ... For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
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- peeped:
- That is, chirped, from the Latin pipio. We still use the term pipe to express the note of the bullfinch.
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