Isaiah 44:14New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Surely he cuts cedars for himself, and takes a cypress or an oak and raises [it] for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir, and the rain makes it grow.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish [it].
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the holm tree and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest: he planteth a fir tree, and the rain doth nourish it.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the holm-tree and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest: he planteth a fir-tree, and the rain doth nourish it.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— He heweth down cedars for himself, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish [it].
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— When he heweth him down cedars, he taketh also a holm-oak and a terebinth—he chooseth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth a pine, and the rain maketh [it] grow.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— When one was cutting him down cedars, Then took he a holm-tree, and an oak, And secured them for himself, among the trees of the forest,—He planted a fir-tree, and the pouring rain made it grow;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Cutting down to himself cedars, He taketh also a cypress, and an oak, And he strengtheneth [it] for himself Among the trees of a forest, He hath planted an ash, and the shower doth nourish [it].
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— He hath cut down cedars, taken the holm, and the oak that stood among the trees of the forest: he hath planted the pine tree, which the rain hath nourished.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— He will hewe him downe cedars, and take the pine tree and the oke, and taketh courage among the trees of the forest: he planteth a firre tree, and the raine doeth nourish it.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— He heweth him downe cedars, and taketh the Cypresse and the Oke, which he strengthneth for himselfe among the trees of the forrest: he planteth an Ashe, and the raine doth nourish it.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Then he makes it to stand in the house, a piece of wood which was cut down out of the forest, something which the rain has nourished,
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— He cuts wood out of the forest, which the Lord planted, [even] a pine tree, and the rain made it grow,
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish [it]. |
He heweth him down
3772 {3772} Primeכָּרַתkarath{kaw-rath'}
A primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication to destroy or consume; specifically to covenant (that is, make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces).
z8800 <8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Infinitive (See H8812) Count - 4888
cedars,
730 {0730} Primeאֶרֶז'erez{eh-rez'}
From H0729; a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots).
and taketh
3947 {3947} Primeלָקַחlaqach{law-kakh'}
A primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
the cypress
8645 {8645} Primeתִּרְזָהtirzah{teer-zaw'}
Probably from H7329; a species of tree (apparently from its slenderness), perhaps the cypress.
and the oak,
437 {0437} Primeאַלּוֹן'allown{al-lone'}
A variation of H0436.
which he strengtheneth
553 {0553} Primeאָמַץ'amats{aw-mats'}
A primitive root; to be alert, physically (on foot) or mentally (in courage).
z8762 <8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 2447
for himself among the trees
6086 {6086} Primeעֵץ`ets{ates}
From H6095; a tree (from its firmness); hence wood (plural sticks).
of the forest:
3293 {3293} Primeיָעַרya`ar{yah'-ar}
From an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure; a copse of bushes; hence a forest; hence honey in the comb (as hived in trees).
he planteth
5193 {5193} Primeנָטַעnata`{naw-tah'}
A primitive root; properly to strike in, that is, fix; specifically to plant (literally or figuratively).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
an ash,
766 {0766} Primeאֹרֶן'oren{o'-ren}
From the same as H0765 (in the sense of strength); the ash tree (from its toughness).
and the rain
1653
doth nourish
1431 {1431} Primeגָּדַלgadal{gaw-dal'}
A primitive root; properly to twist (compare H1434), that is, to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride).
z8762 <8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 2447
[ it]. |
Isaiah 44:14
_ _ Description of the material out of which the idol is formed.
_ _ cypress — rather, from Hebrew root, “to be hard,” the holm oak,” an evergreen abundant in Palestine [Gesenius].
_ _ strengtheneth — literally, “and he getteth strength to himself in the trees of the forest;” that is, he layeth in a great store of timber [Lowth]. Or, “chooseth,” as “madest strong for thyself,” that is, hast chosen (Psalms 80:15, Psalms 80:17) [Gesenius]. But English Version gives a good sense: “strengtheneth”; that is, rears to maturity; a meaning suitable also to the context of Psalms 80:15, Psalms 80:17, where Israel is compared to a vine planted by Jehovah [Maurer].
_ _ rain doth nourish it — Though the man planted the tree, yet he could not make it grow. In preparing to make an idol, he has to depend on the true God for rain from heaven (Jeremiah 14:22). |
Isaiah 44:14
Oak — Which afford the best and most durable timber. Strengtheneth — He plants, and with care and diligence improves those trees, that he or his posterity may thence have materials for their images, and those things which belong to them. |
- heweth:
Isaiah 40:20 He that [is] so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree [that] will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, [that] shall not be moved.
Jeremiah 10:3-8 For the customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. ... But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.
Hosea 4:12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
Habakkuk 2:19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it [is] laid over with gold and silver, and [there is] no breath at all in the midst of it.
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