NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Judgmentmishpat (mish-pawt') a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective also will I lay suwm (soom) to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work. to the line qav (kav) a cord (as connecting), especially for measuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord -- line. and righteousness tsdaqah (tsed-aw-kaw') rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity) -- justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness). to the plummet mishqeleth (mish-keh'-leth) a weight, i.e. a plummet (with line attached) -- plummet. and the hail barad (baw-rawd') hail -hail (stones). shall sweep away ya`ah (yaw-aw') apparently to brush aside -- sweep away. the refuge machaceh (makh-as-eh') a shelter -- hope, (place of) refuge, shelter, trust. of lies kazab (kaw-zawb') falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol) -- deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying. and the waters mayim (mah'-yim) water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring). shall overflow 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). the hiding place cether (say'-ther) a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense) -- backbiting, covering, covert, disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place). Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "I will make justice the measuring line And righteousness the level; Then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies And the waters will overflow the secret place. King James Bible Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. Holman Christian Standard Bible And I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the mason's level." Hail will sweep away the false refuge, and water will flood your hiding place. International Standard Version And I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line; hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and floods will overflow your hiding place. NET Bible I will make justice the measuring line, fairness the plumb line; hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge, the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place. GOD'S WORD® Translation I will make justice a measuring line and righteousness a plumb line. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and floodwaters will wash away your hiding place. King James 2000 Bible Justice also will I make the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. Links Isaiah 28:17Isaiah 28:17 NIV Isaiah 28:17 NLT Isaiah 28:17 ESV Isaiah 28:17 NASB Isaiah 28:17 KJV |
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