Isaiah
Isaiah 35:3–4
3Strengthen the limp hands
and steady the feeble knees!a
4Say to those with anxious hearts:
“Be strong, do not fear!
Behold, your God will come with vengeance.
With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
Footnotes
- a 35:3 Cited in Hebrews 12:12|HEB 12:12
Word by word
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Isaiah 35:3
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strengthen | חַזְּק֖וּ | ḥaz·zə·qū | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural | H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen |
| the limp | רָפ֑וֹת | rā·p̄ō·wṯ | Adjective - feminine plural | H7504 slack |
| hands | יָדַ֣יִם | yā·ḏa·yim | Noun - fd | H3027 hand |
| and steady | אַמֵּֽצוּ׃ | ’am·mê·ṣū | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural | H553 be alert |
| the feeble | כֹּשְׁל֖וֹת | kō·šə·lō·wṯ | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural | H3782 stumble, stagger, totter |
| knees | וּבִרְכַּ֥יִם | ū·ḇir·ka·yim | Conjunctive waw; Noun - fd | H1290 knee |
Isaiah 35:4
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Say | אִמְרוּ֙ | ’im·rū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H559 utter, say |
| to those with anxious | לְנִמְהֲרֵי־ | lə·nim·hă·rê- | Preposition-l; Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural construct | H4116 hasten |
| hearts | לֵ֔ב | lêḇ | Noun - masculine singular | H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart |
| Be strong | חִזְק֖וּ | ḥiz·qū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen |
| do not | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| fear | תִּירָ֑אוּ | tî·rā·’ū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H3372 fear |
| Behold | הִנֵּ֤ה | hin·nêh | Interjection | H2009 lo! behold! |
| your God | אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ | ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H430 God |
| will come | יָב֔וֹא | yā·ḇō·w | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| with vengeance | נָקָ֣ם | nā·qām | Noun - masculine singular | H5359 vengeance |
| With divine | אֱלֹהִ֔ים | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
| retribution | גְּמ֣וּל | gə·mūl | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1576 dealing, recompence, benefit |
| He | ה֥וּא | hū | Pronoun - third person masculine singular | H1931 he, she |
| will come | יָב֖וֹא | yā·ḇō·w | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| to save you | וְיֹשַׁעֲכֶֽם׃ | wə·yō·ša·‘ă·ḵem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular; second person masculine plural | H3467 deliver |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Isaiah 35:3 Hebrews 12:12 · Job 4:3–4 · Luke 22:32 · Isaiah 57:14–16 · Job 16:5 · Acts 18:23 · Luke 22:43 · Judges 7:11 · Isaiah 52:1–2 · Isaiah 40:1–2
Isaiah 35:4 James 5:7–9 · Isaiah 41:10–14 · Zephaniah 3:16–17 · Isaiah 34:8 · Ephesians 6:10 · Haggai 2:4 · 1 Chronicles 28:20 · Isaiah 33:22 · Isaiah 61:2 · Isaiah 25:9 · Isaiah 52:7–10 · Luke 21:28
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.