Isaiah
Isaiah 47:12
12So take your stand with your spells
and with your many sorceries,
with which you have wearied yourself
from your youth.
Perhaps you will succeed;
perhaps you will inspire terror!
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So take your stand | עִמְדִי־ | ‘im·ḏî- | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular | H5975 take one's stand, stand |
| with your spells | בַחֲבָרַ֙יִךְ֙ | ḇa·ḥă·ḇā·ra·yiḵ | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H2267 company, association, spell |
| and with your many | וּבְרֹ֣ב | ū·ḇə·rōḇ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H7230 multitude, abundance, greatness |
| sorceries | כְּשָׁפַ֔יִךְ | kə·šā·p̄a·yiḵ | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H3785 sorcery |
| with which | בַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | ba·’ă·šer | Preposition-b; Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| you have wearied yourself | יָגַ֖עַתְּ | yā·ḡa·‘at | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular | H3021 toil, grow or be weary |
| from your youth | מִנְּעוּרָ֑יִךְ | min·nə·‘ū·rā·yiḵ | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H5271 youth, juvenility, young |
| Perhaps | אוּלַ֛י | ’ū·lay | Adverb | H194 peradventure, perhaps |
| you will | תּוּכְלִ֥י | tū·ḵə·lî | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular | H3201 be able, have power, prevail, endure |
| succeed | הוֹעִ֖יל | hō·w·‘îl | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | H3276 profit, avail, benefit |
| perhaps | אוּלַ֥י | ’ū·lay | Adverb | H194 peradventure, perhaps |
| you will inspire terror | תַּעֲרֽוֹצִי׃ | ta·‘ă·rō·w·ṣî | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular | H6206 cause to tremble, tremble |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Acts 13:8–12 · Jeremiah 2:28 · Nahum 3:4 · Isaiah 47:9–10
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.