Isaiah

Isaiah 59:3

³For your hands are stained with blood,

and your fingers with iniquity;

your lips have spoken lies,

and your tongue mutters injustice.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
your hands	כַפֵּיכֶם֙	ḵap·pê·ḵem	Noun - feminine dual construct; second person masculine plural	H3709 hollow, or flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot, pan
are stained	נְגֹאֲל֣וּ	nə·ḡō·’ă·lū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1351 defile
with blood	בַדָּ֔ם	ḇad·dām	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1818 blood
and your fingers	וְאֶצְבְּעוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם	wə·’eṣ·bə·‘ō·w·ṯê·ḵem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H676 finger
with iniquity	בֶּֽעָוֺ֑ן	be·‘ā·wōn	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - common singular	H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity
your lips	שִׂפְתֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙	śip̄·ṯō·w·ṯê·ḵem	Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H8193 lip, speech, edge
have spoken	דִּבְּרוּ־	dib·bə·rū-	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H1696 speak
lies	שֶׁ֔קֶר	še·qer	Noun - masculine singular	H8267 deception, disappointment, falsehood
and your tongue	לְשׁוֹנְכֶ֖ם	lə·šō·wn·ḵem	Noun - common singular construct; second person masculine plural	H3956 tongue
mutters	תֶהְגֶּֽה׃	ṯeh·geh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1897 moan, growl, utter, speak, muse
injustice	עַוְלָ֥ה	‘aw·lāh	Noun - feminine singular	H5766 injustice, unrighteousness

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Isaiah 1:15 · Ezekiel 13:8 · Jeremiah 2:34 · Jeremiah 2:30 · Isaiah 1:21 · Ezekiel 35:6 · Ezekiel 9:9 · Ezekiel 7:23 · Hosea 7:13 · Micah 6:12 · Hosea 4:2 · Micah 7:2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.