Isaiah 18:4
For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
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ASV
For thus hath Jehovah said unto me, I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
KJV
For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
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Commentary
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16 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּי֩ | ki | for | H3588 → |
| כֹ֨ה | khoh | thus | H3541 → |
| אָמַ֤ר | 'a.Mar | he said | H559 → |
| יְהוָה֙ | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֵלַ֔י | 'e.Lai | to me | H413 → |
| אֶשְׁקֳטָ֖ה | 'esh.ko.tah | I will remain quiet | H8252 → |
| וְאַבִּ֣יטָה | ve.'a.Bi.tah | and I will pay attention | H5027 → |
| בִמְכוֹנִ֑י | vim.kho.Ni | in place my | H4349 → |
| כְּחֹ֥ם | ke.Chom | like heat | H2527 → |
| צַח֙ | tzach | dazzling | H6703 → |
| עֲלֵי־ | 'a.lei- | with | H5921 → |
| א֔וֹר | 'or | light | H216 → |
| כְּעָ֥ב | ke.'Av | like a cloud of | H5645 → |
| טַ֖ל | tal | dew | H2919 → |
| בְּחֹ֥ם | be.Chom | in [the] heat of | H2527 → |
| קָצִֽיר׃ | ka.Tzir | harvest | H7105 → |
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