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Isaiah 21:4

My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.

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ASV

My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.

KJV

My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
תָּעָ֣הta.'Ahit has wanderedH8582 →
לְבָבִ֔יle.va.Viheart myH3824 →
פַּלָּצ֖וּתpa.la.TzutshudderingH6427 →
בִּֽעֲתָ֑תְנִיbi.'a.Ta.te.niit has overwhelmed meH1204 →
אֵ֚ת'et<obj.>H853 →
נֶ֣שֶׁףNe.shef[the] twilight ofH5399 →
חִשְׁקִ֔יchish.Kidesire myH2837 →
שָׂ֥םsamit has madeH7760 →
לִ֖יlifor me
לַחֲרָדָֽה׃la.cha.ra.Dah<into> tremblingH2731 →

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Psalms 91:5You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,Luke 21:34–36But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.Job 30:31My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.Ecclesiastes 7:4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.Isaiah 5:14Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!Job 21:11–13They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,2 Samuel 13:28–29Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”Daniel 5:1Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.Esther 5:12“What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.1 Samuel 25:36–38When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.Nahum 1:10For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.Deuteronomy 28:67In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.Esther 7:6–10Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.Jeremiah 51:57I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.Isaiah 5:11–14Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.Daniel 5:5At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,Jeremiah 51:39While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.Psalms 38:10My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.

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