Isaiah 25:4
For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
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ASV
For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
KJV
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → |
| הָיִ֨יתָ | ha.Yi.ta | you have been | H1961 → |
| מָע֥וֹז | ma.'oz | a refuge | H4581 → |
| לַדָּ֛ל | la.Dal | for the poor [person] | H1800 → |
| מָע֥וֹז | ma.'oz | a refuge | H4581 → |
| לָאֶבְי֖וֹן | la.'ev.Yon | for the needy [person] | H34 → |
| בַּצַּר־ | ba.tzar- | when <the> it was distress | H6862 → |
| ל֑וֹ | lo | to him | |
| מַחְסֶ֤ה | mach.Seh | a shelter | H4268 → |
| מִזֶּ֙רֶם֙ | mi.Ze.rem | from rainstorm | H2230 → |
| צֵ֣ל | tzel | a shade | H6738 → |
| מֵחֹ֔רֶב | me.Cho.rev | from heat | H2721 → |
| כִּ֛י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| ר֥וּחַ | Ru.ach | [the] breath of | H7307 → |
| עָרִיצִ֖ים | 'a.ri.Tzim | ruthless [people] | H6184 → |
| כְּזֶ֥רֶם | ke.Ze.rem | [is] like a rainstorm of | H2230 → |
| קִֽיר׃ | Kir | a wall | H7023 → |
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