Isaiah 44:20
He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
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ASV
He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
KJV
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| רֹעֶ֣ה | ro.'Eh | [he is] feeding | H7462 → |
| אֵ֔פֶר | 'E.fer | ash[es] | H665 → |
| לֵ֥ב | lev | a heart | H3820 → |
| הוּתַ֖ל | hu.Tal | [which] it is deceived | H2048 → |
| הִטָּ֑הוּ | hi.Ta.hu | it has turned aside him | H5186 → |
| וְלֹֽא־ | ve.lo'- | and not | H3808 → |
| יַצִּ֤יל | ya.Tzil | he will deliver | H5337 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| נַפְשׁוֹ֙ | naf.Sho | self his | H5315 → |
| וְלֹ֣א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| יֹאמַ֔ר | yo.Mar | he will say | H559 → |
| הֲל֥וֹא | ha.Lo' | ¿ not | H3808 → |
| שֶׁ֖קֶר | She.ker | [is] falsehood | H8267 → |
| בִּימִינִֽי׃ ס | bi.mi.Ni | in right [hand] my | H3225 → |
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