Isaiah 47:12
So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!
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ASV
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast labored from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
KJV
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
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13 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| עִמְדִי־ | 'im.di- | stand | H5975 → |
| נָ֤א | na' | please | H4994 → |
| בַחֲבָרַ֙יִךְ֙ | va.cha.va.Ra.yikh | in spells your | H2267 → |
| וּבְרֹ֣ב | u.ve.Ro | and in [the] abundance of | H7230 → |
| כְּשָׁפַ֔יִךְ | ke.sha.Fa.yikh | sorceries your | H3785 → |
| בַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | ba.'a.Sher | in which | H834 → |
| יָגַ֖עַתְּ | ya.Ga.'at | you have labored | H3021 → |
| מִנְּעוּרָ֑יִךְ | mi.ne.'u.Ra.yikh | since youth<s> your | H5271 → |
| אוּלַ֛י | 'u.Lai | perhaps | H194 → |
| תּוּכְלִ֥י | tu.khe.Li | you will be able | H3201 → |
| הוֹעִ֖יל | ho.'Il | to profit | H3276 → |
| אוּלַ֥י | 'u.Lai | perhaps | H194 → |
| תַּעֲרֽוֹצִי׃ | ta.'a.Ro.tzi | you will inspire awe | H6206 → |
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