Isaiah 49:23
Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
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ASV
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.
KJV
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָי֨וּ | ve.ha.Yu | and they will be | H1961 → |
| מְלָכִ֜ים | me.la.Khim | kings | H4428 → |
| אֹֽמְנַ֗יִךְ | 'o.me.Na.yikh | foster-fathers your | H539 → |
| וְשָׂרֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ | ve.sa.ro.tei.Hem | and princesses their | H8282 → |
| מֵינִ֣יקֹתַ֔יִךְ | mei.Ni.ko.Ta.yikh | suckling-nurses your | H3243 → |
| אַפַּ֗יִם | 'a.Pa.yim | faces | H639 → |
| אֶ֚רֶץ | 'E.retz | ground | H776 → |
| יִשְׁתַּ֣חֲווּ | yish.Ta.cha.vu | they will bow down | H7812 → |
| לָ֔ךְ | Lakh | to you | |
| וַעֲפַ֥ר | va.'a.Far | and [the] dust of | H6083 → |
| רַגְלַ֖יִךְ | rag.La.yikh | feet your | H7272 → |
| יְלַחֵ֑כוּ | ye.la.Che.khu | they will lick up | H3897 → |
| וְיָדַ֙עַתְּ֙ | ve.ya.Da.'at | and you will know | H3045 → |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → |
| אֲנִ֣י | 'a.Ni | I | H589 → |
| יְהוָ֔ה | Yah.weh | [am] Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a.Sher | whom | H834 → |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| יֵבֹ֖שׁוּ | ye.Vo.shu | they will be ashamed | H954 → |
| קוָֹֽי׃ ס | ko.Vai | [those who] wait for me | H6960 → |
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