Isaiah 5:20

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Isaiah 5:20


← Isaiah 5:19 Isaiah 5:20 (KJV) Isaiah 5:21 →
That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

WoeH1945 unto them that callH559 evilH7451 goodH2896, and goodH2896 evilH7451; that putH7760 darknessH2822 for lightH216, and lightH216 for darknessH2822; that putH7760 bitterH4751 for sweetH4966, and sweetH4966 for bitterH4751!


Original Hebrew

הֹוי הָאֹמְרִים לָרַע טֹוב וְלַטֹּוב רָע שָׂמִים חֹשֶׁךְ לְאֹור וְאֹור לְחֹשֶׁךְ שָׂמִים מַר לְמָתֹוק וּמָתֹוק לְמָר׃ ס

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
ה֣וֹי
Ho H1945 HTj woe to!
הָ/אֹמְרִ֥ים
ha./'o.me.Rim H559 HTd/Vqrmpa those/ (who) say
לָ/רַ֛ע
la./Ra' H7451 HRd/Aamsa of (the)/ evil
ט֖וֹב
Tov H2896 HAamsa good
וְ/לַ/טּ֣וֹב
ve./la./Tov H2896 HC/Rd/Aamsa and/ of (the)/ good
רָ֑ע
Ra' H7451 HAamsa evil
שָׂמִ֨ים
sa.Mim H7760 HVqrmpa (those who) make
חֹ֤שֶׁךְ
Cho.shekh H2822 HNcmsa darkness
לְ/אוֹר֙
le./'Or H216 HR/Ncbsa into/ light
וְ/א֣וֹר
ve./'or H216 HC/Ncbsa and/ light
לְ/חֹ֔שֶׁךְ
le./Cho.shekh H2822 HR/Ncmsa into/ darkness
שָׂמִ֥ים
sa.Mim H7760 HVqrmpa (those who) make
מַ֛ר
mar H4751 HAamsa bitter
לְ/מָת֖וֹק
le./ma.Tok H4966 HR/Aamsa into/ sweet
וּ/מָת֥וֹק
u./ma.Tok H4966 HC/Aamsa and/ sweet
לְ/מָֽר
le./Mar H4751 HR/Aamsa into/ bitter
Strong's References
  • H216 — אוֹר (ʼôwr, ore): from אוֹר (ʼôwr) H215; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.); bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
  • H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
  • H1945 — הוֹי (hôwy, hoh'ee): a prolonged form of הוֹ (hôw) H1930 (akin to אוֹי (ʼôwy) H188); oh!; ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
  • H2822 — חֹשֶׁךְ (chôshek, kho-shek'): from חָשַׁךְ (châshak) H2821; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness; dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
  • H2896 — טוֹב (ṭôwb, tobe): from טוֹב (ṭôwb) H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
  • H4751 — מַר (mar, mar): or (feminine) מָרָה (mârâh); from מָרַר (mârar) H4843; bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly; [phrase] angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, [idiom] great, heavy.
  • H4966 — מָתוֹק (mâthôwq, maw-thoke'): or מָתוּק (mâthûwq); from מָתַק (mâthaq) H4985; sweet; sweet(-er, -ness).
  • H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע (râʻaʻ) H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
  • H7760 — שׂוּם (sûwm, soom): or שִׂים (sîym); a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.
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