Isaiah 29:15

Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data

"Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?"

Word-by-Word Analysis

הוֹי

hôwy

H1945

oh!

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unto them that

בָּקַשׁ

bâqash

H1245

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

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תְּהוֹם

tᵉhôwm

H8415

an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)

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to

סָתַר

çâthar

H5641

to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively

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their

עֵצָה

ʻêtsâh

H6098

advice; by implication, plan; also prudence

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from the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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and their

מַעֲשֶׂה

maʻăseh

H4639

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

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are in the

חֹשֶׁךְ

chôshek

H2822

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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and they

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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Who

רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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us and who

יָדַע

yâdaʻ

H3045

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...

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us

Key Terms in This Verse

dark H2822

חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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seeth H7200

רָאָה râʼâh

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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deep H8415

תְּהוֹם tᵉhôwm

an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)

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hide H5641

סָתַר çâthar

to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively

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knoweth H3045

יָדַע yâdaʻ

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...

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Woe H1945

הוֹי hôwy

oh!

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counsel H6098

עֵצָה ʻêtsâh

advice; by implication, plan; also prudence

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works H4639

מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

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seek H1245

בָּקַשׁ bâqash

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

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say H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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Cross References

Ezekiel 8:12 cross-reference

Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath f...

Isaiah 47:10 cross-reference

For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.

Isaiah 30:1 cross-reference

Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

Psalm 59:7 cross-reference

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

Jeremiah 23:24 cross-reference

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.

Ezekiel 9:9 cross-reference

Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth...

Malachi 2:17 cross-reference

Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the ...

Job 34:22 cross-reference

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Zephaniah 1:12 cross-reference

And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will h...

1 Corinthians 4:5 cross-reference

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man ha...

Isaiah 28:15 cross-reference

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refug...

Isaiah 57:12 cross-reference

I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

Psalm 73:11 cross-reference

And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

2 Corinthians 4:2 cross-reference

But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscienc...

John 3:19 cross-reference

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Isaiah 28:17 cross-reference

Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

Revelation 2:23 cross-reference

And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

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