Isaiah 50:2

Old Testament • 25 words with Strong's data

"Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst."

Word-by-Word Analysis

כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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when I

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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was there no

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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when I

קָרָא

qârâʼ

H7121

to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

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was there

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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to

עָנָה

ʻânâh

H6030

properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, ...

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Is my

יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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קָצַר

qâtsar

H7114

to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)

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at all that it

יָכֹל

yâkôl

H3201

to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

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גָּאַל

gâʼal

H1350

to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)

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or have I no

כֹּחַ

kôach

H3581

vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard

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to

נָצַל

nâtsal

H5337

to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense

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רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

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

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at my

יָכַח

yâkach

H3198

to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict

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I

יַבָּשָׁה

yabbâshâh

H3004

dry ground

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up the

יָם

yâm

H3220

a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...

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I

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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the

נַחַל

nachal

H5158

a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)

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a

מִדְבָּר

midbâr

H4057

a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)

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their

דָּגָה

dâgâh

H1710

{a fish (often used collectively)}

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מַק

maq

H4716

properly, a melting, i.e. putridity

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פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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there is no

מַיִם

mayim

H4325

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

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and

מוּת

mûwth

H4191

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

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for

צָמָא

tsâmâʼ

H6772

thirst (literally or figuratively)

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Key Terms in This Verse

stinketh H4716

מַק maq

properly, a melting, i.e. putridity

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shortened H7114

קָצַר qâtsar

to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)

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dieth H4191

מוּת mûwth

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

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thirst H6772

צָמָא tsâmâʼ

thirst (literally or figuratively)

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fish H1710

דָּגָה dâgâh

{a fish (often used collectively)}

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rebuke H3198

יָכַח yâkach

to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict

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redeem H1350

גָּאַל gâʼal

to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)

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dry H3004

יַבָּשָׁה yabbâshâh

dry ground

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rivers H5158

נַחַל nachal

a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)

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answer H6030

עָנָה ʻânâh

properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce

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Cross References

Isaiah 59:1 cross-reference

Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

Isaiah 66:4 cross-reference

I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in...

Numbers 11:23 cross-reference

And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.

Joshua 3:16 cross-reference

That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, ...

Genesis 18:14 cross-reference

Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

Proverbs 1:24 cross-reference

Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

Exodus 14:21 cross-reference

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

Nahum 1:4 cross-reference

He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

Exodus 7:21 cross-reference

And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 42:15 cross-reference

I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

Hosea 11:7 cross-reference

And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

Isaiah 43:16 cross-reference

Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

Daniel 3:29 cross-reference

Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be ma...

Daniel 6:20 cross-reference

And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able t...

Isaiah 65:12 cross-reference

Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did ch...

Mark 4:39 cross-reference

And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

Daniel 3:15 cross-reference

Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well:...

Hosea 11:2 cross-reference

As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

Isaiah 59:16 cross-reference

And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.

John 1:11 cross-reference

He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

Exodus 7:18 cross-reference

And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.

Jeremiah 35:15 cross-reference

I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve...

Psalm 107:33 cross-reference

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

Psalm 106:9 cross-reference

He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

Isaiah 41:28 cross-reference

For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

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