King James Version

Isaiah 1:19

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

אִםimoh thatאִםconjunction — “oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…תֹּאב֖וּtovvbe willingאָבָהverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “be willing”, an unfinished actionH14to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescentconsent, rest content will, be willing.וּשְׁמַעְתֶּ֑םushematemand hearשָׁמַעconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and hear”, a completed action in a sequenceH8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) n…ט֥וּבtuvgladnessטוּבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “gladness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2898good (as a noun), in the widest sense, especially goodness (superlative concretely, the best), beauty, gladness, welfarefair, gladness, good(-ness, thing, -s), joy, go well with.הָאָ֖רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.תֹּאכֵֽלוּtokhelveatאָכַלverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “eat”, an unfinished actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land;

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

Young’s Literal Translation

If ye are willing, and have hearkened, The good of the land ye consume,

World English Bible

If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land;

Darby Translation

If ye be willing and hearken, ye shall eat the good of the land;

Douay-Rheims

If you be willing, and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And if ye be willing, and hearken to me, ye shall eat the good of the land:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐὰν θέλητε, καὶ εἰσακούσητέ μου, τὰ ἀγαθὰ τῆς γῆς φάγεσθε.