King James Version

Isaiah 1:22

Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

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כַּסְפֵּ֖ךְkaspekhemoneyכֶּסֶףnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “money”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3701silver (from its pale color); by implication, moneymoney, price, silver(-ling).הָיָ֣הhayahbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לְסִיגִ֑יםlesigimto drossסִיגpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “to dross”, the ordinary formH5509scoriadross.סָבְאֵ֖ךְsaveekhewineסֹבֶאnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “wine”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5435potation, concretely (wine), or abstractly (carousal)drink, drunken, wine.מָה֥וּלmahulmixedמָהַלverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “mixed”, a verb used as a describing wordH4107properly, to cut down or reduce, i.e. by implication, to adulteratemixed.בַּמָּֽיִםbamayimin waterמַיִםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thy silver hath become dross, Thy drink polluted with water.

World English Bible

Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.

Darby Translation

Thy silver is become dross, thy wine is mixed with water:

Douay-Rheims

Thy silver is turned into dress: thy wine is mingled with water.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Your silver is worthless, thy wine merchants mix the wine with water.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τὸ ἀργύριον ὑμῶν ἀδόκιμον· οἱ κάπηλοί σου μίσγουσι τὸν οἶνον ὕδατι.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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