King James Version

Isaiah 2:8

Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

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וַתִּמָּלֵ֥אvatimaleand be at an endמָלֵאconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be at an end”, the next action in the storyH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…אַרְצ֖וֹartsvoearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.אֱלִילִ֑יםelilimidolאֱלִילnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “idol”, the ordinary formH457good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idolidol, no value, thing of nought.לְמַעֲשֵׂ֤הlemaasehto businessמַעֲשֶׂהpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “to business”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) propertyact, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.יָדָיו֙yadayvhandיָדnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […יִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֔וּyishtachavvcrouchשָׁחָהverb, hishtaphel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “crouch”, an unfinished actionH7812to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.לַאֲשֶׁ֥רlaasherto becauseאֲשֶׁרpreposition, particle, relative — “to because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…עָשׂ֖וּasvdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “do”, a completed actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…אֶצְבְּעֹתָֽיוetsbeotayvfingerאֶצְבַּעnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “finger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH676something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toefinger, toe.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Their land also is full of idols; every one worshippeth the work of his own hands, that which his own fingers have made.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

Young’s Literal Translation

And its land is full of idols, To the work of its hands it boweth itself, To that which its fingers have made,

World English Bible

Their land also is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

Darby Translation

And their land is full of idols; they bow themselves down to the work of their own hands, to that which their fingers have made.

Douay-Rheims

And their land is filled with horses: and their chariots are innumerable. Their land also is full of idols: they have adored the work of their own hands, which their own fingers have made.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Their land also is full of idols; every one worshippeth the work of his own hands, that which his own fingers have made.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the land is filled with abominations, even the works of their hands; and they have worshipped the works which their fingers made.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐνεπλήσθη ἡ γῆ βδελυγμάτων τῶν ἔργων τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ προσεκύνησαν οἷς ἐποίησαν οἱ δάκτυλοι αὐτῶν.