King James Version

Isaiah 27:4

Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

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חֵמָ֖הchemahangerחֵמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “anger”, the ordinary formH2534heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(-ful). See H2529 (חֶמְאָה).אֵ֣יןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).לִ֑יlitoלִ֑יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toמִֽיmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.יִתְּנֵ֜נִיyitnenigiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…שָׁמִ֥ירshamirdiamondשָׁמִירnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “diamond”, the ordinary formH8068a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamondadamant (stone), brier, diamond.שַׁ֨יִת֙shayitthornsשַׁיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “thorns”, the ordinary formH7898scrub or trash, i.e. wild growth of weeds or briers (as if put on the field)thorns.בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔הbamilchamahin battleמִלְחָמָהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in battle”, the ordinary formH4421a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).אֶפְשְׂעָ֥הefseahgoפָּשַׂעverb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “go”, a determination or requestH6585to stride (from spreading the legs), i.e. rush upongo.בָ֖הּvahinבָ֖הּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “in”inאֲצִיתֶ֥נָּהatsitenahburnצוּתverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “burn”, an unfinished actionH6702to blazeburn.יָּֽחַדyachadalikeיַחַדadverb — “alike”H3162properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedlyalike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Fury is not in Me; would that I were as the briers and thorns in flame! I would with one step burn it altogether.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together.

Young’s Literal Translation

Fury is not in Me; Who giveth Me a brier — a thorn in battle? I step into it, I burn it at once.

World English Bible

Wrath is not in me, but if I should find briers and thorns, I would do battle! I would march on them and I would burn them together.

Darby Translation

Fury is not in me. Oh that I had briars [and] thorns in battle against me! I would march against them, I would burn them together.

Douay-Rheims

There is no indignation in me: who shall make me a thorn and a brier in battle: shall march against it, shall I set it on fire together?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Fury is not in Me; would that I were as the briers and thorns in flame! I would with one step burn it altogether.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

There is no woman that has not taken hold of it; who will set me to watch stubble in the field? because of this enemy I have set her aside; therefore on this account the Lord has done all that he appointed.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐκ ἔστιν, ἣ οὐκ ἐπελάβετο αὐτῆς· τίς με θήσει φυλάσσειν καλάμην ἐν ἀγρῷ; διὰ τὴν πολεμίαν ταύτην ἠθέτηκα αὐτήν· τοίνυν διατοῦτο ἐποίησε Κύριος πάντα, ὅσα συνέταξε· κατακέκαυμαι