King James Version

Isaiah 50:3

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

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אַלְבִּ֥ישׁalbishclotheלָבַשׁverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “clothe”, an unfinished actionH3847properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively(in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.שָׁמַ֖יִםshamayimheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).קַדְר֑וּתqadrutblacknessקַדְרוּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “blackness”, the ordinary formH6940duskinessblackness.וְשַׂ֖קvesaqand sackשַׂקconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and sack”, the ordinary formH8242properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.)sack(-cloth, -clothes).אָשִׂ֥יםasimputשׂוּםverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “put”, an unfinished actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…כְּסוּתָֽםkesutamcoveringכְּסוּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “covering”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3682a cover (garment); figuratively, a veilingcovering, raiment, vesture.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

Young’s Literal Translation

I clothe the heavens [with] blackness, And sackcloth I make their covering.

World English Bible

I clothe the heavens with blackness. I make sackcloth their covering.”

Darby Translation

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

Douay-Rheims

I will clothe the heavens with darkness, and will make sackcloth their covering.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I will clothe the sky with darkness, and will make its covering as sackcloth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐνδύσω τὸν οὐρανὸν σκότος, καὶ ὡς σάκκον θήσω τὸ περιβόλαιον αὐτοῦ.

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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