King James Version

Isaiah 63:2

Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?

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מַדּ֥וּעַmaduawhyמַדּוּעַparticle, interrogative — “why”H4069what (is) known?; i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why?how, wherefore, why.אָדֹ֖םadomruddyאָדֹםadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “ruddy”, the ordinary formH122rosyred, ruddy.לִלְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָlilvushekhato garmentלְבוּשׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to garment”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3830a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wifeapparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture.וּבְגָדֶ֖יךָuvegadeykhaand apparelבֶּגֶדconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and apparel”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH899a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillageapparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, [idiom] very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.כְּדֹרֵ֥ךְkedorekheas treadדָּרַךְpreposition, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “as tread”, a verb used as a describing wordH1869to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.בְּגַֽתbegatin pressגַּתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in press”, the ordinary formH1660a wine-press (or vat for holding the grapes in pressing them)(wine-) press (fat).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

'Wherefore is Thine apparel red, and Thy garments like his that treadeth in the winevat?' —

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American Standard Version (1901)

Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winevat?

Young’s Literal Translation

'Wherefore [is] thy clothing red? And thy garments as treading in a wine fat?'

World English Bible

Why is your clothing red, and your garments like him who treads in the wine vat?

Darby Translation

— Wherefore is redness in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winevat?

Douay-Rheims

Why then is thy apparel red, and thy garments like theirs that tread in the winepress?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

'Wherefore is Thine apparel red, and Thy garments like his that treadeth in the winevat?' —

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Wherefore are thy garments red, and thy raiment as if fresh from a trodden wine-press?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Διατί σου ἐρυθρὰ τὰ ἱμάτια, καὶ τὰ ἐνδύματά σου ὡς ἀπὸ πατητοῦ ληνοῦ;