King James Version

Isaiah 9:14

Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

In the Hebrew text this line is Isaiah 9:13.

וַיַּכְרֵ֨תvayakhretand covenantכָּרַתconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and covenant”, the next action in the storyH3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.יְהוָ֜הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֗לmiyisraelfrom Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלpreposition, noun, proper name — “from Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.רֹ֧אשׁroshheadרֹאשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “head”, the ordinary formH7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.וְזָנָ֛בvezanavand tailזָנָבconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and tail”, the ordinary formH2180the tail (literally or figuratively)tail.כִּפָּ֥הkipahbranchכִּפָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “branch”, the ordinary formH3712a leaf of a palmtreebranch.וְאַגְמ֖וֹןveagmonand bulrushאַגְמוֹןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and bulrush”, the ordinary formH100a bulrush (as growing there); collectively a rope of bulrushesbulrush, caldron, hook, rush.י֥וֹםyomas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…אֶחָֽדechadfirstאֶחָדadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(9-13) Therefore the LORD doth cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

Therefore Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jehovah cutteth off from Israel head and tail, Branch and reed — the same day,

World English Bible

Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day:

Douay-Rheims

And the Lord shall destroy out of Israel the head and the tail, him that bendeth down, and him that holdeth back, in one day.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(9-13) Therefore the LORD doth cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So the Lord took away from Israel the head and tail, great and small, in one day:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀφεῖλε Κύριος ἀπὸ Ἰσραὴλ κεφαλὴν καὶ οὐρὰν, μέγαν καὶ μικρὸν, ἐν μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ, πρεσβύτην, καὶ τοὺς τὰ πρόσωπα θαυμάζοντας, αὕτη ἡ ἀρχή·