KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Isaiah 49:22 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Thus” | כֹּֽה | Properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now | Thus |
| “saith” | אָמַ֞ר | To say (used with great latitude) | saith |
| “the Lord” | אֲדֹנָ֣י | The Lord (used as a proper name of God only) | Lord |
| “God,” | יְהוִ֗ה | God | God |
| “Behold,” | הִנֵּ֨ה | Lo! | Behold |
| “I will lift up” | אֶשָּׂ֤א | To lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative | lift up |
| “mine hand” | יָדִ֔י | A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] | hand |
| “to” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | to |
| “the Gentiles,” | גּוֹיִם֙ | A foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts | Gentiles |
| “and set up” | אָרִ֣ים | To be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively) | set up |
| “my standard” | נִסִּ֑י | A flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token | standard |
| “to” | וְאֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | to |
| “the people:” | עַמִּ֖ים | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
| “and they shall bring” | וְהֵבִ֤יאוּ | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | bring |
| “thy sons” | בָנַ֙יִךְ֙ | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | sons |
| “in arms,” | בְּחֹ֔צֶן | Bosom | arms |
| “their” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “and thy daughters” | וּבְנֹתַ֖יִךְ | A daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) | daughters |
| “shall be carried” | תִּנָּשֶֽׂאנָה׃ | To lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative | carried |
| “upon” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | upon |
| “their” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “shoulders.” | כָּתֵ֥ף | The shoulder (proper, i.e., upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything | shoulders |
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20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
22 Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
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