KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.”
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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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| “And of” | מִמְּךָ֙ | Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | And of |
| “they that shall be” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “thee shall build” | וּבָנ֤וּ | To build (literally and figuratively) | build |
| “the old” | עוֹלָ֔ם | Properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always | old |
| “waste places:” | חָרְב֣וֹת | Properly, drought, i.e., (by implication) a desolation | waste places |
| “thou shalt raise up” | תְּקוֹמֵ֑ם | To rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) | raise up |
| “the foundations” | מוֹסְדֵ֥י | A foundation | foundations |
| “of many” | דוֹר | Properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling | many |
| “generations;” | וָד֖וֹר | Properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling | generations |
| “and thou shalt be called,” | וְקֹרָ֤א | To call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications) | called |
| “The repairer” | גֹּדֵ֣ר | To wall in or around | repairer |
| “of the breach,” | פֶּ֔רֶץ | A break (literally or figuratively) | breach |
| “The restorer” | מְשֹׁבֵ֥ב | To turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again | restorer |
| “of paths” | נְתִיב֖וֹת | A (beaten) track | paths |
| “to dwell in.” | לָשָֽׁבֶת׃ | Properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry | dwell |
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10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
11 And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
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