KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Isaiah 63:5 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.”
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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 I looked,” | וְאַבִּיט֙ | To scan, i.e., look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care | looked |
| “and none” | וְאֵ֣ין | A nonentity; generally used as a negative particle | none |
| “there was” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “to help;” | עֹזֵ֔ר | To surround, i.e., protect or aid | help |
| “and I wondered” | וְאֶשְׁתּוֹמֵ֖ם | To stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e., devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense) | wondered |
| “that none” | וְאֵ֣ין | A nonentity; generally used as a negative particle | none |
| “there was” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “to uphold:” | סוֹמֵ֑ךְ | To prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense) | uphold |
| “therefore mine own arm” | זְרֹעִ֔י | The arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force | therefore own arm |
| “brought salvation” | וַתּ֤וֹשַֽׁע | Properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor | brought salvation |
| “unto me; and my fury,” | וַחֲמָתִ֖י | Heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever) | fury |
| “it” | הִ֥יא | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | it |
| “upheld” | סְמָכָֽתְנִי׃ | To prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense) | upheld |
| “me.” | סְמָכָֽתְנִי׃ | To prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense) | me |
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3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
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