KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Isaiah 63:6 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“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.”
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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 will tread down” | וְאָב֤וּס | To trample (literally or figuratively) | tread down |
| “the people” | עַמִּים֙ | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
| “in mine anger,” | בְּאַפִּ֔י | Properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire | anger |
| “and make them drunk” | וַאֲשַׁכְּרֵ֖ם | To become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with a stimulating drink or (figuratively) influence | make drunk |
| “in my fury,” | בַּחֲמָתִ֑י | Heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever) | fury |
| “and I will bring down” | וְאוֹרִ֥יד | To descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) | bring down |
| “their strength” | נִצְחָֽם׃ | Juice of the grape (as blood red) | strength |
| “to the earth.” | לָאָ֖רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | earth |
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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.
8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
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