InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Isa C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42 C43 C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50 C51 C52 C53 C54 C55 C56 C57 C58 C59 C60 C61 C62 C63 C65 C66
Isa 64 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V9 V10 V11 V12
People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
OET-LV (ISA 64:7) [fn] And_now Oh_YHWH father_of_are_our you we are_the_clay and_you(ms) are_of_the_one_who_formed_us and_are_the_work_of your_hand_of_your of_us_of_all.
64:7 Note: KJB: Isa.64.8
OET (OET-RV) But now, Yahweh, you are our father.
⇔ We are the clay, and you’re our potter,
⇔ and all of us are the your handiwork.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
אָבִ֣ינוּ אָ֑תָּה
father_of,[are]_our you(ms)
Isaiah is speaking of Yahweh as if he were the people’s Father, because Yahweh created them and cares for them as a father cares for his children. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [you are like a father to us]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
אֲנַ֤חְנוּ הַחֹ֨מֶר֙ וְאַתָּ֣ה יֹצְרֵ֔נוּ
we [are]_the,clay and=you(ms) [are_of,the_one_who]_formed_us
Isaiah is speaking of Yahweh and the people as if Yahweh were a potter and the people were the clay that he shapes, because Yahweh formed them and has authority over them. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [You formed us and have authority over us]
OET-LV (ISA 64:7) [fn] And_now Oh_YHWH father_of_are_our you we are_the_clay and_you(ms) are_of_the_one_who_formed_us and_are_the_work_of your_hand_of_your of_us_of_all.
64:7 Note: KJB: Isa.64.8
OET (OET-RV) But now, Yahweh, you are our father.
⇔ We are the clay, and you’re our potter,
⇔ and all of us are the your handiwork.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.