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Isa 18 V1V2V3V5V6V7

Parallel ISA 18:4

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BI Isa 18:4 ©

OET (OET-RV)No OET-RV ISA 18:4 verse available

OET-LVif/because thus he_said Yahweh to_me I_will_remain_quiet[fn] and_look in/on/at/with_dwelling_place_my like_heat shimmering with light like_cloud of_dew in/on/at/with_heat of_harvest.


18:4 Variant note: אשקוטה: (x-qere) ’אֶשְׁקֳטָ֖ה’: lemma_8252 n_1.0 morph_HVqh1cs id_23oym אֶשְׁקֳטָ֖ה

UHBכִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֔⁠י אשקוטה[fn] וְ⁠אַבִּ֣יטָה בִ⁠מְכוֹנִ֑⁠י כְּ⁠חֹ֥ם צַח֙ עֲלֵי־א֔וֹר כְּ⁠עָ֥ב טַ֖ל בְּ⁠חֹ֥ם קָצִֽיר׃ 
   (ⱪī koh ʼāmar yahweh ʼēla⁠y ʼshqvţh və⁠ʼabiyţāh ⱱi⁠məkōni⁠y ⱪə⁠ḩom ʦaḩ ˊₐlēy-ʼōr ⱪə⁠ˊāⱱ ţal bə⁠ḩom qāʦiyr.)

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).


Q אֶשְׁקֳטָ֖ה

ULT For thus Yahweh said to me,
⇔  “I shall be still and observe in my dwelling,
⇔  like the dazzling heat in light,
⇔  like a cloud of mist in the heat of harvest."

UST Listen because Yahweh has told me this:
⇔ “I will watch quietly from where I live.
 ⇔ I will watch quietly like the heat that shimmers as it rises on a summer day.
⇔ I will work effectively like the cloud of mist that settles during the heat of harvest.


BSB § For this is what the LORD has told me:
 ⇔ “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place,
⇔ like shimmering heat in the sunshine,
⇔ like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

OEB  ⇔ For thus says the Lord to me,
⇔ ’From my place I watch untroubled,
 ⇔ still as shimmering heat in sunshine,
⇔ or dew-clouds in time of harvest.’

WEB For Yahweh said to me, “I will be still, and I will see in my dwelling place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

WMB For the LORD said to me, “I will be still, and I will see in my dwelling place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

NET For this is what the Lord has told me:
 ⇔ “I will wait and watch from my place,
 ⇔ like scorching heat produced by the sunlight,
 ⇔ like a cloud of mist in the heat of harvest.”

LSV For thus said YHWH to me: “I rest, and I look on My settled place,
As a clear heat on an herb. As a thick cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

FBV For this is what the Lord has told me: I will watch quietly from where I live, quiet as heat haze in sunlight, quiet as a mistcloud in the heat of harvest.

T4TListen because Yahweh has told me this:
 ⇔ “I will watch quietly from where I live.
⇔ I will watch as quietly as [SIM] the heat waves shimmer as they rises on a hot summer day,
⇔ as quietly as the dew forms on the ground during harvest time.”

LEB• For Yahweh said this to me:“I will be quiet, •  and I will look from my dwelling place •  like[fn] •  like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”


?:? The meaning of this phrase is uncertain; perhaps the “light” is sunlight

BBE For this is what the Lord has said to me: I will be quiet, watching from my place; like the clear heat when the sun is shining, like a mist of dew in the heat of summer.

MOFNo MOF ISA book available

JPS For thus hath the LORD said unto me: I will hold Me still, and I will look on in My dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

ASV For thus hath Jehovah said unto me, I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

DRA For thus saith the Lord to me: I will take my rest, and consider in my place, as the noon light is clear, and as a cloud of dew in the day of harvest.

YLT For thus said Jehovah unto me, 'I rest, and I look on My settled place, As a clear heat on an herb. As a thick cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

DBY For thus hath Jehovah said unto me: I will take my rest, and I will observe from my dwelling-place like clear heat upon herbs, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

RV For thus hath the LORD said unto me, I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling place; like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

WBS For so the LORD said to me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling-place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

KJB For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.[fn][fn]
  (For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.)


18.4 consider…: or, regard my set dwelling

18.4 upon…: or, after rain

BB For so the Lorde sayde vnto me as for me I wyll take my rest, and loke vpon the matter in my habitation, lyke a faire heate after the rayne, and lyke a cloude of deawe in the heate of haruest.
  (For so the Lord said unto me as for me I will take my rest, and look upon the matter in my habitation, like a faire heat after the rayne, and like a cloud of deawe in the heat of harvest.)

GNV For so the Lord saide vnto me, I will rest and beholde in my tabernacle, as the heate drying vp the rayne, and as a cloude of dewe in the heate of haruest.
  (For so the Lord said unto me, I will rest and behold in my tabernacle, as the heat drying up the rayne, and as a cloud of dewe in the heat of harvest. )

CB for thus hath ye LORDE sayde vnto me. I layde me downe, and pondred the matter in my house, at the noone daye when it was hote: and there fel a myslinge shower, like a dew, as it happeneth in haruest.
  (for thus hath/has ye/you_all LORD said unto me. I laid me down, and pondred the matter in my house, at the noone day when it was hote: and there fell a myslinge shower, like a dew, as it happeneth in harvest.)

WYC For whi the Lord seith these thingis to me, Y schal reste, and Y schal biholde in my place, as the myddai liyt is cleer, and as a cloude of dew in the dai of heruest.
  (For why the Lord saith/says these things to me, I shall reste, and I shall behold in my place, as the myddai light is cleer, and as a cloud of dew in the day of harvest.)

LUT Denn so spricht der HErr zu mir: Ich will stille halten und schauen in meinem Sitz, wie eine Hitze, die den Regen austrocknet, und wie ein Meltau in der Hitze der Ernte.
  (Because so spricht the LORD to mir: I will silence hold and schauen in my Sitz, like one Hitze, the the Regen austrocknet, and like a Meltau in the Hitze the Ernte.)

CLV Quia hæc dicit Dominus ad me: Quiescam et considerabo in loco meo, sicut meridiana lux clara est, et sicut nubes roris in die messis.[fn]
  (Quia this dicit Master to me: Quiescam and considerabo in instead meo, like meridiana light clara it_is, and like clouds roris in die messis.)


18.4 Nubes roris. Grata messoribus fatigatis, quibus refrigerium præstat, et stipulam arentem facit humectando secabilem: sic sermo meus contra Ægyptum, gratus omnibus erit in me credentibus, et Assyriis a me eis data victoria.


18.4 Nubes roris. Grata messoribus fatigatis, to_whom refrigerium præstat, and stipulam arentem facit humectando secabilem: so sermo mine contra Ægyptum, gratus omnibus will_be in me credentibus, and Assyriis a me eis data victoria.

BRN For thus said the Lord to me, There shall be security in my city, as the light of noonday heat, and it shall be as a cloud of dew in the day of harvest.

BrLXX Διότι οὕτως εἶπε Κύριός μοι, ἀσφάλεια ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἐμῇ πόλει, ὡς φῶς καύματος μεσημβρίας, καὶ ὡς νεφέλη δρόσου ἡμέρας ἀμητο ἔσται
  (Dioti houtōs eipe Kurios moi, asfaleia estai en taʸ emaʸ polei, hōs fōs kaumatos mesaʸmbrias, kai hōs nefelaʸ drosou haʸmeras amaʸto estai )


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

18:4 The Lord is untroubled by human activities; he watches quietly from his dwelling place and acts in his own time (see Ps 2:1-4).


UTNuW Translation Notes:

General Information:

God uses a parable about a farmer in a vineyard in order to describe how he will punish a certain nation. That nation is either Ethiopia or Ethiopia’s enemy.

(Occurrence 0) This is what Yahweh said to me

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when thus he/it_had_said YHWH to=me quietly and,look in/on/at/with,dwelling_place,my like,heat clear in light like,cloud dew in/on/at/with,heat harvest )

“Yahweh said to me.” Here the word “me” refers to Isaiah.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) I will quietly observe from my home

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when thus he/it_had_said YHWH to=me quietly and,look in/on/at/with,dwelling_place,my like,heat clear in light like,cloud dew in/on/at/with,heat harvest )

What God will observe can be stated clearly. Alternate translation: “I will quietly observe that nation from my home” or “From my home, I will quietly watch what the people of that nation do”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

(Occurrence 0) like the simmering heat in sunshine, like a cloud of mist in the heat of harvest

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when thus he/it_had_said YHWH to=me quietly and,look in/on/at/with,dwelling_place,my like,heat clear in light like,cloud dew in/on/at/with,heat harvest )

These phrases show how quietly God will watch the nation.

BI Isa 18:4 ©