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Isaiah 36:6

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I say, [sayest thou], (but [they are but] vain words) [I have] counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?	Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.	But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: [is it] not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Lo, thou trustest^H982 in the staff^H4938 of this broken^H7533 reed^H7070, on Egypt^H4714; whereon if a man^H376 lean^H5564, it will go^H935 into his hand^H3709, and pierce^H5344 it: so is Pharaoh^H6547 king^H4428 of Egypt^H4714 to all that trust^H982 in him.

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Original Hebrew

הִנֵּה בָטַחְתָּ עַל־מִשְׁעֶנֶת הַקָּנֶה הָרָצוּץ הַזֶּה עַל־מִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר יִסָּמֵךְ אִישׁ עָלָיו וּבָא בְכַפֹּו וּנְקָבָהּ כֵּן פַּרְעֹה מֶלֶךְ־מִצְרַיִם לְכָל־הַבֹּטְחִים עָלָיו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הִנֵּ֣ה	hi.Neh	H2009	HTm	here!
בָטַ֡חְתָּ	va.Tach.ta	H982	HVqp2ms	you rely
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
מִשְׁעֶנֶת֩	mish.'e.Net	H4938	HNcfsc	(the) staff of
הַ/קָּנֶ֨ה	ha./ka.Neh	H7070	HTd/Ncmsa	(the)/ reed
הָ/רָצ֤וּץ	ha./ra.Tzutz	H7533	HTd/Vqsmsa	(the)/ crushed
הַ/זֶּה֙	ha./Zeh	H2088	HTd/Pdxms	(the)/ this
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
מִצְרַ֔יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	HNp	Egypt
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
יִסָּמֵ֥ךְ	yi.sa.Mekh	H5564	HVNi3ms	he will support himself
אִישׁ֙	'ish	H376	HNcmsa	anyone
עָלָ֔י/ו	'a.La/v	H5921	HR/Sp3ms	on/ it
וּ/בָ֥א	u./Va'	H935	HC/Vqq3ms	and/ it will go
בְ/כַפּ֖/וֹ	ve./kha.P/o	H3709	HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms	in/ palm/ his
וּ/נְקָבָ֑/הּ	u./ne.ka.Va/h	H5344	HC/Vqq3ms/Sp3fs	and/ it will pierce/ it
כֵּ֚ן	ken	H3651	HTm	(is) thus
פַּרְעֹ֣ה	par.'Oh	H6547	HNp	Pharaoh
מֶֽלֶךְ	Me.lekh-	H4428	HNcmsc	(the) king of
מִצְרַ֔יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	HNp	Egypt
לְ/כָֽל	le./khol	H3605	HR/Ncmsc	to/ all
הַ/בֹּטְחִ֖ים	ha./bo.te.Chim	H982	HTd/Vqrmpa	those/ (who) rely
עָלָֽי/ו	'a.La/v	H5921	HR/Sp3ms	on/ him

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H982 — בָּטַח (bâṭach, baw-takh'): a primitive root; properly, to hide for refuge (but not so precipitately as חָסָה); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure; be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
• H3709 — כַּף (kaph, kaf): from כָּפַף; the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power; branch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H4714 — מִצְרַיִם (Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim): dual of מָצוֹר; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt; Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
• H4938 — מִשְׁעֵנָה (mishʻênâh, mish-ay-naw'): or מִשְׁעֶנֶת; feminine of מִשְׁעֵן; support (abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking-stick; staff.
• H5344 — נָקַב (nâqab, naw-kab'): a primitive root; to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel); appoint, blaspheme, bore, curse, express, with holes, name, pierce, strike through.
• H5564 — סָמַךְ (çâmak, saw-mak'): a primitive root; to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense); bear up, establish, (up-) hold, lay, lean, lie hard, put, rest self, set self, stand fast, stay (self), sustain.
• H6547 — פַּרְעֹה (Parʻôh, par-o'): of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings; Pharaoh.
• H7070 — קָנֶה (qâneh, kaw-neh'): from קָנָה; a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard); balance, bone, branch, calamus, cane, reed, [idiom] spearman, stalk.
• H7533 — רָצַץ (râtsats, raw-tsats'): a primitive root; to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively; break, bruise, crush, discourage, oppress, struggle together.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.
• H2088 — זֶה (zeh, zeh): a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זֹאת, זֹה, זוֹ, זוּ.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H3651 — כֵּן (kên, kane): from כּוּן; properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles); [phrase] after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, [phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet, [phrase] be (for which) cause, [phrase] following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), [idiom] the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, [phrase] there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, [idiom] you.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (9): 2 Kings 18:24, Psalms 118:9, Proverbs 25:19, Isaiah 30:2, Isaiah 31:1, Isaiah 36:9, Jeremiah 17:5, Ezekiel 17:15, Ezekiel 17:17

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: SECURITY-INSECURITY
• Nave’s: CONFIDENCE, EGYPTIANS, REED

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