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Isaiah 56:11

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His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.	Yea, [they are] greedy dogs [which] can never have enough, and they [are] shepherds [that] cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.	Come ye, [say they], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, [and] much more abundant.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Yea, they are greedy^{H5794 H5315} dogs^H3611 which can^H3045 never have^H3045 enough^H7654, and they are shepherds^H7462 that cannot understand^H995: they all look^H6437 to their own way^H1870, every one^H376 for his gain^H1215, from his quarter^H7097.

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Original Hebrew

וְהַכְּלָבִים עַזֵּי־נֶפֶשׁ לֹא יָדְעוּ שָׂבְעָה וְהֵמָּה רֹעִים לֹא יָדְעוּ הָבִין כֻּלָּם לְדַרְכָּם פָּנוּ אִישׁ לְבִצְעֹו מִקָּצֵהוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/הַ/כְּלָבִ֣ים	ve./ha./ke.la.Vim	H3611	HC/Td/Ncmpa	and/ the/ dogs
עַזֵּי	'a.zei-	H5794	HAampc	(are) mighty of
נֶ֗פֶשׁ	Ne.fesh	H5315	HNcbsa	appetite
לֹ֤א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
יָֽדְעוּ֙	ya.de.'U	H3045	HVqp3cp	they know
שָׂבְעָ֔ה	sa.ve.'Ah	H7654	HNcfsa	satiety
וְ/הֵ֣מָּה	ve./He.mah	H1992	HC/Pp3mp	and/ they
רֹעִ֔ים	ro.'Im	H7462	HVqrmpa	(are) shepherds
לֹ֥א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
יָדְע֖וּ	ya.de.'U	H3045	HVqp3cp	they know
הָבִ֑ין	ha.Vin	H995	HVhc	to understand
כֻּלָּ/ם֙	ku.La/m	H3605	HNcmsc/Sp3mp	all of/ them
לְ/דַרְכָּ֣/ם	le./dar.Ka/m	H1870	HR/Ncbsc/Sp3mp	to/ own way/ their
פָּנ֔וּ	pa.Nu	H6437	HVqp3cp	they have turned
אִ֥ישׁ	'ish	H376	HNcmsa	everyone
לְ/בִצְע֖/וֹ	le./vitz.'/O	H1215	HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms	to/ own unjust gain/ his
מִ/קָּצֵֽ/הוּ	mi./ka.Tze./hu	H7097	HR/Ncbsc/Sp3ms	from/ end/ his

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.
• H995 — בִּין (bîyn, bene): a primitive root; to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand; attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
• H1215 — בֶּצַע (betsaʻ, beh'-tsah): from בָּצַע; plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust); covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.
• H1870 — דֶּרֶךְ (derek, deh'-rek): from דָּרַךְ; a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb; along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).
• H3045 — יָדַע (yâdaʻ, yaw-dah'): a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.); acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, [phrase] be learned, [phrase] lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, [idiom] prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), [idiom] will be, wist, wit, wot.
• H3611 — כֶּלֶב (keleb, keh'-leb): from an unused root means. to yelp, or else to attack; a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute; dog.
• H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
• H5794 — עַז (ʻaz, az): from עָזַז; strong, vehement, harsh; fierce, [phrase] greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong.
• H6437 — פָּנָה (pânâh, paw-naw'): a primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.; appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, [idiom] corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), [idiom] right (early).
• H7097 — קָצֶה (qâtseh, kaw-tseh'): or (negative only) קֵצֶה; from קָצָה; (used in a great variety of applications and idioms; compare קֵץ); an extremity; [idiom] after, border, brim, brink, edge, end, (in-) finite, frontier, outmost coast, quarter, shore, (out-) side, [idiom] some, ut(-ter-) most (part).
• H7462 — רָעָה (râʻâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend); [idiom] break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, [phrase] shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
• H7654 — שׇׂבְעָה (sobʻâh, sob-aw'): feminine of שֹׂבַע; satiety; (to have) enough, [idiom] till...be full, (un-) satiable, satisfy, [idiom] sufficiently.

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

• H1992 — הֵם (hêm, haym): or (prolonged) הֵמָּה; masculine plural from הֲלַךְ; they (only used when emphatic); it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.
• 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).
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• all look — Exodus 23:3, Jeremiah 22:17, 2 Peter 2:15-16
• are shepherds — Micah 3:6, Zechariah 11:15-17, Matthew 13:14-15, John 8:43, 2 Corinthians 4:4
• can never have enough — Ecclesiastes 5:10
• they are — 1 Samuel 2:12-17, 1 Samuel 2:29, Ezekiel 13:19, Ezekiel 34:2-3, Micah 3:5, Micah 3:11, Malachi 1:10, Acts 20:29, Acts 20:33, 1 Timothy 3:3, 1 Timothy 3:8, Titus 1:7, Titus 1:11, 1 Peter 5:2, 2 Peter 2:3, 2 Peter 2:14-15, Jude 1:11, Jude 1:16, Revelation 22:15

Reciprocal references (35): Numbers 22:7, Numbers 31:47, Deuteronomy 23:18, Judges 18:4, Judges 18:20, 1 Samuel 2:14, 2 Kings 8:13, Nehemiah 6:12, Psalms 59:15, Proverbs 30:15, Isaiah 44:18, Isaiah 47:15, Isaiah 53:6, Isaiah 57:17, Ezekiel 22:12, Ezekiel 22:25, Ezekiel 33:6, Hosea 4:8, Hosea 4:14, Amos 7:12, Matthew 7:15, Matthew 21:27, Matthew 23:16, Matthew 26:15, Luke 16:14, John 10:6, John 10:10, Acts 19:24, Acts 24:26, Romans 2:21, Ephesians 4:19, 1 Thessalonians 2:5, 1 Timothy 6:5, 1 Timothy 6:10, James 4:13

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• Torrey’s: MINISTERS
• Nave’s: COVETOUSNESS, DOG (SODOMITE?), MINISTER, Christian

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