Isaiah 47:12 KJV
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
Thou and Ye
- thine, thy, thou one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Carelessness and confidence shall not prevent the evilLet us beware of acting and speaking as Babylon did; of trusting in tyranny and oppression; of boasting as to our abilities, relying on ourselves, and...
Cross References
- Exodus 7:11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
- Exodus 8:7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 8:18–19 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. …
- Exodus 9:11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
- Isaiah 8:19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
- Isaiah 19:3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
- Isaiah 44:25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
- Isaiah 47:9–10 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. …
- Jeremiah 2:28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
- Daniel 5:7–9 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. …
- Nahum 3:4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
- Acts 13:8–12 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. …
- Revelation 17:4–6 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: …
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Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible808–698 BC · Isaiah, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Stand עִמְדִי ʿimdî עָמַד Verb · qal imperative, second person feminine singular
- now with thine enchantments נָא nāʾ Exhortation בַחֲבָרַיִךְ baḥăbārayik חֶבֶר Noun · masculine plural construct · with preposition, suffix: second person feminine singular
- and with the multitude וּבְרֹב ûbĕrōb רֹב Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with and, preposition
- of thy sorceries כְּשָׁפַיִךְ kĕšāpayik כֶּשֶׁף Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person feminine singular
- wherein בַּאֲשֶׁר baʾăšer אֲשֶׁר Relative · with preposition
- thou hast laboured יָגַעַתְּ yāgaʿatt יָגַע Verb · qal perfect, second person feminine singular
- from thy youth מִנְּעוּרָיִךְ minnĕʿûrāyik נָעוּר Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition, suffix: second person feminine singular
- if so be thou shalt be able אוּלַי ʾûlay Adverb תּוּכְלִי tûkĕlî יָכֹל Verb · qal imperfect, second person feminine singular
- to profit הוֹעִיל hôʿîl יַעַל Verb · hiphil infinitive construct
- if so be thou mayest prevail אוּלַי ʾûlay Adverb תַּעֲרוֹצִי taʿărôṣî עָרַץ Verb · qal imperfect, second person feminine singular
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