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Isaiah 29:4

And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

KJV

Humiliaberis, de terra loqueris, et de humo audietur eloquium tuum ; et erit quasi pythonis de terra vox tua, et de humo eloquium tuum mussitabit.

Vulgate

καὶ ταπεινωθήσονται εἰς τὴν γῆν οἱ λόγοι σου, καὶ εἰς τὴν γῆν οἱ λόγοι σου δύσονται· καὶ ἔσονται ὡς οἱ φωνοῦντες ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἡ φωνή σου, καὶ πρὸς τὸ ἔδαφος ἡ φωνή σου ἀσθενήσει.

LXX

And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust; and thy voice shall be as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

ASV

וְ/שָׁפַלְתְּ֙ מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ תְּדַבֵּ֔רִי וּ/מֵֽ/עָפָ֖ר תִּשַּׁ֣ח אִמְרָתֵ֑/ךְ וְֽ֠/הָיָה כְּ/א֤וֹב מֵ/אֶ֨רֶץ֙ קוֹלֵ֔/ךְ וּ/מֵ/עָפָ֖ר אִמְרָתֵ֥/ךְ תְּצַפְצֵֽף

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֖וֹב
'vb
noun · 17×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִּשַּׁ֥ח
yshch
verb · 20×
ךָ
k
noun · 37×
מְצַפְצְפִ֖ים
mtsptspym
verb · 4×
מַשְׁפִּ֖יל
mshpyl
verb · 29×
עָפָ֥ר
'pr
noun · 109×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 3:14 — And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the
  • Isa 2:11 — The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
  • Isa 3:8 — For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
  • Isa 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?
  • Isa 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?
  • Isa 51:23 — But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went o
  • Jer 46:22 — The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
  • Lam 1:9 — Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.
  • Lev 19:31 — Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
  • Ps 44:25 — For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.