Isaiah 3:15
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
KJV
Quare atteritis populum meum, et facies pauperum commolitis ? dicit Dominus Deus exercituum.
Vulgate
τί ὑμεῖς ἀδικεῖτε τὸν λαόν μου, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον τῶν πτωχῶν καταισχύνετε;
LXX
what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
ASV
מ/ל/כם מַה לָּ/כֶם֙ תְּדַכְּא֣וּ עַמִּ֔/י וּ/פְנֵ֥י עֲנִיִּ֖ים תִּטְחָ֑נוּ נְאֻם אֲדֹנָ֥/י יְהוִ֖ה צְבָאֽוֹת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
טָחוֹן֙
tchvn
verb · 8×
י
y
noun · 440×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהוִ֔ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 305×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נְאֻם
n'm
noun · 374×
עָנִ֣י
'ny
adjective · 77×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
צְבָא֖וֹת
tsb'vt
noun · 480×
תְּדַכְּא֣וּ
tdk'v
verb · 18×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210229.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Cross-references
- Acts 21:32 — Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
- Amos 2:6 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
- Amos 8:4 — Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
- Ezek 18:2 — What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
- Isa 32:6 — For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink
- Mic 3:2 — Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
- Ps 94:5 — They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
- Ps 94:5 — They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.