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Isaiah 47:2

Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

KJV

Tolle molam, et mole farinam ; denuda turpitudinem tuam ; discooperi humerum, revela crura, transi flumina.

Vulgate

λάβε μύλον, ἄλεσον ἄλευρον, ἀποκάλυψαι τὸ κατακάλυμμά σου, ἀνακάλυψαι τὰς πολιάς, ἀνάσυραι τὰς κνήμας, διάβηθι ποταμούς·

LXX

Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.

ASV

קְחִ֥י רֵחַ֖יִם וְ/טַ֣חֲנִי קָ֑מַח גַּלִּ֨י צַמָּתֵ֧/ךְ חֶשְׂפִּי שֹׁ֛בֶל גַּלִּי שׁ֖וֹק עִבְרִ֥י נְהָרֽוֹת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

חֲשׂוּפָ֑ה
chshvph
verb · 11×
טָחוֹן֙
tchvn
verb · 8×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
ךְ
k
pronoun · 4×
נְהַר
nhr
noun · 119×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
קֶ֣מַח
qmch
noun · 13×
רֵחַ֖יִם
rchym
noun · 5×
שׁ֣וֹק
shvq
noun · 19×
שֹׁ֛בֶל
shbl
noun · 1×
תְגַלֵּ֑ה
tglh
verb · 185×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Exod 11:5 — And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the first
  • Ezek 16:37 — Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against t
  • Gen 24:65 — For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
  • Hos 2:3 — Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
  • Isa 20:4 — So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
  • Isa 32:11 — Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
  • Job 31:10 — Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
  • Job 31:10 — Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
  • Judg 16:21 — But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
  • Judg 16:21 — But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
  • Luke 17:35 — Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
  • Matt 24:41 — Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
  • Matt 24:41 — Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
  • Nah 3:5 — Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
  • Nah 3:5 — Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.