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Isaiah 50:3

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

KJV

Induam cælos tenebris, et saccum ponam operimentum eorum.

Vulgate

ἐνδύσω τὸν οὐρανὸν σκότος, καὶ ὡς σάκκον θήσω τὸ περιβόλαιον αὐτοῦ.

LXX

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

ASV

אַלְבִּ֥ישׁ שָׁמַ֖יִם קַדְר֑וּת וְ/שַׂ֖ק אָשִׂ֥ים כְּסוּתָֽ/ם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
כְּ֝ס֗וּת
ksvt
noun · 9×
ם
m
verb · 110×
קַדְר֑וּת
qdrvt
noun · 1×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
שַׂקִּ֔ים
shqym
noun · 48×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Exod 10:21 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
  • Jer 4:28 — For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
  • Mark 15:33 — And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
  • Matt 27:45 — Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
  • Ps 18:11 — He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
  • Rev 6:12 — And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
  • Rev 6:12 — And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;