KJV King James Version
From the sole of the foot even unto the head [there is] no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Isaiah 1:6
From the sole of the foot even unto the head [there is] no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.
WEB World English Bible
From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it: wounds, welts, and open sores. They haven’t been closed, neither bandaged, neither soothed with oil.
ASV American Standard Version
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
From the sole of the foot—unto the head, There is no soundness in it, Wound, and bruise, and fresh smiting! They have not been closed nor bound, Nor have they softened with ointment.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 1
3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head [there is] no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
7 Your country [is] desolate, your cities [are] burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and [it is] desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, [and] we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
מִכַּף־H3709 · kaphpalmרֶ֤גֶלH7272 · re.gelfootוְעַד־H5704 · adtillרֹאשׁ֙H7218 · roshheadאֵֽין־H369 · a.yinnothingבּ֣וֹH9033 · ohimמְתֹ֔םH4974 · me.tomsoundnessפֶּ֥צַעH6482 · pe.tsawoundוְחַבּוּרָ֖הH2250 · chab.bu.rahwoundוּמַכָּ֣הH4347 · mak.kahwoundטְרִיָּ֑הH2961 · ta.rifreshלֹא־H3808 · lonotזֹ֙רוּ֙H2115 · zurto crushוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotחֻבָּ֔שׁוּH2280 · cha.vashto saddle/tieוְלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotרֻכְּכָ֖הH7401 · ra.khakhbe tenderבַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃H8081 · she.menoil
Cross-references
Jeremiah 6:14They have healed also the hurt [of the daughter] of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when [there is] no peace.Jeremiah 33:6Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.Matthew 9:12But when Jesus heard [that], he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.Job 5:18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.Jeremiah 8:21-22For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.Psalm 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.Malachi 4:2But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.Luke 10:34And went to [him], and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.Psalm 38:3-5[There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my sin.Jeremiah 30:12For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise [is] incurable, [and] thy wound [is] grievous.Luke 16:20-21And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,Job 2:7-8So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.2 Chronicles 6:28-29If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness [there be]:Hosea 5:12-13Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.Nahum 3:19[There is] no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
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