11 translations · Hebrew
Isaiah 49:23
Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; Then you will know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed.”
Isaiah 49:23 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; Then you will know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed.”
- KJV King James Version
- And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And kings have been your nursing fathers, || And their princesses—your nursing mothers; Face to the earth—they bow down to you, || And they lick up the dust of your feet, || And you have known that I [am] YHWH, || That those expecting Me are not ashamed.”
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Kings will be your childminders; queens will be your nurses. They will bow low before you, and lick the dust from your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord, and that those who put their trust in me will never be ashamed.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- And kings have been thy nursing fathers, And their princesses thy nursing mothers; Face to the earth — they bow down to thee, And the dust of thy feet they lick up, And thou hast known that I [am] Jehovah, That those expecting Me are not ashamed.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their princesses thy nursing-mothers: they shall bow down to thee with the face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I [am] Jehovah; for they shall not be ashamed who wait on me.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow to thee with their face towards the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; and those who wait for me won’t be disappointed.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and queens thy nurses: they shall worship thee with their face toward the earth, and they shall lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, for they shall not be confounded that wait for him.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָי֨וּ | wə·hā·yū | will be | H1961 הָיָה to be |
| מְלָכִ֜ים | mə·lā·ḵîm | Kings | H4428 מֶ֫לֶךְ king |
| אֹֽמְנַ֗יִךְ | ’ō·mə·na·yiḵ | your foster fathers | H539 אָמַן be faithful |
| וְשָׂרֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ | wə·śā·rō·w·ṯê·hem | and their queens | H8282 שָׂרָה princess |
| מֵינִ֣יקֹתַ֔יִךְ | mê·nî·qō·ṯa·yiḵ | your nursing mothers | H3243 יָנַק to suckle |
| אַפַּ֗יִם | ’ap·pa·yim | facedown | H639 אַף face: anger |
| אֶ֚רֶץ | ’e·reṣ | — | H776 אֶ֫רֶץ land: country/planet |
| יִשְׁתַּ֣חֲווּ | yiš·ta·ḥă·wū | They will bow | H7812 שָׁחָה to bow |
| לָ֔ךְ | lāḵ | to you | H9005 ל to/for |
| וַעֲפַ֥ר | wa·‘ă·p̄ar | the dust | H6083 עָפָר dust |
| רַגְלַ֖יִךְ | raḡ·la·yiḵ | at your feet | H7272 רֶ֫גֶל foot |
| יְלַחֵ֑כוּ | yə·la·ḥê·ḵū | and lick | H3897 לָחַךְ to lick |
| וְיָדַ֙עַתְּ֙ | wə·yā·ḏa·‘at | Then you will know | H3045 יָדַע to know |
| כִּֽי־ | kî- | that | H3588 כִּי for |
| אֲנִ֣י | ’ă·nî | I | H589 אֲנִי I |
| יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | am the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă·šer | those who | H834 אֲשֶׁר which |
| לֹֽא־ | lō- | will never | H3808 לֹא not |
| יֵבֹ֖שׁוּ | yê·ḇō·šū | be put to shame | H954 בּוֹשׁ be ashamed |
| קוָֹֽי׃ס | qō·wāy | hope in Me | H6960 קָוָה to await |
Related verses
- Isaiah 60:14
The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you; and all those who despised you will bow themselves down at the soles of your feet. They will call you Yahweh’s City, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 60:16
You will also drink the milk of the nations, and will nurse from royal breasts. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
- Isaiah 60:3
Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
- Micah 7:17
They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to Yahweh our God, and will be afraid because of you.
- Isaiah 45:14
Yahweh says: “The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours. They will go after you. They shall come over in chains; and they will bow down to you. They will make supplication to you: ‘Surely God is in you; and there is no one else. There is no other god.
- Isaiah 60:10–11
“Foreigners will build up your walls, and their kings will serve you: for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you. Your gates also shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, and their kings led captive.
- Romans 10:11
For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.”
- Psalm 25:3
Yes, no one who waits for you shall be shamed. They shall be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.
- Isaiah 64:4
For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.
- Isaiah 49:7
Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up; princes, and they shall worship; because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
21 Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought these up? Behold, I was left alone. Where were these?’”
22 Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and lift up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
23 Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; Then you will know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed.”
24 Shall the plunder be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
25 But Yahweh says, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the plunder retrieved from the fierce; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.
Read all of Isaiah 49 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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