King James Version
Isaiah 14:8 in the King James Version says “Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up ag...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.”
Isaiah 14:8 · KJV
He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. a continual: Heb. a stroke without removing
The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. Hell: or, The grave chief: Heb. leaders, or, great goats
All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“Yea the fir trees”
H1265a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
“rejoice”
H8055probably to brighten up, i.e., (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
“saying Since thou art laid down”
H7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“is come up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“no feller”
H3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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