King James Version
Isaiah 29:20 in the King James Version says “For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 29 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:”
Isaiah 29:20 · KJV
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. increase: Heb. add
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“is consumed”
H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
“and the scorner”
H3887properly, to make mouths at, i.e., to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
“are cut off”
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
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and all that watch”
H8245to be alert, i.e., sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill)
“for iniquity”
H205strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
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