King James Version
Isaiah 30:21 in the King James Version says “And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, an...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.”
Isaiah 30:21 · KJV
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: affliction: or, oppression
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. thy graven: Heb. the graven images of thy silver cast: Heb. scatter
Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shall hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“a word”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“behind”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“This is the way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“walk ye in it”
H3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“and when ye turn to the left”
H8041to use the left hand or pass in that direction
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