King James Version
Isaiah 51:10 in the King James Version says “Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for t...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 51 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?”
Isaiah 51:10 · KJV
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“Art thou not it which hath dried”
H2717to parch (through drought) i.e., (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill
“of the sea”
H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
“deep”
H8415an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
“that hath made”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“of the sea”
H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
“a way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“to pass over”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“for the ransomed”
H1350to redeem (according to the middle eastern law of kinship), i.e., to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his wido
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