King James Version
Isaiah 64:3 in the King James Version says “When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 64 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.”
Isaiah 64:3 · KJV
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence! the melting: Heb. the fire of meltings
When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. seen: or, seen a God beside thee, which doeth so for him, etc
Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“When thou didst”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“which we looked”
H6960to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e., collect; (figuratively) to expect
“not for thou camest down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
“at thy presence”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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