Passage

Isaiah 1.4

Book: Isaiah · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"2. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. 3. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider."

"4. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! they have forsaken Jehovah, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged and gone backward."

"5. Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. 6. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil." (Isaiah 1:2-6, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"2. Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. 3. The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel doesn’t know, my people don’t consider.”"

"4. Ah sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken Yahweh. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and backward."

"5. Why should you be beaten more, that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. 6. From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it: wounds, welts, and open sores. They haven’t been closed, neither bandaged, neither soothed with oil." (Isaiah 1:2-6, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"2. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. 3. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider."

"4. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. ^{laden: Heb. of heaviness} ^{gone: Heb. alienated, or, separated}"

"5. Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. ^{revolt: Heb. increase revolt} 6. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. ^{ointment: or, oil}" (Isaiah 1:2-6, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"2. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, For Jehovah hath spoken: Sons I have nourished and brought up, And they, they transgressed against Me. 3. An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood."

"4. Ah, sinning nation, a people heavy [with] iniquity, A seed of evil doers, sons, corrupters! They have forsaken Jehovah, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have gone away backward."

"5. Wherefore are ye stricken any more? Ye do add apostasy! Every head is become diseased, and every heart [is] sick. 6. From the sole of the foot, unto the head, There is no soundness in it, Wound, and bruise, and fresh smiting! They have not been closed nor bound, Nor have they softened with ointment." (Isaiah 1:2-6, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

H6918 - qadosh

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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