Isaiah 49:24

49:23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. nursing fathers: Heb. nourishers queens: Heb. princesses

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? lawful: Heb. captivity of the just

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Shall the plunder be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?

49:25 But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. captives: Heb. captivity

What does Isaiah 49:24 mean?

Isaiah 49:24 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מַלְקוֹחַ (malqôwach), לָקַח (lâqach), גִּבּוֹר (gibbôwr).

Hebrew interlinear

Shall

the

preyמַלְקוֹחַmalqôwach/mal-ko'-akh/H4455transitively (in dual) the jaws (as taking food); intransitively, spoil (and captives) (as taken)

takenלָקַחlâqach/law-kakh'/H3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)

from

the

mighty,גִּבּוֹרgibbôwr/ghib-bore'/H1368powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant

the

lawfulצַדִּיקtsaddîyq/tsad-deek'/H6662just

captiveשְׁבִיshᵉbîy/sheb-ee'/H7628exiled; captured; as noun, exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively); by extension, booty

delivered?מָלַטmâlaṭ/maw-lat'/H4422properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks

lawful:

Heb.

captivity

the

just

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 49:24.

Isaiah 49:25

But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. captives: Heb. captivity

Numbers 31:12

And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.

Numbers 31:26

Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation: that: Heb. of the captivity

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What does Isaiah 49:24 say?

Isaiah 49:24 (King James Version) reads: "Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? lawful: Heb. captivity of the just"

Is Isaiah 49:24 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 49:24 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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