Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 1:6
6From the sole of the foot even to the head, no spot is uninjured — wounds, welts, and festering sores not cleansed, bandaged, or soothed with oil.
Isaiah 1:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)From the sole of your foot to the top of your head there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and open sores, not cleansed or bandaged or soothed with olive oil.
- English Standard Version (ESV)From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and raw wounds; they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil.
- New King James Version (NKJV)From the sole of the foot even to the head, There is no soundness in it, But wounds and bruises and putrefying sores; They have not been closed or bound up, Or soothed with ointment.
Context of Isaiah 1:6
4Oh sinful nation, people weighed down with iniquity, brood of evildoers, depraved children! They have abandoned the Lord; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they have turned their backs on him. 5Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep on rebelling? The whole head is hurt, and the whole heart is sick. From the sole of the foot even to the head, no spot is uninjured — wounds, welts, and festering sores not cleansed, bandaged, or soothed with oil. 7Your land is desolate, your cities burned down; foreigners devour your fields right in front of you — a desolation, like a place demolished by foreigners. 8Daughter Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.
Read all of Isaiah 1Isaiah 1:6 word by word
מִכַּף־רֶ֤גֶל וְעַד־רֹאשׁ֙ אֵֽין־בּ֣וֹ מְתֹ֔ם פֶּ֥צַע וְחַבּוּרָ֖ה וּמַכָּ֣ה טְרִיָּ֑ה לֹא־זֹ֙רוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א חֻבָּ֔שׁוּ וְלֹ֥א רֻכְּכָ֖ה בַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- From the soleכַּףkaph · palm: soleH3709
- of the footרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
- even unto the headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
- no soundnessמְתֹםmethôm · soundnessH4974
- woundsפֶּ֫צַעpetsa‛ · woundH6482
- and bruisesחַבּוּרָהchabbûrâh chabbûrâh chăbûrâh · woundH2250
- and putrifyingטָרִיţârîy · freshH2961
- soresמַכָּהmakkâh makkeh · woundH4347
- they have not been closedזוּרzûr · to crushH2115
- neither bound upחָבַשׁchâbash · to saddle/tieH2280
- neither mollifiedרָכַךְrâkak · be tenderH7401
- with ointmentשֶׁ֫מֶןshemen · oilH8081
Cross-references for Isaiah 1:6
- Job 2:7So Satan left the Lord’s presence and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
- Luke 16:20But a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, was lying at his gate.
- 2 Chronicles 6:28When there is famine in the land, when there is pestilence, when there is blight or mildew, locust or grasshopper, when their enemies besiege them in the land and its cities, when there is any plague or illness,
- Psalms 77:2I sought the Lord in my day of trouble. My hands were continually lifted up all night long; I refused to be comforted.
- Jeremiah 6:14They have treated my people’s brokenness superficially, claiming, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.
- Jeremiah 30:12For this is what the Lord says: Your injury is incurable; your wound most severe.
- Nahum 3:19There is no remedy for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news about you will clap their hands because of you, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?
- Job 5:18For he wounds but he also bandages; he strikes, but his hands also heal.
- Psalms 38:3There is no soundness in my body because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
- Jeremiah 8:21I am broken by the brokenness of my dear people. I mourn; horror has taken hold of me.
- Jeremiah 33:6Yet I will certainly bring health and healing to it and will indeed heal them. I will let them experience the abundance of true peace.
- Hosea 5:12So I am like rot to Ephraim and like decay to the house of Judah.
- Malachi 4:2But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall.
- Matthew 9:12Now when he heard this, he said, “It is not those who are well who need a doctor, but those who are sick.
- Luke 10:34He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
Commentaries on Isaiah 1:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6They have not been closed, etc. "It hath not been pressed," etc. - The pharmaceutical art in the East consists chiefly in external applications: accordingly the prophet's images in this place are all taken from surgery. Sir John Chardin, in his note on Proverbs 3:8, "It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones," observes that "the comparison is taken from the plasters, ointments, oils, and frictions, which are made use of in the East upon the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6From the sole of the foot - Or is we say, from head to foot,‘ that is, in every part of the body. There may be included also the idea that this extended from the lowest to the highest among the people. The Chaldee paraphrase is, from the lowest of the people even to the princes - all are contumacious and rebellious.‘ No soundness - מתם methôm from תמם tâmam to be perfect, sound, uninjured. There is no part unaffected; no part that is sound. It is all…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil: Judah's national condition was like an injured person who had not received medical care.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. From the lowest to the highest of the people; "the ancient and honorable, the head, the prophet that teacheth lies, the tail." See Is 9:13-16. He first states their wretched condition, obvious to all (Is 1:6-9); and then, not previously, their irreligious state, the cause of it. wounds--judicially inflicted (Ho 5:13). mollified with ointment--The art of medicine in the East consists chiefly in external applications (Lu 10:34; Jas 5:14).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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