Isaiah 59:5

Isaiah 59:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
• New International Version (NIV)They hatch the eggs of vipers and spin a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die, and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They hatch adders' eggs; they weave the spider's web; he who eats their eggs dies, and from one that is crushed a viper is hatched.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s web; He who eats of their eggs dies, And from that which is crushed a viper breaks out.

Context of Isaiah 59:5

3For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers, with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongues mutter injustice. 4No one makes claims justly; no one pleads honestly. They trust in empty and worthless words; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity. They hatch viper’s eggs and weave spider’s webs. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched. 6Their webs cannot become clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their works are sinful works, and violent acts are in their hands. 7Their feet run after evil, and they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and wretchedness are in their paths.

Isaiah 59:5 word by word

בֵּיצֵ֤י צִפְעוֹנִי֙ בִּקֵּ֔עוּ וְקוּרֵ֥י עַכָּבִ֖ישׁ יֶאֱרֹ֑גוּ הָאֹכֵ֤ל מִבֵּֽיצֵיהֶם֙ יָמ֔וּת וְהַזּוּרֶ֖ה תִּבָּקַ֥ע אֶפְעֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They hatchבָּקַעbâqa‛ · to break up/openH1234
• cockatrice’צִפְעוֹנִיtsepha‛ tsiph‛ônîy · serpentH6848
• eggsבֵּיצָהbêytsâh · eggH1000
• and weaveאָרַג'ârag · to weaveH707
• the spider’sעַכָּבִישׁ‛akkâbîysh · spiderH5908
• webקוּרqûr · webH6980
• he that eatethאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• diethמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• and that which is crushedזוּרֶהzûreh · crushedH2116
• into a viperאֶפְעֶה'eph‛eh · viperH660

Cross-references for Isaiah 59:5

• Isaiah 14:29Don’t rejoice, all of you in Philistia, because the rod of the one who struck you is broken. For a viper will come from the root of a snake, and from its egg comes a flying serpent.
• Proverbs 23:32In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
• Matthew 3:7When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
• Matthew 12:34Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

Commentaries on Isaiah 59:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5They hatch cockatrice‘ eggs - Margin, Adders‘.‘ On the meaning of the word rendered here cockatrice,‘ see the notes at Isaiah 11:8. Some poisonous serpent is intended, probably the adder, or the serpent known among the Greeks as the basilisk, or cerastes. This figurative expression is designed to show the evil nature and tendency of their works. They were as if they should carefully nourish the eggs of a venomous serpent. Instead of crushing them with the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The images of deadly snakes and spiders’ webs represent plans designed to destroy others’ lives and relationships.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. cockatrice--probably the basilisk serpent, cerastes. Instead of crushing evil in the egg, they foster it. spider's web--This refers not to the spider's web being made to entrap, but to its thinness, as contrasted with substantial "garments," as Is 59:6 shows. Their works are vain and transitory (Job 8:14; Pr 11:18). eateth ... their eggs--he who partakes in their plans, or has anything to do with them, finds them pestiferous. that which is crushed--The…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 59:5

• Cockatrice
• Malice
• Sin
• Spider
• Viper
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Adder
• Basilisk
• Cloke
• Cockatrice
• Egg
• Grope
• Heavy
• Iniquity
• Mutter
• Revolt

Commentaries on Isaiah 59

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• 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