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Isaiah 1:6
6From 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You are battered from head to foot— covered with bruises, welts, and infected wounds— without any soothing ointments or bandages.
Context of Isaiah 1:6
4Woe to the sinful nation, a people whose guilt is great, a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption! They have forsaken the Lord; they have spurned the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him. 5Why should you be beaten anymore? Why do you persist in rebellion? Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted. 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. 7Your country is desolate, your cities burned with fire; your fields are being stripped by foreigners right before you, laid waste as when overthrown by strangers. 8Daughter Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, like a city under siege.
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 went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
- Luke 16:20At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores
- 2 Chronicles 6:28“When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when enemies besiege them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come,
- Psalms 77:2When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted.
- Jeremiah 6:14They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace.
- Jeremiah 30:12“This is what the Lord says: “ ‘Your wound is incurable, your injury beyond healing.
- Nahum 3:19Nothing can heal you; your wound is fatal. All who hear the news about you clap their hands at your fall, for who has not felt your endless cruelty?
- Job 5:18For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.
- Psalms 38:3Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.
- Jeremiah 8:21Since my people are crushed, I am crushed; I mourn, and horror grips me.
- Jeremiah 33:6“ ‘Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security.
- Hosea 5:12I am like a moth to Ephraim, like rot to the people of Judah.
- Malachi 4:2But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.
- Matthew 9:12On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
- Luke 10:34He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, 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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