New King James Version
Isaiah 1:6
6From 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.
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 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
4Alas, sinful nation, A people laden with iniquity, A brood of evildoers, Children who are corrupters! They have forsaken the Lord, They have provoked to anger The Holy One of Israel, They have turned away backward. 5Why should you be stricken again? You will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, And the whole heart faints. 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. 7Your country is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire; Strangers devour your land in your presence; And it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. 8So the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, As a hut in a garden of cucumbers, As 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 went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
- Luke 16:20But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate,
- 2 Chronicles 6:28“When there is famine in the land, pestilence or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers; when their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is;
- Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; My hand was stretched out in the night without ceasing; My soul refused to be comforted.
- Jeremiah 6:14They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, Saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ When there is no peace.
- Jeremiah 30:12“For thus says the Lord: ‘Your affliction is incurable, Your wound is severe.
- Nahum 3:19Your injury has no healing, Your wound is severe. All who hear news of you Will clap their hands over you, For upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually?
- Job 5:18For He bruises, but He binds up; He wounds, but His hands make whole.
- Psalms 38:3There is no soundness in my flesh Because of Your anger, Nor any health in my bones Because of my sin.
- Jeremiah 8:21For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am hurt. I am mourning; Astonishment has taken hold of me.
- Jeremiah 33:6Behold, I will bring it health and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
- Hosea 5:12Therefore I will be to Ephraim like a moth, And to the house of Judah like rottenness.
- Malachi 4:2But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves.
- Matthew 9:12When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.
- Luke 10:34So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set 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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