Isaiah 21:4

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

Complete Jewish Bible:

My mind reels, shuddering assails me. The twilight I longed for terrifies me.

Berean Standard Bible:

My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.

American Standard Version:

My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

My heart{H3824} panted{H8582}, fearfulness{H6427} affrighted{H1204} me: the night{H5399} of my pleasure{H2837} hath he turned{H7760} into fear{H2731} unto me.

Cross-References (KJV):

Esther 7:6

  • And Esther said, The adversary and enemy [is] this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

Esther 7:10

  • So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

Jeremiah 51:39

  • In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 5:11

  • Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, [till] wine inflame them!

Isaiah 5:14

  • Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

Esther 5:12

  • Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.

Jeremiah 51:57

  • And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise [men], her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name [is] the LORD of hosts.

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Commentary for Isaiah 21:4

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H3824
    There are 230 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: לֵבָב
    Transliteration: lêbâb
    Pronunciation: lay-bawb'
    Description: from לָבַב; used also like לֵב; the heart (as the most interior organ); [phrase] bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, [idiom] unawares, understanding.
  2. Strong's Number: H8582
    There are 45 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: תָּעָה
    Transliteration: tâʻâh
    Pronunciation: taw-aw'
    Description: a primitive root; to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both; (cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.
  3. Strong's Number: H6427
    There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: פַּלָּצוּת
    Transliteration: pallâtsûwth
    Pronunciation: pal-law-tsooth'
    Description: from פָּלַץ; affright; fearfulness, horror, trembling.
  4. Strong's Number: H1204
    There are 16 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בָּעַת
    Transliteration: bâʻath
    Pronunciation: baw-ath'
    Description: a primitive root; to fear; affright, be (make) afraid, terrify, trouble.
  5. Strong's Number: H5399
    There are 12 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נֶשֶׁף
    Transliteration: nesheph
    Pronunciation: neh'-shef
    Description: from נָשַׁף; properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails); dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.
  6. Strong's Number: H2837
    There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חֵשֶׁק
    Transliteration: chêsheq
    Pronunciation: khay'-shek
    Description: from חָשַׁק; delight; desire, pleasure.
  7. Strong's Number: H7760
    There are 550 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שׂוּם
    Transliteration: sûwm
    Pronunciation: soom
    Description: or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.
  8. Strong's Number: H2731
    There are 8 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חֲרָדָה
    Transliteration: chărâdâh
    Pronunciation: khar-aw-daw'
    Description: feminine of חָרֵד; fear, anxiety; care, [idiom] exceedingly, fear, quaking, trembling.