Isaiah 28:11

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

Complete Jewish Bible:

So with stammering lips, in a foreign accent, [ADONAI] will speak to this people.

Berean Standard Bible:

Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people

American Standard Version:

Nay, but bymen of strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people;

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

For with stammering{H3934} lips{H8193} and another{H312} tongue{H3956} will he speak{H1696} to this people{H5971}.

Cross-References (KJV):

1 Corinthians 14:21

  • ¶ In the law it is written, With [men of] other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.

Deuteronomy 28:49

  • The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, [as swift] as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;

Isaiah 33:19

  • Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, [that thou canst] not understand.

Jeremiah 5:15

  • Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it [is] a mighty nation, it [is] an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

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Commentary for Isaiah 28:11

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

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

  1. Strong's Number: H3934
    There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: לָעֵג
    Transliteration: lâʻêg
    Pronunciation: law-ayg'
    Description: from לָעַג; a buffoon; also a foreigner; mocker, stammering.
  2. Strong's Number: H8193
    There are 164 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׂפָה
    Transliteration: sâphâh
    Pronunciation: saw-faw'
    Description: or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת; probably from סָפָה or שָׁפָה through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.); band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
  3. Strong's Number: H312
    There are 271 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אַחֵר
    Transliteration: ʼachêr
    Pronunciation: akh-air'
    Description: from אָחַר; properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.; (an-) other man, following, next, strange.
  4. Strong's Number: H3956
    There are 115 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: לָשׁוֹן
    Transliteration: lâshôwn
    Pronunciation: law-shone'
    Description: or לָשֹׁן; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה; from לָשַׁן; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water); [phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
  5. Strong's Number: H1696
    There are 1050 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: דָבַר
    Transliteration: dâbar
    Pronunciation: daw-bar'
    Description: a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.
  6. Strong's Number: H5971
    There are 1654 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עַם
    Transliteration: ʻam
    Pronunciation: am
    Description: from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.

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