Isaiah 42:19
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Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant?Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
In other translations
Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant?Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
Hebrew words
מִיmiwho?H4310עִוֵּר'iver[is] blindH5787כִּיkithatH3588אִם־'im-exceptH518עַבְדִּי'avdiservant myH5650וְחֵרֵשׁvechereshand deafH2795כְּמַלְאָכִיkemal'akhilike messenger myH4397אֶשְׁלָח'eshlach[whom] I will sendH7971מִיmiwho?H4310עִוֵּר'iver[is] blindH5787כִּמְשֻׁלָּםkimshulamlike [one] in a covenantH7999וְעִוֵּרve'iverand blindH5787כְּעֶבֶדke'evedlike [the] servant ofH5650יְהוָה׃yahwehYahwehH3068
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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