Isaiah 44:20
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He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
In other translations
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
Hebrew words
רֹעֶהro'eh[he is] feedingH7462אֵפֶר'eferash[es]H665לֵבleva heartH3820הוּתַלhutal[which] it is deceivedH2048הִטָּהוּhitahuit has turned aside himH5186וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808יַצִּילyatzilhe will deliverH5337אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853נַפְשׁוֹnafshoself hisH5315וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808יֹאמַרyomarhe will sayH559הֲלוֹאhalo'¿ notH3808שֶׁקֶרsheker[is] falsehoodH8267בִּימִינִי׃ סbiminiin right [hand] myH3225
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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- Luke 15:16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.
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