Isaiah 51:8
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For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”
In other translations
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”
Hebrew words
כִּיkiforH3588כַבֶּגֶדkhabegedlike <the> garmentH899יֹאכְלֵםyokhlemit will eat themH398עָשׁ'ashmothH6211וְכַצֶּמֶרvekhatzemerand like <the> woolH6785יֹאכְלֵםyokhlemit will eat themH398סָסsasclothes-mothH5580וְצִדְקָתִיvetzidkatiand righteousness myH6666לְעוֹלָםle'olamfor everH5769תִּהְיֶהtihyehit will beH1961וִישׁוּעָתִיvishu'atiand salvation myH3444לְדוֹרledorto a generation ofH1755דּוֹרִים׃ סdorimgenerationsH1755
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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