Isaiah 50:3
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"I clotheאַלְבִּ֥ישׁ
(al·bish)
3847: to put on, wear, clothe, be clotheda prim. root
the heavensשָׁמַ֖יִם
(sha·ma·yim)
8064: heaven, skyfrom an unused word
with blacknessקַדְר֑וּת
(kad·rut;)
6940: darkness, gloomfrom qadar
And makeאָשִׂ֥ים
(a·sim)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
sackclothוְשַׂ֖ק
(ve·sak)
8242: sack, sackclothof uncertain derivation
their covering."כְּסוּתָֽם׃
(ke·su·tam.)
3682: a coveringfrom kasah


















KJV Lexicon
I clothe
labash  (law-bash')
wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
the heavens
shamayim  (shaw-mah'-yim)
air, astrologer, heaven(-s).
with blackness
qadruwth  (kad-rooth')
duskiness -- blackness.
and I make
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
sackcloth
saq  (sak)
a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.) -- sack(-cloth, -clothes).
their covering
kcuwth  (kes-ooth')
a cover (garment); figuratively, a veiling -- covering, raiment, vesture.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"I clothe the heavens with blackness And make sackcloth their covering."

King James Bible
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I dress the heavens in black and make sackcloth their clothing.

International Standard Version
I clothe the skies with darkness and make sackcloth their covering."

NET Bible
I can clothe the sky in darkness; I can cover it with sackcloth."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I clothe the heavens in darkness and cover them with sackcloth.

King James 2000 Bible
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
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