Isaiah 25:4 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
American Standard Version (ASV)
For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
For you have been a strong place for the poor and the crushed in their trouble, a safe place from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the wrath of the cruel ones is like a winter storm.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
For thou hast been a fortress to the poor, a fortress for the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat: for the blast of the terrible ones [has been] as the storm [against] a wall.
World English Bible (WEB)
For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the awesome ones is as a storm against the wall.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
For Thou hast been a stronghold for the poor, A stronghold for the needy in his distress, A refuge from storm, a shadow from heat, When the spirit of the terrible `is' as a storm -- a wall.
| For | כִּֽי | kî | kee |
| thou hast been | הָיִ֨יתָ | hāyîtā | ha-YEE-ta |
| strength a | מָע֥וֹז | māʿôz | ma-OZE |
| to the poor, | לַדָּ֛ל | laddāl | la-DAHL |
| strength a | מָע֥וֹז | māʿôz | ma-OZE |
| to the needy | לָאֶבְי֖וֹן | lāʾebyôn | la-ev-YONE |
| distress, his in | בַּצַּר | baṣṣar | ba-TSAHR |
| a refuge | ל֑וֹ | lô | loh |
| storm, the from | מַחְסֶ֤ה | maḥse | mahk-SEH |
| a shadow | מִזֶּ֙רֶם֙ | mizzerem | mee-ZEH-REM |
| heat, the from | צֵ֣ל | ṣēl | tsale |
| when | מֵחֹ֔רֶב | mēḥōreb | may-HOH-rev |
| the blast | כִּ֛י | kî | kee |
| ones terrible the of | ר֥וּחַ | rûaḥ | ROO-ak |
| is as a storm | עָרִיצִ֖ים | ʿārîṣîm | ah-ree-TSEEM |
| against the wall. | כְּזֶ֥רֶם | kĕzerem | keh-ZEH-rem |
| קִֽיר׃ | qîr | keer |