Archaic Words In The KJV

Isaiah 1-3

1:4 they are gone away backwards

given to corruption

1:13 vain oblations

meaningless offerings

1:14 they are a trouble unto me

They have become a burdon to me

1:24 I will ease me of mine adversaries

I will vent my wrath on my foes

1:29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired , and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen .

You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted ; you will be disgraced because of the gardens that you have chosen .

1:31 the strong shall be as tow

the mighty man will become tinder

2:6 they please themselves in the children of strangers

clasp hands with pagans

2:9 the mean man boweth down

people will be brought low

2:16 upon all pleasant pictures

every stately vessel

3:1 the stay and the staff

both supply and support

3:3 the eloquent orator

clever enchanter

3:4 babes shall rule over them

children will govern them

3:7 I will not be a healer

I have no remedy

3:8 to provoke the eyes of his glory

defying his glorious presence

3:10 they shall eat the fruit of their doings

they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds

3:12 destroy the way of the paths

they turn you from the path

3:17 the Lord will discover their secret parts

the Lord will make their scalps bald

3:18 their cauls , and their round tires like the moon

crescent necklaces

3:24 instead of a girdle a rent ... a stomacher ... burning instead of beauty

instead of a sash , a rope ... instead of fine clothing , sackcloth ... instead of beauty , branding

 

Isaiah 4-9

4:5 for upon all the glory shall be a defence

over everything the glory will be a canopy .

5:13 they have no knowledge

for lack of understanding

5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself , and openeth her mouth without measure

Therefore the grave enlarges its appetite and opens wide its mouth

5:17 Then shall lambs feed after their manner , and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat .

Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture ; lambs will feed among the ruins of the rich .

5:18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity

Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit

5:19 Let him make speed

Let God hurry

5:21 prudent

clever

5:23 take away the righteousness of the righteous from him

deny justice to the innocent

5:26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from afar , and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth .

He lifts up a banner for the distant nations , he whistles for those at the ends of the earth .

7:4 neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands

Do not lose heart because of these two smoldering stubs of firewood

7:20 the hair of the feet

the hair of your legs

7:25 the treading of lesser cattle

where sheep run

8:9 Associate yourselves

Raise the war cry

8:12 confederacy

conspiracy

8:19 wizards that peep

spiritists who whisper

8:21 hardly bestead and hungry

distressed and hungry

9:1 the dimness

gloom

9:8 it hath lighted on Israel .

it will fall on Israel .

9:12 his hand is stretched out ( same terminology in 9:17 , and 10:4 )

his hand is still upraised

 

Providential -- God works that way . That's neat ( is that an archaic word these days ?) Mexdeaf . One should not have to use a special decoder ring to understand something written in their own language , supposedly . Thank the Lord for newer versions which communicate in today's language and yet are faithful to the original .

 

Isaiah 10 - 15

10:1 that write grievousness which they have prescribed

to those who issue oppressive decrees

10:5 the staff in their hand is mine indignation

in whose hand is the club of my wrath !

10:13 I am prudent

I have understanding

10:16 send among his fat ones leanness

send a wasting disease upon his sturdy warriors

10:18 and they shall be as when a standard bearer fainteth

as when sick people waste away

10:23 shall make a consumption

will carry out the destruction

10:33 the high ones of stature shall be hewn down

The lofty tress will be felled .

11:10 an ensign of the people ... his rest shall be glorious

as a banner for the peoples ... his resting place shall be glorious

13:2 shake the hand

beckon to them

13:3 my sanctified ones

my holy ones

13:8 their faces shall be as flames

their faces aflame

13:11 the terrible

the ruthless

13:12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold

I will make people scarcer than pure gold

13:21 satyrs shall dance about

wild goats will leap about

13:22 wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses

hyenas will inhabit her strongholds

14:11 viols

harps

14:16 shall narrowly look upon thee

stare at you

14:23 the bittern , and pools of water

a place for owls and into swampland

15:5 the mounting up ... they shall raise up a cry of destruction

up the hill ... they lament their destruction

 

Isaiah 16 - 24

16:11 my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab

My heart laments for Moab like a harp

17:10 and shalt set it with strange slips

and plant imported vines

18:2 to a nation scattered and peeled , to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto ; a nation meted out and trodden down , whose land the rivers have spoiled !

to a people tall and smooth-skinned , to a people feared far and wide , an aggressive nation of strange speech , whose land is divided by rivers .

18:4 like a clear heat upon herbs

like shimmering heat in the sunshine

19:14 The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof

The Lord has poured into them a spirit of dizziness

19:17 every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself

everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified

21:2 ( also 24:16 ) the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously

The trader betrays

21:13 The burden upon Arabia

A prophecy concerning Arabia

21:14 they prevented with their bread him that fled

bring food for the fugitives

22:2 full of stirs

so full of commotion

22:5 of perplexity

terror

22:8 the house of the forest

the Palace of the Forest

22:25 the burden that was upon it shall be cut off

the load hanging on it will be cut down

23:1 it is revealed to them

word has come to them

23:2 have replentished

have enriched

23:10 there is no more strength

for you no longer have a harbor

23:18 shall be holiness to the Lord

be set apart for the Lord

24:15 in the fires

in the east

 

I thought that there were a number of verses in my last post , citing phrases from chapters 16-24 , which were particulary difficult in the KJV . Take another look at 17:10 ; 18:2 ; 21:14 ; 23:10 ; and 24:15 for examples .

 

Isaiah 27 - 29

27:8 In measure , when it shouteth forth , thou wilt debate with it

By warfare and exile you contend with her

28:6 a spirit of judgment

a spirit of justice

28:7 have erred through wine

stagger from wine

28:16 he that believeth shall not make haste

the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic

28:18 your agreement with hell

your agreement with the realm of the dead

28:29 and excellent in working

whose wisdom is magnificent

29:4 as of one that hath a familiar spirit

come ghostlike

29:5 the multitude of thy strangers

many enemies

29:7 and her munition

her fortress

29:9 Stay yourselves

Be stunned

29:21 That make a man an offender for a word

those who with a word make someone out to be guilty

29:24 They also erred in spirit

Those who are wayward in spirit


Check out 28:7 ; 28:16 ; 28:29 ; and 29:9 in particular .

 

Isaiah 30 - 33

30:6 The burden of the beasts of the south

A prophecy concerning the animals of the Negev

30:7 Their strength is to sit still

I call her Rahab the Do-Nothing .

30:26 the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people

the Lord binds up the bruises of his people

30:28 the sieve of vanity

the sieve of destruction

30:29 a holy solemnity is kept

you celebrate a holy festival

30:30 and shall shew the lighting down of his arm

and will make them see his arm coming down

30:32 the grounded staff shall pass which the Lord will lay upon him

every stroke the Lord lays on them with his punishing club

32:5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal , nor the churl said to be bountiful .

No longer will the fool be called noble nor the scoundrel be highly respected .

32:6 the vile person shall speak villany

fools speak folly

32:8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things , and by liberal things shall he stand .

But the noble make noble plans , and by noble deeds they stand .

33:2 be thou their arm every morning

Be our strength every morning

33:6 wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times

the sure foundation for your times , a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge

33:8 the wayfaring man ceaseth ... he regardeth no man

no travelers are on the roads ... no one is respected

33:18 Thine heart shall meditate terror

you will ponder the former terror

33:19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people , a people of deeper speech than thou canst perceive

You will see these arrogant people no more , people whose speech is obscure


Check out 30:6,7 ; 32:5,6 ; 33:18 especially .

 

Isaiah 34 - 49

34:8 for the controversy of Zion .

to uphold Zion's cause .

34:17 divided it unto them by line

distributes them by measure

36:5 ( but they are vain words )

empty words

38:10 I am deprived of the residue of my years .

robbed of the rest of my years ?

41:2 called him to his foot

calling him in righteousness to his service ?

41:21 Produce your cause

Present your case

42:1 he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles

he will bring justice to the nations

44:9 their delectable things shall not profit

the things they treasure are worthless

44:25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars

who foils the signs of false prophets

47:6 I have polluted mine inheritance

descrecated my inheritance

48:17 which teacheth thee to profit

who teaches you what is best for you

49:6 It is a light thing

It is too small a thing

49:21 where had they been ?

where have they come from ?


Check out 41:2 ; 42:1 ; 44:9,25 in particular .

 

Isaiah 53 - 65

53:8 who shall declare his generation ?

Yet who of his generation protested ?

57:10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way

You wearied yourself by such going about

57:14 Cast ye up , cast ye up , prepare the way

Build up , build up , prepare the road !

57:19 I create the fruit of the lips

creating praise on the lips of the mourners in Israel

58:3 exact all your labours .

and exploit all your workers .

58:4 ye fast for strife and debate

Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife

58:9 the putting forth of the finger , and speaking vanity

with the pointing finger and malicious talk .

58:10 if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry

if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry

59:14 truth is fallen in the street , and equity cannot enter .

truth has stumbled in the streets , honesty cannot enter .

59:16 and wondered that there was no intercessor

was appalled that there was no one to intervene

60:5 flow together

be radiant

61:3 spirit of heaviness

spirit of despair

61:8 For I the Lord love judgment

For I , the Lord , love justice

65:20 the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed .

those who fail to reach a hundred will be considered accursed .


Ones to check out : 53:8 ; 58:3 ,4 ,9 ; 60:5 .