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Isaiah 51:9

NETBible	Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the Lord!¹ Wake up as in former times, as in antiquity! Did you not smash² the Proud One?³ Did you not⁴ wound the sea monster?⁵
NIV © biblegateway Isa 51:9	Awake, awake! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in days gone by, as in generations of old. Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced that monster through?
NASB © biblegateway Isa 51:9	Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; Awake as in the days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not You who cut Rahab in pieces, Who pierced the dragon?
NLT © biblegateway Isa 51:9	Wake up, LORD! Robe yourself with strength! Rouse yourself as in the days of old when you slew Egypt, the dragon of the Nile.
MSG © biblegateway Isa 51:9	Wake up, wake up, flex your muscles, GOD! Wake up as in the old days, in the long ago. Didn't you once make mincemeat of Rahab, dispatch the old chaos-dragon?
BBE © SABDAweb Isa 51:9	Awake! awake! put on strength, O arm of the Lord, awake! as in the old days, in the generations long past. Was it not by you that Rahab was cut in two, and the dragon Wounded?
NRSV © bibleoremus Isa 51:9	Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD! Awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago! Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon?
NKJV © biblegateway Isa 51:9	Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD! Awake as in the ancient days, In the generations of old. Are You not the arm that cut Rahab apart, And wounded the serpent?
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KJV	Awake <05782> (8798)_, awake <05782> (8798)_, put on <03847> (8798) strength <05797>_, O arm <02220> of the LORD <03068>_; awake <05782> (8798)_, as in the ancient <06924> days <03117>_, in the generations <01755> of old <05769>_. [Art] thou not it that hath cut <02672> (8688) Rahab <07294>_, [and] wounded <02490> (8781) the dragon <08577>_?
NASB © biblegateway Isa 51:9	Awake <05782> , awake <05782> , put <03847> on strength <05797> , O arm <02220> of the LORD <03068> ; Awake <05782> as in the days <03117> of old <06924> , the generations <01755> of long <05769> ago <05769> . Was it not You who cut <02672> Rahab <07293> in pieces <02672> , Who pierced <02490> the dragon <08577> ?
LXXM	exegeirou <1825> V-PMD-2S exegeirou <1825> V-PMD-2S ierousalhm <2419> N-PRI kai <2532> CONJ endusai <1746> V-AMD-2S thn <3588> T-ASF iscun <2479> N-ASF tou <3588> T-GSM bracionov <1023> N-GSM sou <4771> P-GS exegeirou <1825> V-PMD-2S wv <3739> ADV en <1722> PREP arch <746> N-DSF hmerav <2250> N-GSF wv <3739> ADV genea <1074> N-NSF aiwnov <165> N-GSM ou <3364> ADV su <4771> P-NS ei <1510> V-PAI-2S
NET [draft] ITL	Wake up <05782> ! Wake up <05782> ! Clothe <03847> yourself with strength <05797> , O arm <02220> of the Lord <03069> ! Wake up <05782> as in former <06924> times <03117> , as in antiquity <05769> <01755> ! Did you <0859> not <03808> smash <02672> the Proud One <07294> ? Did you not wound <02490> the sea monster <08577> ?
HEBREW	Nynt <08577> tllwxm <02490> bhr <07294> tbuxmh <02672> ayh <01931> ta <0859> awlh <03808> Mymlwe <05769> twrd <01755> Mdq <06924> ymyk <03117> yrwe <05782> hwhy <03069> ewrz <02220> ze <05797> ysbl <03847> yrwe <05782> yrwe (51:9) <05782>

NETBible

Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the Lord!¹ Wake up as in former times, as in antiquity! Did you not smash² the Proud One?³ Did you not⁴ wound the sea monster?⁵

NET Notes

¹tn The arm of the Lord is a symbol of divine military power. Here it is personified and told to arouse itself from sleep and prepare for action.

²tn Heb “Are you not the one who smashed?” The feminine singular forms agree grammatically with the feminine noun “arm.” The Hebrew text has ַהמַּחְצֶבֶת (hammakhtsevet), from the verbal root חָצַב (khatsav, “hew, chop”). The Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a has, probably correctly, המחצת, from the verbal root מָחַץ (makhats, “smash”) which is used in Job 26:12 to describe God’s victory over “the Proud One.”

³tn This title (רַהַב, rahav, “proud one”) is sometimes translated as a proper name: “Rahab” (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV). It is used here of a symbolic sea monster, known elsewhere in the Bible and in Ugaritic myth as Leviathan. This sea creature symbolizes the forces of chaos that seek to destroy the created order. In the Bible “the Proud One” opposes God’s creative work, but is defeated (see Job 26:12; Ps 89:10). Here the title refers to Pharaoh’s Egyptian army that opposed Israel at the Red Sea (see v. 10, and note also Isa 30:7 and Ps 87:4, where the title is used of Egypt).

⁴tn The words “did you not” are understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line). The rhetorical questions here and in v. 10 expect the answer, “Yes, you certainly did!”

⁵tn Hebrew תַּנִּין (tannin) is another name for the symbolic sea monster. See the note at 27:1. In this context the sea creature represents Egypt. See the note on the title “Proud One” earlier in this verse.