Isaiah 10:15
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Berean Study Bible
Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!

Young's Literal Translation
—Doth the axe glorify itself Against him who is hewing with it? Doth the saw magnify itself Against him who is shaking it? As a rod waving those lifting it up! As a staff lifting up that which is not wood!

King James Bible
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? [or] shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake [itself] against them that lift it up, [or] as if the staff should lift up [itself, as if it were] no wood.

Hebrew
Does an ax
הַגַּרְזֶ֔ן (hag·gar·zen)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1631: An axe

raise itself
הֲיִתְפָּאֵר֙ (hă·yiṯ·pā·’êr)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6286: To gleam, embellish, to boast, to explain, oneself, to shake a, tree

above
עַ֖ל (‘al)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the one who swings it?
הַחֹצֵ֣ב (ha·ḥō·ṣêḇ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2672: To cut, carve, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave

Does a saw
הַמַּשּׂוֹר֙ (ham·maś·śō·wr)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4883: A saw

boast
יִתְגַּדֵּ֤ל (yiṯ·gad·dêl)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1431: To grow up, become great

over him
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

who saws with it?
מְנִיפ֔וֹ (mə·nî·p̄ōw)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5130: To move to and fro, wave, sprinkle

It would be like a staff
שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ (šê·ḇeṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe

waving
כְּהָנִ֥יף (kə·hā·nîp̄)
Preposition-k | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5130: To move to and fro, wave, sprinkle

the one who lifts it!
מְרִימָ֔יו (mə·rî·māw)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise

It would be like a staff
מַטֶּ֖ה (maṭ·ṭeh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe

lifting
כְּהָרִ֥ים (kə·hā·rîm)
Preposition-k | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise

him who is not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

wood!
עֵֽץ׃ (‘êṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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