Isaiah 55:10
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,

Young's Literal Translation
For, as come down doth the shower, And the snow from the heavens, And thither returneth not, But hath watered the earth, And hath caused it to yield, and to spring up, And hath given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater,

King James Bible
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

Hebrew
For
כִּ֡י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

just as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

rain
הַגֶּ֨שֶׁם (hag·ge·šem)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1653: Rain, shower

and snow
וְהַשֶּׁ֜לֶג (wə·haš·še·leḡ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7950: Snow

fall
יֵרֵד֩ (yê·rêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

heaven
הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

and do not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

return
יָשׁ֔וּב (yā·šūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

without
כִּ֚י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

watering
הִרְוָ֣ה (hir·wāh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7301: To be saturated, drink one's fill

the earth,
הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

making it bud
וְהוֹלִידָ֖הּ (wə·hō·w·lî·ḏāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

and sprout,
וְהִצְמִיחָ֑הּ (wə·hiṣ·mî·ḥāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6779: To sprout, spring up

and providing
וְנָ֤תַן (wə·nā·ṯan)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

seed
זֶ֙רַע֙ (ze·ra‘)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

to sow
לַזֹּרֵ֔עַ (laz·zō·rê·a‘)
Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify

and food
וְלֶ֖חֶם (wə·le·ḥem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

to eat,
לָאֹכֵֽל׃ (lā·’ō·ḵêl)
Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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