What Does Isaiah 22:23 Mean in the King James?
And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The one driven into a reliable place becomes the weight-bearing honor of an entire household.
THE MEANING
The one set in a trustworthy place becomes support for the weight of a whole household. Here, honor is not a title floating above life; it is a place made strong enough to carry what depends on it.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie that honor means elevation without responsibility dissolves here: the throne’s glory is weight carried for the household.
THE ROOT
תָּקַע
taqa
GROWS FROM
תקע
Taqa (תקע): to drive or thrust in; in another use, to sound a trumpet.
The English “fasten” can sound static, but תָּקַע (taqa, drive in) depicts an active setting into place; the same root also describes sounding a trumpet. Here, the peg’s stability begins with being driven firmly in.
ALSO GROWS
taqa: To thrust or drive into a place, as with a peg.
תָּקַע
This is the sense used here: the person is firmly set in place.
teqi'ah: A blast sounded on a trumpet or shofar.
תְּקִיעָה
This related word shows the root’s other active use; in this verse, the action fixes the peg in place.
נֶאֱמָן
ne'eman
GROWS FROM
אמן
Aman (אמן): to be firm, reliable, or steady.
The word for a “sure” place comes from the same root as אֱמוּנָה (emunah, trust) and אָמֵן (amen, firm affirmation). The image joins dependability with trust: what is firm is able to bear another’s full weight.
ALSO GROWS
emunah: Trust, steadfastness, the firmness one can lean one’s full weight on.
אֱמוּנָה
The peg’s reliable setting shares its root with the steadiness named as trust.
amen: A spoken affirmation of what is firm or true.
אָמֵן
The familiar word carries the same seed of firmness that describes the peg’s place.
כָּבוֹד
kavod
GROWS FROM
כבד
Kaved (כבד): to be heavy or weighty.
The word translated “glorious” carries the sense of weight. The throne’s honor is not merely appearance or status; it is the weight the firmly set one bears for the house.
ALSO GROWS
kaved: Heavy or weighty.
כָּבֵד
This branch makes the verse’s “glorious throne” concrete: its honor has weight.
kibbed: To honor or treat as weighty.
כִּבֵּד
The house’s honor rests on a person whom the verse depicts as able to carry its weight.
THE PATTERN
What is firmly set in place becomes support that can bear the weight of a whole house.
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;THE THREAD
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.Isaiah’s “sure” is נֶאֱמָן (ne’eman, firm and reliable), from אמן (aman), the same root behind אֱמוּנָה (emunah, trust) in Habakkuk. The peg’s reliability and the just one’s trust share the seed of firmness: trust is a steadiness by which life is borne.
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