Isaiah 17 - Compare Translations
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Isaiah 17:1
KJVThe burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
WEBThe burden of Damascus.
YLTThe burden of Damascus. Lo, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, And it hath been a heap -- a ruin.
Isaiah 17:2
KJVThe cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
WEBThe cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and no one shall make them afraid.
YLTForsaken are the cities of Aroer, For droves they are, and they have lain down, And there is none troubling.
Isaiah 17:3
KJVThe fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts.
WEBThe fortress shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria. They will be as the glory of the children of Israel,” says Yahweh of Armies.
YLTAnd ceased hath the fortress from Ephraim, And the kingdom from Damascus, And the remnant of Aram are as the honour of the sons of Israel, The affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts!
Isaiah 17:4
KJVAnd in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
WEB“It will happen in that day that the glory of Jacob will be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh will become lean.
YLTAnd it hath come to pass, in that day, Wax poor doth the honour of Jacob, And the fatness of his flesh doth wax lean.
Isaiah 17:5
KJVAnd it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
WEBIt will be like when the harvester gathers the wheat, and his arm reaps the grain. Yes, it will be like when one gleans grain in the valley of Rephaim.
YLTAnd it hath come to pass, As the gathering by the reaper of the standing corn, And his arm the ears reapeth, And it hath come to pass, As the gathering of the ears in the valley of Rephaim,
Isaiah 17:6
KJVYet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the Lord God of Israel.
WEBYet gleanings will be left there, like the shaking of an olive tree, two or three olives in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outermost branches of a fruitful tree,” says Yahweh, the God of Israel.
YLTAnd left in him have been gleanings, As the compassing of an olive, Two -- three berries on the top of a branch, Four -- five on the fruitful boughs, The affirmation of Jehovah, God of Israel!
Isaiah 17:7
KJVAt that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
WEBIn that day, people will look to their Maker, and their eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.
YLTIn that day doth man look to His Maker, Yea, his eyes to the Holy One of Israel look,
Isaiah 17:8
KJVAnd he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.
WEBThey will not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they respect that which their fingers have made, either the Asherah poles, or the incense altars.
YLTAnd he looketh not unto the altars. The work of his own hands, And that which his own fingers made He seeth not -- the shrines and the images.
Isaiah 17:9
KJVIn that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.
WEBIn that day, their strong cities will be like the forsaken places in the woods and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel; and it will be a desolation.
YLTIn that day are the cities of his strength As the forsaken thing of the forest, And the branch that they have left, Because of the sons of Israel, It also hath been a desolation.
Isaiah 17:10
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Isaiah 17:11
KJVIn the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
WEBIn the day of your planting, you hedge it in. In the morning, you make your seed blossom, but the harvest flees away in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
YLTIn the day thy plant thou causest to become great, And in the morning thy seed makest to flourish, A heap [is] the harvest in a day of overflowing, And of mortal pain.
Isaiah 17:12
KJVWoe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
WEBAh, the uproar of many peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
YLTWo [to] the multitude of many peoples, As the sounding of seas they sound; And [to] the wasting of nations, As the wasting of mighty waters they are wasted.
Isaiah 17:13
KJVThe nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
WEBThe nations will rush like the rushing of many waters: but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far off, and will be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
YLTNations as the wasting of many waters are wasted, And He hath pushed against it, And it hath fled afar off, And been pursued as chaff of hills before wind, And as a rolling thing before a hurricane.
Isaiah 17:14
KJVAnd behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
WEBAt evening, behold, terror! Before the morning, they are no more. This is the portion of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who rob us.
YLTAt even-time, lo, terror, before morning it is not, This [is] the portion of our spoilers, And the lot of our plunderers!
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