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Isaiah 27 - Compare Translations

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Isaiah 27:1
KJVIn that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
WEBIn that day, Yahweh with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the twisted serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.
YLTIn that day lay a charge doth Jehovah, With his sword -- the sharp, and the great, and the strong, On leviathan -- a fleeing serpent, And on leviathan -- a crooked serpent, And He hath slain the dragon that [is] in the sea.
Isaiah 27:2
KJVIn that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
WEBIn that day, sing to her, “A pleasant vineyard!
YLTIn that day, `A desirable vineyard,' respond ye to her,
Isaiah 27:3
KJVI the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
WEBI, Yahweh, am its keeper. I will water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night and day.
YLTI, Jehovah, am its keeper, every moment I water it, Lest any lay a charge against it, Night and day I keep it!
Isaiah 27:4
KJVFury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
WEBWrath is not in me, but if I should find briers and thorns, I would do battle! I would march on them and I would burn them together.
YLTFury is not in Me; Who giveth Me a brier -- a thorn in battle? I step into it, I burn it at once.
Isaiah 27:5
KJVOr let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
WEBOr else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me. Let him make peace with me.”
YLTOr -- he doth take hold on My strength, He doth make peace with Me, Peace he doth make with Me.
Isaiah 27:6
KJVHe shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
WEBIn days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bud. They will fill the surface of the world with fruit.
YLTThose coming in He causeth to take root, Jacob doth blossom, and flourished hath Israel, And they have filled the face of the world [with] increase.
Isaiah 27:7
KJVHath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?
WEBHas he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or are they killed like those who killed them were killed?
YLTAs the smiting of his smiter hath He smitten him? As the slaying of his slain doth He slay?
Isaiah 27:8
KJVIn measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
WEBIn measure, when you send them away, you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
YLTIn measure, in sending it forth, thou strivest with it, He hath taken away by His sharp wind, In the day of an east wind,
Isaiah 27:9
KJVBy this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
WEBTherefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he makes all the stones of the altar as chalk stones that are beaten in pieces, so that the Asherah poles and the incense altars shall rise no more.
YLTTherefore by this is the iniquity of Jacob covered, And this [is] all the fruit -- To take away his sin, in His setting all the stones of an altar, As chalkstones beaten in pieces, They rise not -- shrines and images.
Isaiah 27:10
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Isaiah 27:11
KJVWhen the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
WEBWhen its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, and he who formed them will show them no favor.
YLTIn the withering of its branch it is broken off, Women are coming in setting it on fire, For it [is] not a people of understanding, Therefore pity it not doth its Maker, And its Former doth not favour it.
Isaiah 27:12
KJVAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
WEBIt will happen in that day, that Yahweh will thresh from the flowing stream of the Euphrates to the brook of Egypt; and you will be gathered one by one, children of Israel.
YLTAnd it hath come to pass, in that day, Beat out doth Jehovah from the branch of the river, Unto the stream of Egypt, And ye are gathered one by one, O sons of Israel.
Isaiah 27:13
KJVAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
WEBIt will happen in that day that a great trumpet will be blown; and those who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and those who were outcasts in the land of Egypt, shall come; and they will worship Yahweh in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
YLTAnd it hath come to pass, in that day, It is blown with a great trumpet, And come in have those perishing in the land of Asshur, And those cast out in the land of Egypt, And have bowed themselves to Jehovah, In the holy mount -- in Jerusalem!
13 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT