Isaiah 47 - Compare Translations
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Isaiah 47:1
KJVCome down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
WEB“Come down, and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon.
YLTCome down, and sit on the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, Sit on the earth, there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For no more do they cry to thee, `O tender and delicate one.'
Isaiah 47:2
KJVTake the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
WEBTake the millstones, and grind flour.
YLTTake millstones, and grind flour, Remove thy veil, draw up the skirt, Uncover the leg, pass over the floods.
Isaiah 47:3
KJVThy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
WEBYour nakedness will be uncovered.
YLTRevealed is thy nakedness, yea, seen is thy reproach, Vengeance I take, and I meet not a man.
Isaiah 47:4
KJVAs for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
WEBOur Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies is his name,
YLTOur redeemer [is] Jehovah of Hosts, His name [is] the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 47:5
KJVSit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
WEB“Sit in silence, and go into darkness,
YLTSit silent, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For no more do they cry to thee, `Mistress of kingdoms.'
Isaiah 47:6
KJVI was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
WEBI was angry with my people.
YLTI have been wroth against My people, I have polluted Mine inheritance And I give them into thy hand, Thou hast not appointed for them mercies, On the aged thou hast made thy yoke very heavy,
Isaiah 47:7
KJVAnd thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
WEBYou said, ‘I will be a princess forever;’
YLTAnd thou sayest, `To the age I am mistress,' While thou hast not laid these things to thy heart, Thou hast not remembered the latter end of it.
Isaiah 47:8
KJVTherefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
WEB“Now therefore hear this, you who are given to pleasures,
YLTAnd now, hear this, O luxurious one, Who is sitting confidently -- Who is saying in her heart, `I [am], and none else, I sit not a widow, nor know bereavement.'
Isaiah 47:9
KJVBut these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
WEBBut these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day,
YLTAnd come in to thee do these two things, In a moment, in one day, childlessness and widowhood, According to their perfection they have come upon thee, In the multitude of thy sorceries, In the exceeding might of thy charms.
Isaiah 47:10
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Isaiah 47:11
KJVTherefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
WEBTherefore disaster will come on you.
YLTAnd come in on thee hath evil, Thou knowest not its rising, And fall on thee doth mischief, Thou art not able to pacify it, And come on thee suddenly doth desolation, Thou knowest not.
Isaiah 47:12
KJVStand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
WEB“Stand now with your enchantments,
YLTStand, I pray thee, in thy charms, And in the multitude of thy sorceries, In which thou hast laboured from thy youth, It may be thou art able to profit, It may be thou dost terrify!
Isaiah 47:13
KJVThou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
WEBYou are wearied in the multitude of your counsels.
YLTThou hast been wearied in the multitude of thy counsels, Stand up, I pray thee, and save thee, Let the charmers of the heavens, Those looking on the stars, Those teaching concerning the months, From those things that come on thee!
Isaiah 47:14
KJVBehold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
WEBBehold, they are like stubble.
YLTLo, they have been as stubble! Fire hath burned them, They deliver not themselves from the power of the flame, There is not a coal to warm them, a light to sit before it.
Isaiah 47:15
KJVThus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
WEBThe things that you labored in will be like this:
YLTSo have they been to thee with whom thou hast laboured, Thy merchants from thy youth, Each to his passage they have wandered, Thy saviour is not!
15 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT