Isaiah 5 - Compare Translations
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Isaiah 5:1
KJVNow will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
WEBLet me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard.
YLTLet me sing, I pray you, for my beloved, A song of my beloved as to his vineyard: My beloved hath a vineyard in a fruitful hill,
Isaiah 5:2
KJVAnd he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
WEBHe dug it up,
YLTAnd he fenceth it, and casteth out its stones, And planteth it [with] a choice vine, And buildeth a tower in its midst, And also a wine press hath hewn out in it, And he waiteth for the yielding of grapes, And it yieldeth bad ones!
Isaiah 5:3
KJVAnd now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
WEB“Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah,
YLTAnd now, O inhabitant of Jerusalem, and man of Judah, Judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
Isaiah 5:4
KJVWhat could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
WEBWhat could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it?
YLTWhat -- to do still to my vineyard, That I have not done in it! Wherefore, I waited to the yielding of grapes, And it yieldeth bad ones!
Isaiah 5:5
KJVAnd now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
WEBNow I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard.
YLTAnd now, pray, let me cause you to know, That which I am doing to my vineyard, To turn aside its hedge, And it hath been for consumption, To break down its wall, And it hath been for a treading-place.
Isaiah 5:6
KJVAnd I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
WEBI will lay it a wasteland.
YLTAnd I make it a waste, It is not pruned, nor arranged, And gone up have brier and thorn, And on the thick clouds I lay a charge, From raining upon it rain.
Isaiah 5:7
KJVFor the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
WEBFor the vineyard of Yahweh of Armies is the house of Israel,
YLTBecause the vineyard of Jehovah of Hosts [Is] the house of Israel, And the man of Judah His pleasant plant, And He waiteth for judgment, and lo, oppression, For righteousness, and lo, a cry.
Isaiah 5:8
KJVWoe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
WEBWoe to those who join house to house,
YLTWo [to] those joining house to house, Field to field they bring near, till there is no place, And ye have been settled by yourselves In the midst of the land!
Isaiah 5:9
KJVIn mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
WEBIn my ears, Yahweh of Armies says: “Surely many houses will be desolate,
YLTBy the weapons of Jehovah of Hosts Do not many houses a desolation become? Great and good without inhabitant!
Isaiah 5:10
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Isaiah 5:11
KJVWoe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
WEBWoe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink;
YLTWo [to] those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, wine inflameth them!
Isaiah 5:12
KJVAnd the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.
WEBThe harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts;
YLTAnd harp, and psaltery, tabret, and pipe, And wine, have been their banquets, And the work of Jehovah they behold not, Yea, the work of His hands they have not seen.
Isaiah 5:13
KJVTherefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
WEBTherefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge.
YLTTherefore my people removed without knowledge, And its honourable ones are famished, And its multitude dried up of thirst.
Isaiah 5:14
KJVTherefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
WEBTherefore Sheol has enlarged its desire,
YLTTherefore hath Sheol enlarged herself, And hath opened her mouth without limit. And gone down hath its honour, and its multitude, And its noise, and its exulting one -- into her.
Isaiah 5:15
KJVAnd the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
WEBSo man is brought low,
YLTAnd bowed down is the low, and humbled the high, And the eyes of the haughty become low,
Isaiah 5:16
KJVBut the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
WEBbut Yahweh of Armies is exalted in justice,
YLTAnd Jehovah of Hosts is high in judgment, And the Holy God sanctified in righteousness,
Isaiah 5:17
KJVThen shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
WEBThen the lambs will graze as in their pasture,
YLTAnd fed have lambs according to their leading, And waste places of the fat ones Do sojourners consume.
Isaiah 5:18
KJVWoe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
WEBWoe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood,
YLTWo [to] those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as [with] thick ropes of the cart -- sin.
Isaiah 5:19
KJVThat say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
WEBWho say, “Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it;
YLTWho are saying, `Let Him hurry, Let Him hasten His work, that we may see, And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel Draw near and come, and we know.'
Isaiah 5:20
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Isaiah 5:21
KJVWoe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
WEBWoe to those who are wise in their own eyes,
YLTWo [to] the wise in their own eyes, And -- before their own faces -- intelligent!
Isaiah 5:22
KJVWoe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
WEBWoe to those who are mighty to drink wine,
YLTWo [to] the mighty to drink wine, And men of strength to mingle strong drink.
Isaiah 5:23
KJVWhich justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
WEBwho acquit the guilty for a bribe,
YLTDeclaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.
Isaiah 5:24
KJVTherefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
WEBTherefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble,
YLTTherefore, as a tongue of fire devoureth stubble, And flaming hay falleth, Their root is as muck, And their flower as dust goeth up. Because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of Hosts, And the saying of the Holy One of Israel despised.
Isaiah 5:25
KJVTherefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
WEBTherefore Yahweh’s anger burns against his people,
YLTTherefore hath the anger of Jehovah burned among His people, And He stretcheth out His hand against it, And smiteth it, and the mountains tremble, And their carcase is as filth in the midst of the out-places. With all this His anger did not turn back, And still His hand is stretched out!
Isaiah 5:26
KJVAnd he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
WEBHe will lift up a banner to the nations from far,
YLTAnd He lifted up an ensign to nations afar off, And hissed to it from the end of the earth, And lo, with haste, swift it cometh.
Isaiah 5:27
KJVNone shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
WEBNo one shall be weary nor stumble among them;
YLTThere is none weary, nor stumbling in it, It doth not slumber, nor sleep, Nor opened hath been the girdle of its loins, Nor drawn away the latchet of its sandals.
Isaiah 5:28
KJVWhose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
WEBwhose arrows are sharp,
YLTWhose arrows [are] sharp, and all its bows bent, Hoofs of its horses as flint have been reckoned, And its wheels as a hurricane!
Isaiah 5:29
KJVTheir roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
WEBTheir roaring will be like a lioness.
YLTIts roaring [is] like a lioness, It roareth like young lions, And it howleth, and seizeth prey, And carrieth away safely, and there is none delivering.
Isaiah 5:30
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