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Isaiah 6 - Compare Translations

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Isaiah 6:1
KJVIn the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
WEBIn the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
YLTIn the year of the death of king Uzziah -- I see the Lord, sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train is filling the temple.
Isaiah 6:2
KJVAbove it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
WEBAbove him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.
YLTSeraphs are standing above it: six wings hath each one; with two [each] covereth its face, and with two [each] covereth its feet, and with two [each] flieth.
Isaiah 6:3
KJVAnd one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
WEBOne called to another, and said,
YLTAnd this one hath called unto that, and hath said: `Holy, Holy, Holy, [is] Jehovah of Hosts, The fulness of all the earth [is] His glory.'
Isaiah 6:4
KJVAnd the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
WEBThe foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
YLTAnd the posts of the thresholds are moved by the voice of him who is calling, and the house is full of smoke.
Isaiah 6:5
KJVThen said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
WEBThen I said, “Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!”
YLTAnd I say, `Wo to me, for I have been silent, For a man -- unclean of lips [am] I, And in midst of a people unclean of lips I am dwelling, Because the King, Jehovah of Hosts, have my eyes seen.'
Isaiah 6:6
KJVThen flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
WEBThen one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar.
YLTAnd flee unto me doth one of the seraphs, and in his hand a burning coal, (with tongs he hath taken [it] from off the altar,)
Isaiah 6:7
KJVAnd he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
WEBHe touched my mouth with it, and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven.”
YLTand he striketh against my mouth, and saith: `Lo, this hath stricken against thy lips, And turned aside is thine iniquity, And thy sin is covered.'
Isaiah 6:8
KJVAlso I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
WEBI heard the Lord’s voice, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”
YLTAnd I hear the voice of the Lord, saying: `Whom do I send? and who doth go for Us?' And I say, `Here [am] I, send me.'
Isaiah 6:9
KJVAnd he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
WEBHe said, “Go, and tell this people,
YLTAnd He saith, `Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye -- to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye -- to see, and ye do not know.
Isaiah 6:10
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Isaiah 6:11
KJVThen said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
WEBThen I said, “Lord, how long?”
YLTAnd I say, `Till when, O Lord?' And He saith, `Surely till cities have been wasted without inhabitant, And houses without man, And the ground be wasted -- a desolation,
Isaiah 6:12
KJVAnd the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
WEBAnd Yahweh has removed men far away,
YLTAnd Jehovah hath put man far off, And great [is] the forsaken part in the heart of the land.
Isaiah 6:13
KJVBut yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
WEBIf there is a tenth left in it,
YLTAnd yet in it a tenth, and it hath turned, And hath been for a burning, As a teil-tree, and as an oak, that in falling, Have substance in them, The holy seed [is] its substance!'
13 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT