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Bible in Basic English

A hard-faced nation, who will have no respect for the old or mercy for the young:

New American Standard Bible

a nation of fierce countenance who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young.

King James Version

A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:

Holman Bible

a ruthless nation, showing no respect for the old and not sparing the young.

International Standard Version

it will be a nation whose language you don't understand, whose stern appearance neither shows regard nor extends grace to anyone whether old or young.

A Conservative Version

a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

American Standard Version

a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

Amplified

a defiant nation who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young,

Darby Translation

a nation of fierce countenance, which regardeth not the person of the old, nor is kind to the young;

Julia Smith Translation

A nation strong of face who shall not lift up the face to the old man, and shall not compassionate the young.

King James 2000

A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young:

Lexham Expanded Bible

{a grim-faced nation} {who does not show respect} to [the] old and [the] young [and] does not show pity.

Modern King James verseion

a nation fierce of face who shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

a hard-favoured nation which shall not regard the person of the old nor have compassion on the young.

NET Bible

a nation of stern appearance that will have no regard for the elderly or pity for the young.

New Heart English Bible

a nation of fierce facial expressions, that shall not respect the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

The Emphasized Bible

a nation of fierce countenance, - who wilt not respect an elder nor to the young, show favour;

Webster

A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young:

World English Bible

a nation of fierce facial expressions, that shall not respect the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

Youngs Literal Translation

a nation -- fierce of countenance -- which accepteth not the face of the aged, and the young doth not favour;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A nation
גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

of fierce
עז 
`az 
Usage: 22

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

the person
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

of the old
זקן 
Zaqen 
Usage: 178

Context Readings

Blessings And Curses

49 The Lord will send a nation against you from the farthest ends of the earth, coming with the flight of an eagle; a nation whose language is strange to you; 50 A hard-faced nation, who will have no respect for the old or mercy for the young: 51 He will take the fruit of your cattle and of your land till death puts an end to you: he will let you have nothing of your grain or wine or oil or any of the increase of your cattle or the young of your flock, till he has made your destruction complete.



Cross References

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people, I put shame on my heritage, and gave them into your hands: you had no mercy on them; you put a cruel yoke on those who were old;

2 Chronicles 36:17

So he sent against them the king of the Chaldaeans, who put their young men to death with the sword in the house of their holy place, and had no pity for any, young man or virgin, old man or white-haired: God gave them all into his hands.

Proverbs 7:13

So she took him by his hand, kissing him, and without a sign of shame she said to him:

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed.

Daniel 7:7

After this, in my vision of the night, I saw a fourth beast, a thing causing fear and very troubling, full of power and very strong; and it had great iron teeth: it took its food, crushing some of it to bits and stamping down the rest with its feet: it was different from all the beasts before it; and it had ten horns.

Daniel 8:23

And in the later years of their kingdom, when their evil doings have become complete, there will come up a king full of pride and expert in dark sayings.

Hosea 13:16

Samaria will be made waste, for she has gone against her God: they will be cut down by the sword, their little children will be broken on the rocks, their women who are with child will be cut open.

Luke 19:44

And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.

Luke 21:23-24

It will be hard for women who are with child, and for her with a baby at the breast, in those days. For great trouble will come on the land, and wrath on this people.

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