Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
I will make a man more precious than gold; even a man than the fine gold of Ophir.
New American Standard Bible
And mankind than the
King James Version
I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Holman Bible
and mankind more rare than the gold of Ophir.
International Standard Version
I'll make people scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than gold from Ophir.
A Conservative Version
I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir.
American Standard Version
I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir.
Amplified
I will make mortal man more rare than fine gold,
And mankind [scarcer] than the pure gold of Ophir.
Bible in Basic English
I will make men so small in number, that a man will be harder to get than gold, even the best gold of Ophir.
Darby Translation
I will make a man more precious than fine gold, even man than the gold of Ophir.
Julia Smith Translation
I will make a man precious above pure gold, and a man above the gold of Ophir.
King James 2000
I will make a man more rare than fine gold; even a man more than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I will make humanity more rare than gold and humankind more than the gold of Ophir.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will make a man dearer than fine gold, and a man to be more worth than a golden wedge of Ophir.
NET Bible
I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold, and people more scarce than gold from Ophir.
New Heart English Bible
I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir.
The Emphasized Bible
I will cause, a man, to be more precious than fine gold, - Even a son of earth than, the finest gold of Ophir.
Webster
I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
World English Bible
I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir.
Youngs Literal Translation
I make man more rare than fine gold, And a common man than pure gold of Ophir.
Themes
Gold » Some things more precious than
Gold » Described as » Precious
Heaven/the heavens » The heavens being shaken
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 13:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Oracle Against Babylon
11 And I will visit evil on the world, and their iniquity on the wicked. And I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will lay low the pride of tyrants. 12 I will make a man more precious than gold; even a man than the fine gold of Ophir. 13 So I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall move out of its place, in the wrath of Jehovah of Hosts, and in the day of His fierce anger.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 4:1
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, we will eat our own bread and wear our own clothing; only let us be called by your name, to take away our shame.
Isaiah 24:6
Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and they who dwell in it are deserted; therefore the people of the earth are burned, and few men left.
Job 28:16
It cannot be weighed against the gold of Ophir, against precious onyx, or sapphire;
Psalm 137:9
Blessed is he who seizes and dashes your little ones against the stones.
Isaiah 13:15-18
Everyone who is found shall be thrust through; and everyone who is joined to them shall fall by the sword.