Parallel Verses

Amplified

For the Lord has said this to me, “Within a year, according to the years of a hired man [who will work no longer than was agreed], all the splendor of [the tribe of] Kedar will end;

New American Standard Bible

For thus the Lord said to me, “In a year, as a hired man would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will terminate;

King James Version

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

Holman Bible

For the Lord said this to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker counts years, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.

International Standard Version

For this is what the LORD is saying to me: "Within three years, according to the years of a contract worker, the pomp of Kedar will come to an end.

A Conservative Version

For thus LORD has said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail.

American Standard Version

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

Bible in Basic English

For so has the Lord said to me, In a year, by the years of a servant working for payment, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end:

Darby Translation

For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Within a year, according to the years of a hired servant, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

Julia Smith Translation

For thus said the Lord to me, Within yet a year; as the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar was finished.

King James 2000

For thus has the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

Lexham Expanded Bible

For the Lord said this to me: "{In one more year}, like [the] years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.

Modern King James verseion

For so has Jehovah said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, "There is yet a year according to the years of a hired servant, and all the glory of the Cedar shall fail.

NET Bible

For this is what the sovereign master has told me: "Within exactly one year all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end.

New Heart English Bible

For the Lord said to me, "Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, the glory of Kedar will fail,

The Emphasized Bible

For, thus, hath My Lord said unto me, - Within a year according to the yearn of a hireling, shall fall all the glory of Kedar;

Webster

For thus hath the Lord said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

World English Bible

For the Lord said to me, "Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,

Youngs Literal Translation

For thus said the Lord unto me: 'Within a year, as years of a hireling, Consumed hath been all the honour of Kedar.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אדני 
'Adonay 
Usage: 438

unto me, Within a year
שׁנה שׁנה 
Shaneh (in pl. only), 
year, not translated, yearly, yearly + , year , live , old ,
Usage: 811

according to the years
שׁנה שׁנה 
Shaneh (in pl. only), 
year, not translated, yearly, yearly + , year , live , old ,
Usage: 811

of an hireling
שׂכיר 
Sakiyr 
Usage: 17

and all the glory
כּבד כּבוד 
Kabowd 
Usage: 200

of Kedar
קדר 
Qedar 
Usage: 12

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Oracle Against Arabia

15
For they have fled from the swords,
From the drawn sword, from the bent bow
And from the press of battle and grief of war.
16 For the Lord has said this to me, “Within a year, according to the years of a hired man [who will work no longer than was agreed], all the splendor of [the tribe of] Kedar will end; 17 and the remainder of the number of archers, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be few; for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.”


Cross References

Psalm 120:5


Woe to me, for I sojourn in Meshech,
and I live among the tents of Kedar [among hostile people]!

Isaiah 16:14

But now the Lord speaks, saying, “Within three years, as the years of a hired man [who will not serve longer than the agreed time], the glory of Moab will be degraded along with all the great population, and the remnant [that survives] will be very small and of no account.”

Isaiah 60:7


“All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you [as the eastern pastoral tribes join the trading tribes],
The rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
They will go up with acceptance [as sacrifices] on My altar,
And I will glorify the house of My honor and splendor.

Song of Songs 1:5

(The Chorus)“We will rejoice and be glad in you;
We will remember and extol your love more [sweet and fragrant] than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”(The Shulammite Bride)
“I am deeply tanned but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
[I am dark] like the tents of [the Bedouins of] Kedar,
Like the [beautiful] curtains of Solomon.

Ezekiel 27:21

Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were your customers for lambs, rams, and goats [favored by you]; for these they were your customers.

Genesis 25:13

and these are the names of the [twelve] sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their births: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

Isaiah 42:11


Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voices,
The villages where Kedar lives.
Let the inhabitants of Sela shout for joy,
Let them shout joyfully from the tops of the mountains.

Jeremiah 49:28

Concerning Kedar and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. Thus says the Lord,

“Arise, go up against Kedar
And destroy the men of the east.

1 Chronicles 1:29

These are their descendants: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

Job 7:1

“Is not man forced to labor on earth?
And are not his days like the days of a hired man?

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