Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

And it hath been -- as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maid-servant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting it on himself.

New American Standard Bible

And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the maid like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the creditor like the debtor.

King James Version

And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.

Holman Bible

people and priest alike,
servant and master,
female servant and mistress,
buyer and seller,
lender and borrower,
creditor and debtor.

International Standard Version

It will be the same for the lay people as for priests, the same for servants as for their masters, for female servants as for their mistresses, for buyers as for sellers, for lenders as for borrowers, and for creditors as for debtors.

A Conservative Version

And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest, as with the servant, so with his master, as with the maid, so with her mistress, as with the buyer, so with the seller, as with the creditor, so with the debtor, as with the

American Standard Version

And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.

Amplified

And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the maid like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the creditor like the debtor [as God’s impartial judgment of sin comes on all].

Bible in Basic English

And it will be the same for the people as for the priest; for the servant as for his master; and for the woman-servant as for her owner; the same for the one offering goods for a price as for him who takes them; the same for him who gives money at interest and for him who takes it; the same for him who lets others have the use of his property as for those who make use of it.

Darby Translation

And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with him from whom usury is taken.

Julia Smith Translation

And it was as the people, so the priest; as the servant, so his lord; as the maid, so the mistress; as the buyer, so he selling; as he lending, so the borrower; as be lending on interest, so he exacting interest to him.

King James 2000

And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And it shall be as [with] the people, so [with] the priest; as [with] the slave, so [with] his master; as [with] the female slave, so [with] her mistress; as [with] the buyer, so [with] the seller; as [with] the lender, so [with] the borrower; as [with] the creditor, so [with] [the one] to whom he lends.

Modern King James verseion

And as it is with the people, so it shall be with the priest; as with the servant, so with the master; as with the handmaid, so it is with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then shall the priest be as the people, the master as the servant, the dame like the maid, the seller like the buyer, he that lendeth upon usury, like him that borroweth upon usury, the creditor as the debtor.

NET Bible

Everyone will suffer -- the priest as well as the people, the master as well as the servant, the elegant lady as well as the female attendant, the seller as well as the buyer, the borrower as well as the lender, the creditor as well as the debtor.

New Heart English Bible

It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.

The Emphasized Bible

And it shall be - As the people, so, the priest, As the servant, so his lord, As the maid, so, her mistress, - As the buyer, so, the seller, As the lender, so, the borrower, As the debtor, so! his creditor.

Webster

And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.

World English Bible

It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And it shall be, as with the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

so with the priest
כּהן 
Kohen 
Usage: 750

as with the servant
עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

so with his master
אדן אדון 
'adown 
Usage: 335

as with the maid
שׁפחה 
Shiphchah 
Usage: 63

so with her mistress
גּברת 
G@bereth 
Usage: 9

as with the buyer
קנה 
Qanah 
Usage: 84

so with the seller
מכר 
Makar 
sell, seller, at all
Usage: 80

as with the lender
לוה 
Lavah 
Usage: 26

so with the borrower
לוה 
Lavah 
Usage: 26

as with the taker of usury
נשׁה 
Nashah 
Usage: 12

with the giver of usury
נשׁא 
Nasha' 
Usage: 4

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

The Judgment On The Earth

1 Lo, Jehovah is emptying the land, And is making it waste, And hath overturned it on its face, And hath scattered its inhabitants. 2 And it hath been -- as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maid-servant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting it on himself. 3 Utterly emptied is the land, and utterly spoiled, For Jehovah hath spoken this word:


Cross References

Hosea 4:9

And it hath been, like people, like priest, And I have charged on it its ways, And its habitual doings I return to it.

Ezekiel 7:12-13

Come hath the time, arrived hath the day, The buyer doth not rejoice, And the seller doth not become a mourner, For wrath is unto all its multitude.

Genesis 41:50

And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine cometh, whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, hath borne to him,

Leviticus 25:36-37

thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee;

Deuteronomy 23:19-20

'Thou dost not lend in usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of food, usury of anything which is lent on usury.

2 Chronicles 36:14-17

Also, all the heads of the priests, and the people, having multiplied to commit a trespass according to all the abominations of the nations, and they defile the house of Jehovah that He hath sanctified in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:20

And he removeth those left of the sword unto Babylon, and they are to him and to his sons for servants, till the reigning of the kingdom of Persia,

Isaiah 2:9

And the low boweth down, and the high is humbled, And Thou acceptest them not.

Isaiah 3:2-8

Hero and man of war, judge and prophet, And diviner and elder,

Isaiah 5:15

And bowed down is the low, and humbled the high, And the eyes of the haughty become low,

Isaiah 9:14-17

And Jehovah cutteth off from Israel head and tail, Branch and reed -- the same day,

Jeremiah 5:3-6

Jehovah, Thine eyes, are they not on stedfastness? Thou hast smitten them, and they have not grieved, Thou hast consumed them, They have refused to receive instruction, They made their faces harder than a rock, They have refused to turn back.

Jeremiah 23:11-13

For both prophet and priest have been profane, Yea, in My house I found their wickedness, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Jeremiah 41:2

And Ishmael son of Nethaniah riseth, and the ten men who have been with him, and they smite Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, with the sword, and he putteth him to death whom the king of Babylon hath appointed over the land.

Jeremiah 42:18

for thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: As poured out hath been Mine anger and My fury on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so poured out is My fury upon you in your entering Egypt, and ye have been for an execration, and for an astonishment, and for a reviling, and for a reproach, and ye do not see any more this place.

Jeremiah 44:11-13

'Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am setting my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah,

Jeremiah 52:24-30

And the chief of the executioners taketh Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold,

Lamentations 4:13

Because of the sins of her prophets, The iniquities of her priests, Who are shedding in her midst the blood of the righteous,

Lamentations 5:12-14

Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.

Ezekiel 14:8-10

and I have set My face against that man, and made him for a sign, and for similes, and I have cut him off from the midst of My people, and ye have known that I am Jehovah.

Daniel 9:5-8

we have sinned, and done perversely, and done wickedly, and rebelled, to turn aside from Thy commands, and from Thy judgments:

Ephesians 6:8-9

having known that whatever good thing each one may do, this he shall receive from the Lord, whether servant or freeman.

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