Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
The withdrawing of their face answered against them; and they announced their sins as Sodom, and they covered not. Wo to their soul! for they rewarded evil to themselves.
New American Standard Bible
And they display their sin like
They do not even conceal it.
Woe to
For they have
King James Version
The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
Holman Bible
and like Sodom,
They do not conceal it.
Woe to them,
for they have brought evil on themselves.
International Standard Version
"The expressions on their faces give them away. They parade their sin around like Sodom; they don't even try to hide it. How horrible it will be for them, because they have brought disaster on themselves!"
A Conservative Version
The show of their countenance witnesses against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have done evil to themselves.
American Standard Version
The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.
Amplified
Their partiality testifies against them,
They display their sin like Sodom;
They do not even hide it.
Woe (judgment is coming) to
For they have brought evil on themselves [as a reward].
Bible in Basic English
Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.
Darby Translation
The look of their face doth witness against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom: they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have brought evil upon themselves.
King James 2000
The look on their countenance does witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have brought evil unto themselves.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The look on their faces testifies against them and they declare their sin like Sodom; they do not hide [it]. Woe to their soul! For they have dealt out evil to themselves.
Modern King James verseion
The look of their faces witnesses against them; and they declare their sin like Sodom. They do not hide it! Woe to their soul! For they have rewarded evil to themselves.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The changing of their countenance betrayeth them; yea, they declare their own sins themselves, as Sodom, and hide them not. Woe be unto their souls, for they shall be heavily rewarded.
NET Bible
The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Too bad for them! For they bring disaster on themselves.
New Heart English Bible
The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They do not hide it. Woe to their soul. For they have brought disaster upon themselves.
The Emphasized Bible
The show of their face, hath answered against them, And their sin - like Sodom, have they told, they have not concealed it. Alas for their souls! For they have requited to themselves, calamity.
Webster
The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe to their soul! for they have rewarded evil to themselves.
World English Bible
The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don't hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.
Youngs Literal Translation
The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Woe to their soul, For they have done to themselves evil.
Themes
Character » Revealed in countenance
Declaration » Those that declare their sin
Evil » Who rewards evil unto themselves
Impress of sin » Seen in its degrading marks left upon men
Physiognomy » External aspect » Character revealed in
Sin » Harvest of » Impress of, seen in its degrading marks left upon men
Topics
Interlinear
Paniym
`anah
Nagad
Chatta'ah
Nephesh
References
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 3:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Leaders Of Judah And Jerusalem
8 For Jerusalem was weak, and Judah fell: for their tongues and their doings are against Jehovah to embitter the eyes of his glory. 9 The withdrawing of their face answered against them; and they announced their sins as Sodom, and they covered not. Wo to their soul! for they rewarded evil to themselves. 10 Say to the just, that it is good that they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 13:13
And the men of Sodom were evil and sinful before Jehovah exceedingly.
Romans 6:23
For the purchasing the provisions of sin, death; and the grace of God, life eternal in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Genesis 18:20-21
And Jehovah will say, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah became great, and because their sin was exceedingly heavy,
Genesis 19:5-9
And they will call to Lot, and will say to him, Where the men which came to thee this night? bring them out to us and we shall know them.
1 Samuel 15:32
And Samuel will say, Bring near to me Agag king of Amalek. And Agag will come to him, wavering: and Agag will say, Surely the bitterness of death was removed.
2 Kings 9:30
And Jehu will come to Jezreel, and Jezebel heard, and she will put her eyes in paint, and do her head good, and she will look through the window.
Psalm 10:4
The unjust according to the height of his anger, will not seek: God is not in all his thoughts.
Psalm 73:6-7
For this, pride surrounded them as a neck-chain; the dress of violence will cover to them.
Proverbs 8:36
And he sinning against me did violence to his soul: all hating me loved death.
Proverbs 30:13
A generation, how its eyes were raised up and its eyelashes will be lifted up.
Isaiah 3:16
And Jehovah will say, Because the daughters of Zion were lifted up, and they will go extending the neck and ogling their eyes, going and tripping their going, and binding back their feet:
Jeremiah 3:3
And the showers will be withheld, and the latter rain was not; and the forehead of a woman a harlot was to thee, and thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 6:15
Were they ashamed when they did abomination? also shaming they will not be ashamed; also they knew not feeling shame; for this they shall fall with those falling: in the time of my reviewing them they shall faint, said Jehovah.
Jeremiah 44:16-17
The word which thou spakest to us in the name of Jehovah, we hear not to thee
Lamentations 5:16
The crown of our head fell: wo! now to us, for we sinned.
Ezekiel 23:16
And she will desire after them at the sight of her eyes, and she will send messengers to them to Chaldea.
Daniel 7:20
And concerning the ten horns that were upon its head, and the other that went up, and three fell from before it; and this horn and eyes to it, and a mouth speaking great things, and its sight great above its companions.
Hosea 13:9
O Israel, thou didst destroy thyself; but in me in thy help.