Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Also on your skirts is found
The lifeblood of the innocent poor;
You did not find them breaking in.
But in spite of all these things,

King James Version

Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

Holman Bible

Moreover, your skirts are stained
with the blood of the innocent poor.
You did not catch them breaking and entering.
But in spite of all these things

International Standard Version

On your skirts is found the lifeblood of the innocent poor, even though you didn't catch them breaking in. Yet despite all these things,

A Conservative Version

Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor. Thou did not find them breaking in. But it is because of all these things.

American Standard Version

Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.

Amplified


“Also on your skirts is found
The lifeblood of the innocent poor;
You did not find them breaking in [a house].
But in spite of all these things [your disobedience, your love of idolatry, your lack of compassion]—

Bible in Basic English

And in the skirts of your robe may be seen the life-blood of those who have done no wrong: ...

Darby Translation

Yea, in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor, whom thou didst not encounter breaking in, but it is found upon all these.

Julia Smith Translation

Also in thy wings were found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: not by breaking in did I find them, but upon all these.

King James 2000

Also on your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but plainly upon all these things.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Also on your skirts is found [the] blood of [the] life of [the] innocent, [the] poor. You did not find them in the act of breaking into a house. But in spite of all these [things],

Modern King James verseion

Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents; I did not find them by breaking in, but on all these.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Upon thy wings is found the blood of poor and innocent people; and that not in corners and holes only, but openly in all these places.

NET Bible

Even your clothes are stained with the lifeblood of the poor who had not done anything wrong; you did not catch them breaking into your homes. Yet, in spite of all these things you have done,

New Heart English Bible

Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You did not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.

The Emphasized Bible

Even in thy skirts, is there found, The blood of the lives of the helpless innocents, - Not in the act of breaking in, didst thou find them, yet the blood is on all these.

Webster

Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

World English Bible

Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You did not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.

Youngs Literal Translation

Also in thy skirts hath been found the blood of innocent needy souls, Not by digging have I found them, but upon all these.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּנף 
Kanaph 
Usage: 109

is found
מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

the blood
דּם 
Dam 
Usage: 359

of the souls
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

of the poor
H34
אביון 
'ebyown 
Usage: 61

נקיא נקי 
Naqiy 
Usage: 43

I have not found
מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

it by secret search
מחתּרת 
Machtereth 
Usage: 2

References

Hastings

Sin

Context Readings

Israel Deserves To Be Punished

33 “How well you prepare your way
To seek love!
Therefore even the wicked women
You have taught your ways.
34 “Also on your skirts is found
The lifeblood of the innocent poor;
You did not find them breaking in.
But in spite of all these things,
35 Yet you said, ‘I am innocent;
Surely His anger is turned away from me.’
Behold, I will enter into judgment with you
Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’



Cross References

2 Kings 21:16

Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the Lord.

2 Kings 24:4

and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the Lord would not forgive.

Jeremiah 19:4

Because they have forsaken Me and have made this an alien place and have burned sacrifices in it to other gods, that neither they nor their forefathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and because they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent

Exodus 22:2

If the thief is caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no bloodguiltiness on his account.

Psalm 106:37-38

They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons,

Isaiah 57:5

Who inflame yourselves among the oaks,
Under every luxuriant tree,
Who slaughter the children in the ravines,
Under the clefts of the crags?

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil,
And they hasten to shed innocent blood;
Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity,
Devastation and destruction are in their highways.

Jeremiah 6:15

“Were they ashamed because of the abomination they have done?
They were not even ashamed at all;
They did not even know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time that I punish them,
They shall be cast down,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 7:31

They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, and it did not come into My mind.

Jeremiah 8:12

“Were they ashamed because of the abomination they had done?
They certainly were not ashamed,
And they did not know how to blush;
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time of their punishment they shall be brought down,”
Says the Lord.

Ezekiel 16:20-21

“Moreover, you took your sons and daughters whom you had borne to Me and sacrificed them to idols to be devoured. Were your harlotries so small a matter?

Ezekiel 20:31

When you offer your gifts, when you cause your sons to pass through the fire, you are defiling yourselves with all your idols to this day. And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live,” declares the Lord God, “I will not be inquired of by you.

Ezekiel 24:7

“For her blood is in her midst;
She placed it on the bare rock;
She did not pour it on the ground
To cover it with dust.

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