Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

What misery that I have stayed in Meshech,
that I have lived among the tents of Kedar!

New American Standard Bible

Woe is me, for I sojourn in Meshech,
For I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

King James Version

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

International Standard Version

How terrible for me, that I am an alien in Meshech, that I reside among the tents of Kedar!

A Conservative Version

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

American Standard Version

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

Amplified


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

Darby Translation

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

Julia Smith Translation

Wo! to me that I sojourned in Mesech; I dwelt with the tents of Ke dar.

King James 2000

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

Lexham Expanded Bible

Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, [that] I dwell among the tents of Kedar.

Modern King James verseion

Woe is me, that I live in Mesech; I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Meshech, and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar!

NET Bible

How miserable I am! For I have lived temporarily in Meshech; I have resided among the tents of Kedar.

New Heart English Bible

Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar.

The Emphasized Bible

Woe is me, That I sojourn in Meshek, - That I abide near the tents of Kedar!

Webster

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

World English Bible

Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

Youngs Literal Translation

Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

Context Readings

A Cry For Truth And Peace

4 A warrior’s sharp arrows
with burning charcoal!
5 What misery that I have stayed in Meshech,
that I have lived among the tents of Kedar!
6 I have lived too long
with those who hate peace.


Cross References

Genesis 10:2

Japheth’s sons: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

Genesis 25:13

These are the names of Ishmael’s sons; their names according to the family records are: Nebaioth, Ishmael’s firstborn, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

Ezekiel 27:13

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your goods.

Song of Songs 1:5

Daughters of Jerusalem,
I am dark like the tents of Kedar,
yet lovely like the curtains of Solomon.

1 Samuel 25:1

Samuel died, and all Israel assembled to mourn for him, and they buried him by his home in Ramah. David then went down to the Wilderness of Paran.

Isaiah 60:6-7

Caravans of camels will cover your land
young camels of Midian and Ephah—
all of them will come from Sheba.
They will carry gold and frankincense
and proclaim the praises of the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:2-3

If only I had a traveler’s lodging place
in the wilderness,
I would abandon my people
and depart from them,
for they are all adulterers,
a solemn assembly of treacherous people.

Jeremiah 9:6

You live in a world of deception.
In their deception they refuse to know Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Jeremiah 15:10

Woe is me, my mother,
that you gave birth to me,
a man who incites dispute and conflict
in all the land.
I did not lend or borrow,
yet everyone curses me.

Jeremiah 49:28-29

About Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon’s king, defeated, this is what the Lord says:

Rise up, go against Kedar,
and destroy the people of the east!

Ezekiel 27:21

Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your business partners, trading with you in lambs, rams, and goats.

Ezekiel 38:2-3

“Son of man, turn your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him

Ezekiel 39:1

“As for you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say: This is what the Lord God says: Look, I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

Micah 7:1-2

How sad for me!
For I am like one who—
when the summer fruit has been gathered
after the gleaning of the grape harvest
finds no grape cluster to eat,
no early fig, which I crave.

2 Peter 2:7-8

and if He rescued righteous Lot, distressed by the unrestrained behavior of the immoral

Revelation 2:13

I know where you live—where Satan’s throne is! And you are holding on to My name and did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of Antipas, My faithful witness who was killed among you, where Satan lives.

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