Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Or a horn be blown in a city, and, a people, not tremble? Or calamity happen in a city, and, Yahweh, not have wrought with effect?

New American Standard Bible

If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble?
If a calamity occurs in a city has not the Lord done it?

King James Version

Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?

Holman Bible

If a ram’s horn is blown in a city,
aren’t people afraid?
If a disaster occurs in a city,
hasn’t the Lord done it?

International Standard Version

And when an alarm sounds in the city, the people will tremble, won't they? If there is trouble in a city, the LORD has brought it about, has he not?"

A Conservative Version

Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall evil befall a city, and LORD has not done it?

American Standard Version

Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?

Amplified


If a trumpet is blown in a city [warning of danger] will not the people tremble?
If a disaster or misfortune occurs in a city has not the Lord caused it?

Bible in Basic English

If the horn is sounded in the town will the people not be full of fear? will evil come on a town if the Lord has not done it?

Darby Translation

Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, and Jehovah not have done it?

Julia Smith Translation

If the trumpet shall be struck in the city and the people not be terrified? if evil shall be in the city and Jehovah did not?

King James 2000

Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be calamity in a city, and the LORD has not done it?

Lexham Expanded Bible

Or is a horn blown in a city and people are not afraid? Or does a disaster occur in the city and Yahweh has not done [it]?

Modern King James verseion

If a ram's horn is blown in a city, will the people not also tremble? If there is a calamity in a city, has Jehovah not also done it?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Cry they out Alarum with the trumpet in the city, and the people not afraid? Cometh there any plague in a city without it be the LORD's doing?

NET Bible

If an alarm sounds in a city, do people not fear? If disaster overtakes a city, is the Lord not responsible?

New Heart English Bible

Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does disaster happen to a city, unless the LORD has done it?

Webster

Shalt a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?

World English Bible

Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and Yahweh hasn't done it?

Youngs Literal Translation

Is a trumpet blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And Jehovah hath not done it?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁפר שׁופר 
Showphar 
Usage: 72

be blown
תּקע 
Taqa` 
Usage: 68

in the city
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

and the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

not be afraid
חרד 
Charad 
Usage: 39

in a city
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

and the Lord

Usage: 0

References

Context Readings

Israel's Guilt And Punishment

5 Will a bird fall upon a net to the earth, when there is no, snare, for it? Will a net rise front the ground, when it hath, captured nothing? 6 Or a horn be blown in a city, and, a people, not tremble? Or calamity happen in a city, and, Yahweh, not have wrought with effect? 7 Surely My Lord Yahweh, will do, nothing, - except he have disclosed his secret unto his servants, the prophets!

Cross References

Isaiah 45:7

Forming light and creating darkness, Making prosperity, and creating misfortune, - I - Yahweh, who doeth all these.

Isaiah 14:24-27

Yahweh of hosts, hath sworn, saying, - Surely as I intended, so, hath it come to pass, And as I purposed, the same, shall stand: -

Jeremiah 4:5

Declare ye in Judah And in Jerusalem, let it be heard, And say, Blow ye a horn in the land, - Cry, with frill voice And say, Gather yourselves together, And let us enter the defenced cities.

Jeremiah 6:1

Take your goods into safety, ye sons of Benjamin out of the midst of Jerusalem, And in Tekoa, blow ye a horn, And on Beth-haccherem, raise a fire-signal, - For calamity, hath looked out from the North, Even a great destruction.

Hosea 5:8

Blow ye a horn in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, - sound an alarm at Beth-aven, behind thee, O Benjamin!

Zephaniah 1:16

day of horn, and war-shout, - against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.

Genesis 50:20

Ye, indeed, planned against me, evil, - God, planned it, for good, for the sake of doing, as at this day, to save alive much people.

Jeremiah 5:22

Even for me, will ye have no reverence? Enquireth Yahweh, And because of me, will ye not he pained? In that though I placed the sand as a bound to the sea, A decree age-abiding, and it should not pass beyond it, - When they would toss themselves Then should they not prevail, When the waves thereof would roar Then should they not pass beyond it,

Jeremiah 10:7

Who would not revere thee, O King of nations? For, thee, doth it beseem; Forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations And throughout all their royal estate, None, there is like unto thee.

Ezekiel 33:3

And he shall see the sword coming upon the land, - and shall blow with the born and warn the people

Acts 2:23

The same, by the marked out counsel and foreknowledge of God given up, through the hands of lawless men, suspending, ye slew,

Acts 4:28

To do whatsoever, thy hand and thy counsel, marked out beforehand to come to pass.

2 Corinthians 5:11

Knowing, then, the fear of the Lord, we persuade, men, but, unto God, are manifest, - I hope, moreover, even in your consciences, that we are manifest:

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