Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

a nation of fierce countenance who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young.

King James Version

A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:

Holman Bible

a ruthless nation, showing no respect for the old and not sparing the young.

International Standard Version

it will be a nation whose language you don't understand, whose stern appearance neither shows regard nor extends grace to anyone whether old or young.

A Conservative Version

a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

American Standard Version

a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

Amplified

a defiant nation who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young,

Bible in Basic English

A hard-faced nation, who will have no respect for the old or mercy for the young:

Darby Translation

a nation of fierce countenance, which regardeth not the person of the old, nor is kind to the young;

Julia Smith Translation

A nation strong of face who shall not lift up the face to the old man, and shall not compassionate the young.

King James 2000

A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young:

Lexham Expanded Bible

{a grim-faced nation} {who does not show respect} to [the] old and [the] young [and] does not show pity.

Modern King James verseion

a nation fierce of face who shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

a hard-favoured nation which shall not regard the person of the old nor have compassion on the young.

NET Bible

a nation of stern appearance that will have no regard for the elderly or pity for the young.

New Heart English Bible

a nation of fierce facial expressions, that shall not respect the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

The Emphasized Bible

a nation of fierce countenance, - who wilt not respect an elder nor to the young, show favour;

Webster

A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young:

World English Bible

a nation of fierce facial expressions, that shall not respect the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

Youngs Literal Translation

a nation -- fierce of countenance -- which accepteth not the face of the aged, and the young doth not favour;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A nation
גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

of fierce
עז 
`az 
Usage: 22

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

the person
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

of the old
זקן 
Zaqen 
Usage: 178

Context Readings

Blessings And Curses

49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand, 50 a nation of fierce countenance who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young. 51 and he shall eat the fruit of thy beast and the fruit of thy land until thou art destroyed, which also shall not leave thee either grain, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy cows or flocks of thy sheep until he has destroyed thee.

Cross References

Isaiah 47:6

I was wroth with my people; I have profaned my inheritance and given them into thine hand; thou didst show them no mercy; upon the ancient thou hast very heavily laid thy yoke.

2 Chronicles 36:17

Therefore, he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age; he gave them all into his hands.

Proverbs 7:13

So she caught him and kissed him and with an impudent face said unto him,

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is as the wise man? and who is as he who knows the interpretation of all things? The wisdom of this man shall make his face to shine, and the coarseness of his face shall be changed.

Daniel 7:7

After this I saw in the night visions, and behold the fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and exceedingly strong; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces and trod down that which was left with its feet; and it was very different from all the beasts that had been before her; and it had ten horns.

Daniel 8:23

And at the end of their empire, when the prevaricators are come to the full, a king of arrogant countenance and expert in enigmas shall raise himself up.

Hosea 13:16

Samaria shall be condemned; for she has rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped open.

Luke 19:44

and shall cast thee down to the ground and thy children within thee, and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

Luke 21:23-24

But woe unto those that are with child and to those that give suck in those days! For there shall be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.

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