Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

And I left of them men of number, from the sword and from famine, and from death, so that they shall recount all their abominations among the nations where they went there; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

New American Standard Bible

But I will spare a few of them from the sword, the famine and the pestilence that they may tell all their abominations among the nations where they go, and may know that I am the Lord.”

King James Version

But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Holman Bible

But I will spare a few of them from the sword, famine, and plague so they can tell about all their detestable practices among the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”

International Standard Version

"But I'll preserve a few people out of the violent death, famine, and pestilence, so they can recount their detestable practices among the nations when they'll go there. Then they'll know that I am the LORD."

A Conservative Version

But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they come. And they shall know that I am LORD.

American Standard Version

But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the nations whither they come; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

Amplified

But I will leave a few [survivors] who will escape the sword, the famine, and the virulent disease, that they may confess all their repulsive (idolatrous) acts among the nations where they go, and may know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.”

Bible in Basic English

But a small number of them I will keep from the sword, from the need of food, and from disease, so that they may make clear all their disgusting ways among the nations where they come; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

Darby Translation

But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the nations whither they shall come; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

King James 2000

But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Lexham Expanded Bible

But I will spare from them {a few men} from [the] sword, from [the] famine and from [the] plague, so that they may tell of all their abominations among the nations [to] which they will go, and they will know that I [am] Yahweh."

Modern King James verseion

But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the plague, so that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they come. And they shall know that I am Jehovah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But, I will leave a little number of them from the sword, hunger and pestilence: to tell all their abominations among the Heathen, where they come: that they may know how that I am the LORD.'"

NET Bible

But I will let a small number of them survive the sword, famine, and pestilence, so that they can confess all their abominable practices to the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the Lord."

New Heart English Bible

But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD."

The Emphasized Bible

Yet will I leave remaining of them, men easy counted, from the sword from a the famine and from the pestilence, - that they may recount all their abominations among the nations whither they have come, So shall they know that, I, am Yahweh.

Webster

But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

World English Bible

But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they come; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.

Youngs Literal Translation

and I have left of them, a few in number, from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence, so that they recount all their abominations among the nations whither they have come, and they have known that I am Jehovah.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But I will leave
יתר 
Yathar 
Usage: 107

a few
מספּר 
Micpar 
Usage: 132

men
אנושׁ 
'enowsh 
Usage: 42

of them from the sword
חרב 
Chereb 
Usage: 413

from the famine
רעב 
Ra`ab 
Usage: 101

and from the pestilence
דּבר 
Deber 
Usage: 49

תּעבה תּועבה 
Tow`ebah 
Usage: 117

גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

Context Readings

The Announcement Of The Imminent Coming Of The Exile

15 And they shall know that I am Jehovah, in my scattering them in the nations; and I scattered them in the lands. 16 And I left of them men of number, from the sword and from famine, and from death, so that they shall recount all their abominations among the nations where they went there; and they shall know that I am Jehovah. 17 And the word of Jehovah will be to me, saying,


Cross References

Jeremiah 22:8-9

And many nations passed through this city, and they said a man to his neighbor, For what did Jehovah thus to this great city?

Ezekiel 14:22-23

And behold, there was left in it an escaping, sons and daughters being brought forth: behold them, they shall be brought forth to you, and ye saw their way and their doings: and ye were comforted concerning the evil which I brought upon Jerusalem, all which I brought upon her.

Ezekiel 6:8-10

And I left in being to you them escaping the sword among the nations, in my scattering you in the lands.

Genesis 13:16

And I made thy seed as the dust of the earth, that if a man shall be able to reckon up the dust of the earth, thy seed also shall be reckoned up.

Leviticus 26:40-41

And they shall confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, and the transgression which they dealt treacherously against me, and also that they went hostile with me;

Deuteronomy 29:24-28

And all the nations said, For what did Jehovah thus to this land? what the heat of this great anger?

1 Kings 9:6-9

If turning back, ye shall turn back, ye and your sons from after me, and shall not watch my commands, my laws which I gave before you, and ye went and served other gods and worshiped to them:

Isaiah 1:9

Unless Jehovah of armies left to us an escaping so small, we were as Sodom and we were made like to Gomorrah.

Isaiah 6:13

And yet in it a tenth, and it turned back, and it was for consuming, as the terebinth and as the oak which in casting the trunk in them the holy seed its pillar.

Isaiah 10:19

And the remainder of the wood of his forest shall be of number, and a boy shall write them.

Isaiah 10:22

For if my people Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall turn back among them: a consumption decided overflowing justice.

Isaiah 24:13

For thus it shall be in the midst of the land in the midst of the peoples, as the beating of the olive, as the gleanings if the vintage was finished.

Jeremiah 3:24-25

And shame consumed the labor of our fathers from our youth; their sheep and their herd, their sons and their daughters.

Jeremiah 4:27

For thus said Jehovah, All the earth shall be a desert; and I will not make a completion.

Jeremiah 30:11

For I am with thee, says Jehovah, to serve thee: for I will make a completion to all nations where I scattered thee there, but with thee I will not make a completion: and I corrected thee for judgment, and acquitting, I will not let thee go unpunished.

Ezekiel 36:31

And ye remembered your evil ways and your doings which not being good, and ye loathed with your faces for your iniquities and for your abominations.

Daniel 9:5-12

We sinned, and we did iniquity, and were evil, and rebelled, and departing from thy commands and from thy judgments.

Amos 9:8-9

Behold, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah upon the sinning kingdom, and I destroyed it from the face of the earth; only that destroying, I will not destroy the house of Jacob, says Jehovah.

Matthew 7:14

For strait the gate and afflicted the way leading into life, and few are they finding it.

Matthew 24:22

And except those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved: but for the chosen, those days shall be shortened.

Romans 9:27

And Esaias cries for Israel, If the number of the sons of Israel as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved:

Romans 11:4-5

But what say to him the intimations of divine will I have left to myself seven thousand men, who bent not the knee to Baal.

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