Parallel Verses

Webster

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say to you, Thou land devourest men, and hast bereaved thy nations;

New American Standard Bible

“Thus says the Lord God, ‘Because they say to you, “You are a devourer of men and have bereaved your nation of children,”

King James Version

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;

Holman Bible

“This is what the Lord God says: Because people are saying to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of children,’

International Standard Version

"This is what the Lord GOD says: "Because some have been saying to you, "You mountains have been devouring human beings and leaving people childless,"

A Conservative Version

Thus says lord LORD: Because they say to you, Thou [O land] are a devourer of men, and have been a bereaver of thy nation,

American Standard Version

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because they say unto you, Thou land art a devourer of men, and hast been a bereaver of thy nation;

Amplified

“Thus says the Lord God, ‘Because they say to you, “You [O land] are a devourer of people and have bereaved your nation of children,”

Bible in Basic English

This is what the Lord has said: Because they say to you, You, O land, are the destruction of men, causing loss of children to your nation;

Darby Translation

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because they say unto you, Thou devourest men, and hast bereaved thy nation,

Julia Smith Translation

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of their saying to you, Thou didst consume man, and thou wert bereaving thy nations

King James 2000

Thus says the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, You land devours up men, and has bereaved your nation of children;

Lexham Expanded Bible

" 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh, because [they are] saying to you, "You [are] [an] eater of humans, and you are {one who makes childless} your people."

Modern King James verseion

So says the Lord Jehovah: Because they say to you, You are a devourer of men, and you have bereaved your nations;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Again, thus sayeth the LORD God: Forsomuch as they say unto you, 'Thou art an eater-up of men, and a waster of thy people,'

NET Bible

"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Because they are saying to you, "You are a devourer of men, and bereave your nation of children,"

New Heart English Bible

"'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because they say to you, 'You are a devourer of men, and have been a bereaver of your nation';

The Emphasized Bible

Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because they are saying to you. A devourer of men, thou art, And one that didst make childless thy nations, hast thou been

World English Bible

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because they say to you, You are a devourer of men, and have been a bereaver of your nation;

Youngs Literal Translation

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because they are saying to you: A devourer of men art thou, And a bereaver of thy nations thou hast been,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the Lord
אדני 
'Adonay 
Usage: 438

God
יהוה 
Y@hovih 
Usage: 302

אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

men
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

שׁכל 
Shakol 
Usage: 23

Verse Info

Context Readings

Prophecy To The Mountains Of Israel And Of Israel's Restoration

12 Yes, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men. 13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say to you, Thou land devourest men, and hast bereaved thy nations; 14 Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD.

Cross References

Numbers 13:32

And they brought an evil report of the land which they had searched to the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we have passed to search it, is a land that eateth up its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it, are men of a great stature.

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