Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
. The ox knew his possessor, and the ass his lord's stall: Israel knew not; my people understood not
New American Standard Bible
And a donkey its master’s manger,
But Israel
My people
King James Version
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Holman Bible
and the donkey its master’s feeding trough,
but Israel does not know;
My people do not understand.”
International Standard Version
The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's feeding trough, but Israel doesn't know, and my people don't understand.
A Conservative Version
The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib, [but] Israel does not know; my people does not consider.
American Standard Version
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Amplified
“The ox [instinctively] knows its owner,
And the donkey its master’s feeding trough,
But Israel does not know [Me as Lord],
My people do not understand.”
Bible in Basic English
Even the ox has knowledge of its owner, and the ass of the place where its master puts its food: but Israel has no knowledge, my people give no thought to me.
Darby Translation
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; Israel doth not know, my people hath no intelligence.
King James 2000
The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib: but Israel does not know, my people do not consider.
Lexham Expanded Bible
An ox knows its owner and a donkey the manger of its master. Israel does not know; my people do not understand.
Modern King James verseion
The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The ox knoweth his owner, and the Ass his master's crib; but Israel knoweth nothing. My people hath no understanding.
NET Bible
An ox recognizes its owner, a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; but Israel does not recognize me, my people do not understand."
New Heart English Bible
The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib; but Israel doesn't know, my people do not consider.
The Emphasized Bible
An ox knoweth, his owner, And an ass his masters crib, - Israel, doth not know, My people doth not consider.
Webster
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
World English Bible
The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib; but Israel doesn't know, my people don't consider."
Youngs Literal Translation
An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood.
Themes
Domestic Donkeys » Described as » Not devoid of instinct
Beasts » Described as » Possessed of instinct
Ignorance » Spiritual » General references to
Ignorance of God » Exemplified
Ingratitude to God » Inexcusable
Oxen » Described as » Not without sagacity
Interlinear
Yada`
Qanah
Ba`al
Yada`
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 1:3
Images Isaiah 1:3
Prayers for Isaiah 1:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Rebellious Judah
2 Hear, ye heavens, and give ear thou earth, for Jehovah spake: for I caused to grow and lifted up sons, and they rebelled against me. 3 . The ox knew his possessor, and the ass his lord's stall: Israel knew not; my people understood not 4 Wo! sinful nation, a people heavy with sin, a seed doing evil, sons acting wickedly; they forsook Jehovah; they despised the holy one of Israel; they separated themselves backward.
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 8:7
Also the stork in the heavens knew her appointment; and the turtle-dove, and the swallow, and the twitterer watched the time of their coming; and my people knew not the judgment of Jehovah.
Isaiah 44:18
They will not know, and they will not discern: he spread over their eyes from seeing; their heart from considering.
Deuteronomy 32:28-29
For they a nation destroying counsels, And no understanding in them.
Psalm 94:8
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye foolish, when will ye understand?
Proverbs 6:6
Go to the ant, thou slothful one; see her ways, and be wise:
Isaiah 5:12
And there was the harp and the lyre, the drum and the pipe, and the wine of their drinking's: but the work of Jehovah they will not look at, and the work of his hands they saw not
Isaiah 27:11
In its harvest being dried up, women shall break it off in coming, illuminating it: for it is a people not understanding: for this he making them will not compassionate them, and he forming them will not have mercy upon them.
Jeremiah 4:22
For my people are foolish, they knew me not; foolish sons are they and they not understanding; wise are they to do evil, and to do good they knew not
Jeremiah 9:3-6
And they will bend their tongue, their bow, a lie: and they were not strong for faithfulness upon the land; for from evil to evil they went forth, and they knew me not, says Jehovah.
Jeremiah 10:8
And in one they will become brutish, and they will be foolish: the tree itself a correction of vanities.
Jeremiah 10:14
Every man was brutish from knowledge: every founder was ashamed from his carved image; for his molten image a falsehood, and no spirit in them.
Matthew 13:13-15
For this I speak to them in parables: for seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Matthew 13:19
Every one hearing, and not understanding, the evil one comes, and carries off that sown in his heart. This is he having sown by the way.
Romans 1:28
And as they chose not to have God in knowledge, God delivered them to an adulterated purpose, to do things not fitting;
2 Peter 3:5
For being willing this is unknown to them, that the heavens were a long while ago, and the earth having stood out of water and by water, by the word of God: