Parallel Verses
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.
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.
Julia Smith Translation
. The ox knew his possessor, and the ass his lord's stall: Israel knew not; my people understood not
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."
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
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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, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, For Jehovah hath spoken: Sons I have nourished and brought up, And they -- they transgressed against Me. 3 An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood. 4 Ah, sinning nation, a people heavy with iniquity, A seed of evil doers, sons -- corrupters! They have forsaken Jehovah, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have gone away backward.
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 8:7
Even a stork in the heavens hath known her seasons, And turtle, and swallow, and crane, Have watched the time of their coming, And -- My people have not known the judgment of Jehovah.
Isaiah 44:18
They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely.
Deuteronomy 32:28-29
For a nation lost to counsels are they, And there is no understanding in them.
Psalm 94:8
Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?
Proverbs 6:6
Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;
Isaiah 5:12
And harp, and psaltery, tabret, and pipe, And wine, have been their banquets, And the work of Jehovah they behold not, Yea, the work of His hands they have not seen.
Isaiah 27:11
In the withering of its branch it is broken off, Women are coming in setting it on fire, For it is not a people of understanding, Therefore pity it not doth its Maker, And its Former doth not favour it.
Jeremiah 4:22
For my people are foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons are they, yea, they are not intelligent, Wise are they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.
Jeremiah 9:3-6
And they bend their tongue, their bow is a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!
Jeremiah 10:8
And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities is the tree itself.
Jeremiah 10:14
Brutish is every man by knowledge, Put to shame is every refiner by a graven image, For false is his molten image. And there is no breath in them.
Matthew 13:13-15
'Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,
Matthew 13:19
Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding -- the evil one doth come, and doth catch that which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.
Romans 1:28
And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly;
2 Peter 3:5
for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God,