Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

And the strong was for tow, and his work for a spark, and they two were burnt together, and none quenching.

New American Standard Bible

The strong man will become tinder,
His work also a spark.
Thus they shall both burn together
And there will be none to quench them.

King James Version

And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

Holman Bible

The strong one will become tinder,
and his work a spark;
both will burn together,
with no one to quench the flames.

International Standard Version

Your strong one will be like tinder, and your work a spark; both of them will burn together, with no one to quench the flames that burn them."

A Conservative Version

And the strong shall be as flax, and his work as a spark. And they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

American Standard Version

And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

Amplified


The strong man will become tinder,
And his work a spark.
So both will burn together
And there will be none to quench them.

Bible in Basic English

And the strong will be as food for the fire, and his work as a flame; and they will be burned together, with no one to put out the fire.

Darby Translation

And the strong shall be for tow, and his work a spark; and they shall both burn together, and there shall be none to quench them.

King James 2000

And the strong shall be as tinder, and the work of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them .

Lexham Expanded Bible

And the strong [man] shall become like tinder, and his work like a spark. And both of them shall burn together, and there is not one to quench [them]."

Modern King James verseion

And the strong shall be like tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall put them out.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And as for the glory of your graven images, it shall be turned to dry straw, and he that made them to a spark. And they shall both burn together, so that no man shall be able to quench them.

NET Bible

The powerful will be like a thread of yarn, their deeds like a spark; both will burn together, and no one will put out the fire.

New Heart English Bible

The strong will be like tinder, and his work like a spark. They will both burn together, and no one will quench them."

The Emphasized Bible

Then shall the strong one become tow, And his work a spark, - And they shall both blaze together And there be none to quench the fire.

Webster

And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

World English Bible

The strong will be like tinder, and his work like a spark. They will both burn together, and no one will quench them."

Youngs Literal Translation

And the strong hath been for tow, And his work for a spark, And burned have both of them together, And there is none quenching!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the strong
חסן 
Chacon 
Usage: 2

shall be as tow
נערת 
N@`oreth 
tow
Usage: 2

and the maker
פּעל 
Po`al 
Usage: 37

of it as a spark
ניצוץ 
Niytsowts 
Usage: 1

שׁתּים שׁנים 
Sh@nayim 
Usage: 767

בּער 
Ba`ar 
Usage: 94

יחד 
Yachad 
Usage: 141

כּבה 
Kabah 
Usage: 24

References

Context Readings

Purification Of Jerusalem

30 For ye shall be as an oak the leaf withering, and as a garden which there no water to it. 31 And the strong was for tow, and his work for a spark, and they two were burnt together, and none quenching.



Cross References

Isaiah 66:24

And they went forth and saw the carcasses of the men transgressing against me: for their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched; and they were an abhorrence to all flesh.

Judges 15:14

He came even to Lehi, and Philisteim shouted at his meeting: and the spirit of Jehovah will come suddenly upon him, and the cords which were upon his arms will be as flax which was burnt in fire, and his bands will melt from off his hands.

Isaiah 5:24

For this as the tongue of fire consumes the straw, and the dry grass of flame will collapse: their root shall be as rottenness, and their flower shall go up as dust: for they rejected the law of Jehovah of armies, and the saying of the Holy One of Israel they despised.

Isaiah 9:19

In the outpourings of Jehovah of armies the land was consumed, and the people will be as the food of fire: and they shall not pity a man to his brother.

Isaiah 26:11

O Jehovah, high thy hand, they will not see: they shall see and be ashamed for their jealousy of the people; also the fire of thine enemies shall consume them.

Isaiah 27:4

Wrath not to me: who shall distribute to me the sharp point of the thorn in battle? I will rush upon her; I will set her on fire together.

Isaiah 33:14

The sinners in Zion trembled; trembling seized the profane. Who to us shall sojourn with devouring fire? who to us with everlasting burning?

Isaiah 34:9-10

And its torrents turned to pitch, and its dust to sulphur, and its land to burning pitch.

Isaiah 43:17

Bringing forth the chariot and the horse, the strength and the might together, they shall fall down, they shall not rise: they went out; they were quenched as tow.

Isaiah 50:11

Behold, all ye kindling a fire, girding yourselves with fiery darts: go ye in the light of your fire, and in the fiery darts ye kindled. From my hand was this to you; ye shall lie down for sorrow.

Ezekiel 20:47-48

And say to the forest of the south, Hear thou the word of Jehovah; thus said the Lord Jehovah: Behold me kindling a fire in thee, and it consumed in thee every green tree and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north were burned in it.

Ezekiel 32:21

The strong of the mighty shall say to him from the midst of hades with his helpers: they went down; they lay uncircumcised, wounded of the sword.

Malachi 4:1

For behold, the day coming, burning as a furnace; and all the proud and all doing injustice were straw: and the day coming burnt them, said Jehovah of armies, that it shall not leave to them root and branch.

Matthew 3:10

And now also the axe lies at the root of the trees; therefore every one not making good fruit is cut off and cast into fire.

Mark 9:43-49

And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off; it is good for thee rather to enter into life maimed, than having two hands, to go away into hell, into inextinguishable fire:

Revelation 6:14-17

And the heaven was separated as a book turned round; and every mount and isle were moved from their places.

Revelation 14:10-11

And the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, mingled pure in the cup of his anger; and he shall be tortured in fire and sulphur before the holy angels, and before the Lamb:

Revelation 19:20

And the wild beast was seized, and with him the false prophet having done signs before him, with which he deceived them having received the stamp of the wild beast, and them worshipping his image. Living, were they two cast into the lake of fire burning with sulphur.

Revelation 20:10

And the devil deceiving them was cast into the lake of fire and sulphur, where are the wild beast and false prophet, and they shall be tortured day and night for ever and ever.

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