Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Unless Jehovah of hosts had left us a very small residue, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
New American Standard Bible
Had left us a few
We would be like
We would be like Gomorrah.
King James Version
Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Holman Bible
had not left us a few survivors,
we would be like Sodom,
we would resemble Gomorrah.
International Standard Version
If the Lord of the Heavenly Armies hadn't left us a few survivors, we would be like Sodom; we would be like Gomorrah.
A Conservative Version
Unless LORD of hosts had left to us a {seed (LXX/NT)}, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like Gomorrah.
American Standard Version
Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Amplified
If the Lord of hosts
Had not left us a few survivors,
We would be like Sodom,
We would be like Gomorrah.
Bible in Basic English
If the Lord of armies had not kept some at least of us safe, we would have been like Sodom, and the fate of Gomorrah would have been ours.
Julia Smith Translation
Unless Jehovah of armies left to us an escaping so small, we were as Sodom and we were made like to Gomorrah.
King James 2000
Unless the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If Yahweh of hosts had not left us survivors, we would have been as few as Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.
Modern King James verseion
Except Jehovah of Hosts had left us a very small remnant, we would be as Sodom; we would be like Gomorrah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And except the LORD of Hosts had left us a few alive, we should have been as Sodom, and like unto Gomorrah.
NET Bible
If the Lord who commands armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.
New Heart English Bible
Unless the LORD of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom; we would have been like Gomorrah.
The Emphasized Bible
If, Yahweh of hosts, had not left us a very small remnant, Like Sodom, had we become, Gomorrah, had we resembled.
Webster
Except the LORD of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom; we should have been like Gomorrah.
World English Bible
Unless Yahweh of Armies had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom; we would have been like Gomorrah.
Youngs Literal Translation
Unless Jehovah of Hosts had left to us a remnant, Shortly -- as Sodom we had been, To Gomorrah we had been like!
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 1:9
Prayers for Isaiah 1:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Rebellious Judah
8 And the daughter of Zion is left, as a booth in a vineyard, as a night-lodge in a cucumber-garden, as a besieged city. 9 Unless Jehovah of hosts had left us a very small residue, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah. 10 Hear the word of Jehovah, rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, people of Gomorrah!
Cross References
Genesis 19:24
And Jehovah rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven,
Romans 9:29
And according as Esaias said before, Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and made like even as Gomorrha.
Isaiah 37:4
It may be Jehovah thy God will hear the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that is left.
Isaiah 37:31-32
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;
Lamentations 3:22
It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not;
Genesis 18:26
And Jehovah said, If I find at Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will forgive all the place for their sakes.
Genesis 18:32
And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, that I speak yet but this time! Perhaps there may be ten found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.
Deuteronomy 29:23
that the whole ground thereof is brimstone and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, and no grass groweth in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger and in his fury:
1 Kings 19:18
Yet I have left myself seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth that hath not kissed him.
Isaiah 6:13
But a tenth part shall still be therein, and it shall return and be eaten; as the terebinth and as the oak whose trunk remaineth after the felling: the holy seed shall be the trunk thereof.
Isaiah 10:20-22
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob shall no more again rely upon him that smote them; but they shall rely upon Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
Isaiah 17:6
And a gleaning shall be left in it, as at the shaking of an olive-tree: two, three berries above, in the tree-top; four, five in its fruitful boughs, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Isaiah 24:13
For so will it be in the midst of the land among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the grape-gleanings when the vintage is done.
Lamentations 4:6
And the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the reward of the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were violently laid upon her.
Ezekiel 6:8
Yet will I leave a remnant, in that ye shall have some escaped from the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.
Ezekiel 14:22
But behold, there shall be left in it those that escape, who shall be brought out of it, sons and daughters. Behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings; and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, as to all that I have brought upon it.
Joel 2:32
And it shall be that whosoever shall call upon the name of Jehovah shall be saved: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as Jehovah hath said, and for the residue whom Jehovah shall call.
Amos 4:11
I have overthrown among you, like God's overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning; yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
Habakkuk 3:2
Jehovah, I heard the report of thee, and I feared. Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make it known: In wrath remember mercy!
Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore, as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall certainly be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt-pits, and a perpetual desolation; the remnant of my people shall spoil them, and the residue of my nation shall possess them.
Zechariah 13:8-9
And it shall come to pass in all the land, saith Jehovah, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
Matthew 7:14
For narrow the gate and straitened the way that leads to life, and they are few who find it.
Luke 17:29-30
but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed all of them:
Romans 9:27
But Esaias cries concerning Israel, Should the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved:
Romans 11:4-6
But what says the divine answer to him? I have left to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed knee to Baal.
2 Peter 2:6
and having reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha to ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, setting them as an example to those that should afterwards live an ungodly life;