Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And it shall come to pass, that when it is seen that Moab shall be made weary of his hill-chapels, he shall come to his temple to pray - but he shall not be made able.
New American Standard Bible
When he
And comes to his sanctuary to pray,
That he will not prevail.
King James Version
And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
Holman Bible
when he tires
and comes to his sanctuary to pray,
it will do him no good.
International Standard Version
When Moab appears, when he arrives upon the high place and comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail."
A Conservative Version
And it shall come to pass, when Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself upon the high place, and shall come to his sanctuary to pray, that he shall not prevail.
American Standard Version
And it shall come to pass, when Moab presenteth himself, when he wearieth himself upon the high place, and shall come to his sanctuary to pray, that he shall not prevail.
Amplified
So it will come to pass when Moab presents himself,
When he wearies himself [worshiping] on his high place [of idolatry]
And comes to his sanctuary [of Chemosh, god of Moab] to pray,
That he will not prevail.
Bible in Basic English
And when Moab goes up to the high place, and makes prayer in the house of his god, it will have no effect.
Darby Translation
And it shall come to pass, when Moab shall appear, shall weary himself on the high place, and enter into his sanctuary to pray, that he shall not prevail.
Julia Smith Translation
And it was when it was seen that Moab was weary upon the height, and Isaiah 16:coming to his holy place to pray and he shall not be able.
King James 2000
And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab wearies himself on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And this shall happen: when Moab appears, when it is weary upon the high place and it comes to its sanctuary to pray, it will not prevail.
Modern King James verseion
And it shall be when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, he shall come to his sacred place to pray; but he shall not be able.
NET Bible
When the Moabites plead with all their might at their high places, and enter their temples to pray, their prayers will be ineffective!
New Heart English Bible
It will happen that when Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself on the high place, and comes to his sanctuary to pray, that he will not prevail.
The Emphasized Bible
And it shall be - When it is seen that Moab hath laboured in vain on the high place, He shall enter into his holy place to pray, and shall not prevail,
Webster
And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
World English Bible
It will happen that when Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself on the high place, and comes to his sanctuary to pray, that he will not prevail.
Youngs Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, when it hath been seen, That weary hath been Moab on the high place, And he hath come unto his sanctuary to pray, And is not able.
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 16:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moab's Hopeless Situation
11 Wherefore my belly rumbled as it had been a lute for Moab's sake, and mine inward members for the brick wall's sake. 12 And it shall come to pass, that when it is seen that Moab shall be made weary of his hill-chapels, he shall come to his temple to pray - but he shall not be made able. 13 So then, this is the saying that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
Cross References
Isaiah 15:2
They went up to the idols' house, even to Dibon to the high places, to weep for Nebo; and Moab did mourn for Medeba. All their heads were bald, and all their beards shaven.
Numbers 22:39
And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto the city of Huzoth.
Numbers 23:14
And he brought him into a plain field where men might see far, even to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars and offered an ox and a ram on every altar.
Numbers 23:28
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that boweth toward the wilderness.
1 Kings 18:29
And when midday was passed, they prophesied until it was time to offer. But there was neither voice nor answer nor any that regarded them.
Jeremiah 48:35
Moreover, I will make Moab cease, sayeth the LORD, from the offerings and censing that she hath made unto her gods in high places.
Numbers 22:41-3
And on the morning Balak took Balaam and brought him up into the high place of Baal, and thence he saw unto the utmost part of the people.
Numbers 24:17
I see him but not now, I behold him but not nigh. There shall come a star of Jacob and rise a scepter of Israel, which shall smite the coasts of Moab and undermine all the children of Seth.
1 Kings 11:7
After that, Solomon built an altar for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites in the hill that standeth before Jerusalem, and unto Moloch the abomination of the children of Ammon.
2 Kings 3:27
And then he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the walls. And there came so great wrath upon Israel, that they departed from him and returned to their own land.
2 Kings 19:12
Hath the gods of the heathen delivered them which mine ancestors have destroyed: as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?
2 Kings 19:16-19
LORD, bow thine ears and hear; Open LORD thine eyes and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to rail on the living God.
Psalm 115:3-7
As for our God, he is in heaven; he doth whatsoever it pleaseth him.
Proverbs 1:28
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not hear: they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me.
Isaiah 26:16
Lord, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out their prayer while thy chastening was upon them.
Isaiah 37:38
Afterward it chanced, as he prayed in the temple of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer, his own sons, slew him with the sword, and fled into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned after him.
Isaiah 47:13
Thou hast hitherto had many counsels of them; so let the heaven gazers and the beholders of stars come on now and deliver thee: yea, and let them show when these new things shall come upon thee.
Jeremiah 10:5
It standeth as stiff as the palm tree, it can neither speak nor go, but must be borne. Be not ye afraid of such, for they can do neither good nor evil."
Jeremiah 48:7
For because thou hast trusted in thy strongholds and treasure, thou shalt be taken. Chemosh with his priests and princes shall go away into captivity.
Jeremiah 48:13
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, like as Israel was ashamed of Bethel, wherein she put her trust.
Jeremiah 48:46
Woe be unto thee, O Moab, for thou people of Chemosh shall perish. Yea, thy sons and daughters shall be led away captive.