Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

We have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride;
Even of his arrogance, pride, and fury;
His idle boasts are false.

King James Version

We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.

Holman Bible

We have heard of Moab’s pride
how very proud he is—
his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance,
and his empty boasting.

International Standard Version

"We've heard about Moab's pride so very proud he became! his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence; therefore he is alone.

A Conservative Version

We have heard of the pride of Moab, [that] he is very proud, even of his arrogance, and his pride, and his wrath. His boastings are nothing.

American Standard Version

We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; even of his arrogancy, and his pride, and his wrath; his boastings are nought.

Amplified


We have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride—
Even of his arrogance, his conceit, his rage,
His untruthful boasting.

Bible in Basic English

We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride and passion: his high words about himself are false.

Darby Translation

We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, he is very proud, of his pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath: his pratings are vain.

Julia Smith Translation

We heard the pride of Moab; he was greatly elated; his haughtiness and his pride and his wrath; not so his empty talk

King James 2000

We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.

Lexham Expanded Bible

We have heard [of] the pride of Moab--exceedingly proud-- [of] his arrogance, pride, and insolence; {his boasting is not true}.

Modern King James verseion

We have heard of the pride of Moab; very proud; even of his vanity, and his pride, and his rage; not so are his babblings.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

We have heard of the pride of Moab: it is well known. He is very proud, presumptuous, arrogant, and full of indignation, and vain are his lies.

NET Bible

We have heard about Moab's pride, their great arrogance, their boasting, pride, and excess. But their boastful claims are empty!

New Heart English Bible

We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; even of his arrogance, his pride, and his wrath. His boastings are nothing.

The Emphasized Bible

We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, Proud exceedingly! His haughtiness and his arrogance and his passion, Not true, are his boastings.

Webster

We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.

World English Bible

We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; even of his arrogance, his pride, and his wrath. His boastings are nothing.

Youngs Literal Translation

We have heard of the pride of Moab -- very proud, His pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath, Not right are his devices.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
of the pride
גּאון 
Ga'own 
Usage: 49

of Moab
מואב 
Mow'ab 
Usage: 181

he is very
מאד 
M@`od 
Usage: 300

גּא 
Ge' 
Usage: 1

and his pride
גּאון 
Ga'own 
Usage: 49

and his wrath
עברה 
`ebrah 
Usage: 34

but his lies
בּד 
Bad 
Usage: 5

References

Context Readings

Moab's Hopeless Situation

5 then a throne will be established in steadfast love, and on it will sit in faithfulness in the tent of David one who judges and seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness." 6 We have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride;
Even of his arrogance, pride, and fury;
His idle boasts are false.
7 Therefore let Moab wail for Moab, let everyone wail. Mourn, utterly stricken, for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.

Cross References

Amos 2:1

Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom.

Jeremiah 48:29-30

We have heard of the pride of Moab-- he is very proud-- of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart.

Obadiah 1:3-4

The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in your lofty dwelling, who say in your heart, "Who will bring me down to the ground?"

Isaiah 2:11

The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 28:15

Because you have said, "We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement, when the overwhelming whip passes through it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter";

Isaiah 28:18

Then your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; when the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be beaten down by it.

Isaiah 44:25

who frustrates the signs of liars and makes fools of diviners, who turns wise men back and makes their knowledge foolish,

Jeremiah 48:26

"Make him drunk, because he magnified himself against the LORD, so that Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he too shall be held in derision.

Jeremiah 48:42

Moab shall be destroyed and be no longer a people, because he magnified himself against the LORD.

Jeremiah 50:36

A sword against the diviners, that they may become fools! A sword against her warriors, that they may be destroyed!

Zephaniah 2:8-10

"I have heard the taunts of Moab and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my people and made boasts against their territory.

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

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