Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For thus the Lord has told me,
“I will look
Like dazzling heat in the
Like a cloud of
King James Version
For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Holman Bible
For, the Lord said to me:
like shimmering heat in sunshine,
like a rain cloud in harvest heat.
International Standard Version
For this is what the LORD told me: "I will remain quiet and watch in my dwelling place like dazzling heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."
A Conservative Version
For thus LORD has said to me, I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
American Standard Version
For thus hath Jehovah said unto me, I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Amplified
For this is what the Lord has said to me,
Like shimmering heat above the sunshine,
Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
Bible in Basic English
For this is what the Lord has said to me: I will be quiet, watching from my place; like the clear heat when the sun is shining, like a mist of dew in the heat of summer.
Darby Translation
For thus hath Jehovah said unto me: I will take my rest, and I will observe from my dwelling-place like clear heat upon herbs, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Julia Smith Translation
For thus said Jehovah to me, I will cause rest, and I will behold in my dwelling place as the serene heat upon the light, and as a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest
King James 2000
For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will watch from my dwelling place like a clear heat in sunshine, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For Yahweh said this to me: "I will be quiet, and I will look from my dwelling place like {clear heat because of light}, like a cloud of dew in [the] heat of harvest."
Modern King James verseion
For so Jehovah said to me, I will take My rest, and I will look on in My dwelling place, like a clear heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For thus hath the LORD said unto me: "I will take my rest, and look upon the matter in my habitation, like a fair heat after the rain, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."
NET Bible
For this is what the Lord has told me: "I will wait and watch from my place, like scorching heat produced by the sunlight, like a cloud of mist in the heat of harvest."
New Heart English Bible
For the LORD said to me, "I will be still, and I will see from my dwelling place, like the clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."
The Emphasized Bible
For, thus, said Yahweh unto me, - I must be quiet I must look on in my fixed place of abode, - Like a bright heat on the light, Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Webster
For so the LORD said to me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling-place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
World English Bible
For Yahweh said to me, "I will be still, and I will see in my dwelling place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."
Youngs Literal Translation
For thus said Jehovah unto me, 'I rest, and I look on My settled place, As a clear heat on an herb. As a thick cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Themes
Clouds » Uses of » To supply dew
Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Rain and dew » Refreshing
Harvest » Illustrative » (dew in,) of God's protection
Herbs » Illustrative » (dew on,) of grace given to saints
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 18:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oracle Of Judgment On Cush
3
All ye inhabitants of the world and neighbours of the land, when he lifts up a banner as an example on the mountains, ye shall see it; and when he blows the shofar, ye shall hear it.
4 For thus the Lord has told me,
“I will look
Like dazzling heat in the
Like a cloud of
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 26:21
For, behold, the LORD comes out of his place to visit the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth against himself: the earth also shall disclose her blood and shall no longer cover her slain.
Hosea 5:15
I will go and return to my place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face; in their affliction they will seek me early.
2 Samuel 23:4
And as the light of the morning when the sun rises, of a morning shining forth without clouds, as the shining forth through light rain upon the tender grass of the earth:
Psalm 72:6
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass as the dew that waters the earth.
Psalm 132:13-14
For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired her for his habitation.
Isaiah 12:6
Rejoice and sing, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
Isaiah 14:32
What shall one then answer the messengers of the Gentiles? That the LORD has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people shall have confidence.
Isaiah 18:7
In that time the present shall be brought unto the LORD of the hosts, the people scattered and peeled, the people full of fears from their beginning and until now, a people tired of waiting and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of the hosts, to the Mount Zion.
Isaiah 26:19
Thy dead shall live, and together with my body they shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the covering of light, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Isaiah 31:9
And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the banner, saith the LORD, unto whom there is fire in Zion, and unto whom there is a furnace in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 46:13
I cause my righteousness to come near; it shall not go away; and my salvation shall not be stayed: and I will place salvation in Zion; and my glory in Israel.
Hosea 14:5
I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall flourish as the lily and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Joel 3:17
So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God, that I inhabit Zion, the mountain of my holiness: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and no strangers shall pass through her any more.