Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
For the Lord said this to me: "{In one more year}, like [the] years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.
New American Standard Bible
For thus the Lord said to me, “In a
King James Version
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
Holman Bible
For the Lord said this to me: “Within one year,
International Standard Version
For this is what the LORD is saying to me: "Within three years, according to the years of a contract worker, the pomp of Kedar will come to an end.
A Conservative Version
For thus LORD has said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail.
American Standard Version
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;
Amplified
For the Lord has said this to me, “Within a year, according to the years of a hired man [who will work no longer than was agreed], all the splendor of [the tribe of] Kedar will end;
Bible in Basic English
For so has the Lord said to me, In a year, by the years of a servant working for payment, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end:
Darby Translation
For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Within a year, according to the years of a hired servant, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail;
Julia Smith Translation
For thus said the Lord to me, Within yet a year; as the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar was finished.
King James 2000
For thus has the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
Modern King James verseion
For so has Jehovah said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, "There is yet a year according to the years of a hired servant, and all the glory of the Cedar shall fail.
NET Bible
For this is what the sovereign master has told me: "Within exactly one year all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end.
New Heart English Bible
For the Lord said to me, "Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, the glory of Kedar will fail,
The Emphasized Bible
For, thus, hath My Lord said unto me, - Within a year according to the yearn of a hireling, shall fall all the glory of Kedar;
Webster
For thus hath the Lord said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
World English Bible
For the Lord said to me, "Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,
Youngs Literal Translation
For thus said the Lord unto me: 'Within a year, as years of a hireling, Consumed hath been all the honour of Kedar.
Themes
Arabians » Prophecies concerning
Glory » Christ's » Of man, transient
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Arabia
The ishmaelites » Predictions respecting » Their glory, &c to be diminished
Kedar » A nomadic clan of the ishmaelites
Interlinear
Shaneh (in pl. only),
Shaneh (in pl. only),
Kabowd
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 21:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oracle Against Arabia
15 For they have fled from [the] swords, from [the] drawn sword and [the] bent bow, and from [the] heaviness of [the] battle. 16 For the Lord said this to me: "{In one more year}, like [the] years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end. 17 And the remainder of the number of the bows of the warriors of the sons of Kedar will be few." For Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken.
Cross References
Psalm 120:5
Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, [that] I dwell among the tents of Kedar.
Isaiah 16:14
But now Yahweh speaks, saying, "In three years, like [the] years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will become contemptible, with all of the great multitude, and [the] remnant [will be] a few, small, not strong.
Isaiah 60:7
All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth shall serve you. They shall present a sacrifice for favor [on] my altar, and I will glorify {my honorable house}.
Song of Songs 1:5
I [am] black but beautiful, {O maidens of Jerusalem}, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
Ezekiel 27:21
Arabia and all of the leaders of Kedar [were] {your customers}; with young rams and [adult] rams and goats [they were] trading with them with you.
Genesis 25:13
And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names according to their family records. The firstborn of Ishmael [was] Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
Isaiah 42:11
Let [the] desert and its towns lift up their voice, [the] villages [that] Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy; let them shout loudly from [the] {top} of [the] mountains.
Jeremiah 49:28
Concerning Kedar and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor that Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon defeated. Thus says Yahweh: "Rise up, go up against Kedar and destroy [the] people of [the] east.
1 Chronicles 1:29
These [are] their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, Abdeel, Mibsam,
Job 7:1
"Does not {a human being have hard service} on earth? And [are not] his days like the days of a laborer?