Parallel Verses
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.
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:
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.
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;
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 shall run away from the weapon, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the great battle. 16 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. 17 And the number of them that shall escape from the bows shall be minished by the mighty children of Cedar: For the LORD God of Israel hath spoken."
Cross References
Psalm 120:5
Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Meshech, and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar!
Isaiah 16:14
But now the LORD sayeth thus: In three years, which shall be as the years of a hired servant, shall the glory of Moab be turned into confusion throughout all his multitude, which is very great. And as for the remnant of them, they shall be small and feeble.
Isaiah 60:7
All the cattle of Cedar shall be gathered unto thee, the rams Nebaioth shall serve thee, to be offered upon mine altar, which I have chosen, and in the house of my glory which I have garnished.
Song of Songs 1:5
I am black, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, like as the tents of the Kedarenes, and as the hangings of Solomon: but yet am I fair and well favored withal.
Ezekiel 27:21
Arabia and all the princes of Cedar have occupied with thee, in sheep, wethers, and goats.
Genesis 25:13
And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, with their names in their kindreds. The eldest son of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
Isaiah 42:11
Let the wilderness with her cities lift up her voice; the towns also that be in Cedar. Let them be glad that sit upon rocks of stone; and let them cry down from the high mountains
Jeremiah 49:28
"As for Kedar and the kingdom of Hazor, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon smote down, the LORD hath spoken thus upon them: Arise, and get you up unto to Kedar, and destroy the people toward the east.
1 Chronicles 1:29
And these are their generations: the eldest son of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, and Mibsam;
Job 7:1
Is not the life of man upon earth a very battle? Are not his days like the days of a hired servant?