Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And the rest of the bows of the strong sons of Kedar shall be few: for Jehovah God of Israel spake.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.
Holman Bible
The remaining Kedarite archers will be few in number.” For the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.
International Standard Version
And there will be few archers, those who are descendants of Kedar, who survive, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken."
A Conservative Version
And the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, shall be few. For LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken it.
American Standard Version
and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.
Amplified
and the remainder of the number of archers, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be few; for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.”
Bible in Basic English
And the rest of the bowmen, the men of war of the children of Kedar, will be small in number: for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said it.
Darby Translation
and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, shall be diminished: for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken.
King James 2000
And the remainder of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel has spoken it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
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.
Modern King James verseion
and the rest of the number of archers, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, shall be cut down; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, has spoken.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
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."
NET Bible
Just a handful of archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be left." Indeed, the Lord God of Israel has spoken.
New Heart English Bible
and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken it."
The Emphasized Bible
And, the remnant of the record of bowmen, The heroes of the sons of Kedar, shall become few; For Yahweh God of Israel, hath spoken.
Webster
And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.
World English Bible
and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it."
Youngs Literal Translation
And the remnant of the number of bow-men, The mighty of the sons of Kedar are few, For Jehovah, God of Israel, hath spoken!'
Themes
Arabians » Prophecies concerning
Archery » Practiced by the people of kedar
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Arabia
The ishmaelites » Predictions respecting » Their glory, &c to be diminished
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 21:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oracle Against Arabia
16 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. 17 And the rest of the bows of the strong sons of Kedar shall be few: for Jehovah God of Israel spake.
Cross References
Numbers 23:19
God is not man, and will he lie? and the son of man, and will he grieve? Did he say, and will he not do? and speak, and will he not establish?
Isaiah 1:20
And if ye shall refuse and rebel, ye shall be eaten by the sword: for the mouth of Jehovah spake.
Zechariah 1:6
But the words and the laws which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not reach your fathers? and they will turn back and say, As Jehovah of armies purposed to do to us according to our ways and according to our doings, so he did with us.
Psalm 107:39
And they will be diminished and brought low from oppression, evil and grief
Isaiah 10:18-19
And the glory of his forest and his Carmel, from the soul and even to the flesh, he shall finish, and it was as he fainting pined away.
Isaiah 17:4-5
And it was in that day the glory of Jacob shall be feeble, and the fatness of his flesh shall waste away.
Jeremiah 44:29
And this a sign to you, says Jehovah, that I review upon you in this place, so that ye shall know that raising up, I will raise up my word against you for evil.
Matthew 24:35
The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words should not pass away.