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Bible in Basic English
For the cruel one has come to nothing; and those who make sport of the Lord are gone; and those who are watching to do evil are cut off:
New American Standard Bible
Indeed
King James Version
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
Holman Bible
the scorner will disappear,
and all those who lie in wait with evil intent
will be killed—
International Standard Version
For the ruthless will vanish, and mockers will disappear, and all who have an eye for evil will be cut down
A Conservative Version
For the terrible one is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases. And all those who watch for iniquity are cut off,
American Standard Version
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;
Amplified
For the tyrant will come to an end and the scorner will be finished,
Indeed all who are intent on doing evil will be cut off—
Darby Translation
For the terrible one shall come to nought, and the scorner shall be no more, and all that watch for iniquity shall be cut off,
Julia Smith Translation
For the terrible one ceased, the mocker was consumed, and they watching vanity were cut off:
King James 2000
For the ruthless one is brought to nothing, and the scoffer is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
Lexham Expanded Bible
For [the] tyrant shall be no more, and [the] scoffer shall come to an end. And all those lying in wait for evil shall be cut off;
Modern King James verseion
For the terrible one is brought to nothing, and the scorner is destroyed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then shall the furious people cease, and the mockers shall be put away, and all they that do wrong shall be plucked out,
NET Bible
For tyrants will disappear, those who taunt will vanish, and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated --
New Heart English Bible
For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off?
The Emphasized Bible
For the tyrant, hath vanished, And the scoffer, is no more, Yea cut off are all who watch for iniquity: -
Webster
For the terrible one is brought to naught, and the scoffer is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
World English Bible
For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off --
Youngs Literal Translation
For ceased hath the terrible one, And consumed hath been the scorner, And cut off have been all watching for iniquity,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 29:20
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Context Readings
Blessing After Punishment
19 And the poor will have their joy in the Lord increased, and those in need will be glad in the Holy One of Israel. 20 For the cruel one has come to nothing; and those who make sport of the Lord are gone; and those who are watching to do evil are cut off: 21 Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions in the public place, taking away a man's right without cause.
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Cross References
Micah 2:1
A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.
Isaiah 13:3
I have given orders to my holy ones, I have sent out my men of war, those of mine who take pride in their power, to give effect to my wrath.
Isaiah 29:5
And the army of your attackers will be like small dust, and all the cruel ones like dry stems gone before the wind; suddenly it will come about.
Isaiah 25:4-5
For you have been a strong place for the poor and the crushed in their trouble, a safe place from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the wrath of the cruel ones is like a winter storm.
Isaiah 28:14-22
Give ear then to the word of the Lord, you men of pride, the rulers of this people in Jerusalem:
Isaiah 49:25
But the Lord says, Even the prisoners of the strong will be taken from him, and the cruel made to let go his goods: for I will take up your cause against your haters, and I will keep your children safe.
Isaiah 51:13
And you have given no thought to the Lord your Maker, by whom the heavens were stretched out, and the earth placed on its base; and you went all day in fear of the wrath of the cruel one, when he was making ready for your destruction. And where is the wrath of the cruel one?
Isaiah 59:4
No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.
Daniel 7:7
After this, in my vision of the night, I saw a fourth beast, a thing causing fear and very troubling, full of power and very strong; and it had great iron teeth: it took its food, crushing some of it to bits and stamping down the rest with its feet: it was different from all the beasts before it; and it had ten horns.
Daniel 7:19-25
Then it was my desire to have certain knowledge about the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, a cause of great fear, whose teeth were of iron and his nails of brass; who took his food, crushing some of it to bits and stamping on the rest with his feet;
Habakkuk 1:6-7
For see, I am sending the Chaldaeans, that bitter and quick-moving nation; who go through the wide spaces of the earth to get for themselves living-places which are not theirs.
Mark 2:6-7
But there were certain of the scribes seated there, and reasoning in their hearts,
Mark 3:2-6
And they were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath day, so that they might have something against him.
Luke 6:7
And the scribes and Pharisees were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to say something against him.
Luke 13:14-17
And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.
Luke 16:14
And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.
Luke 20:20-23
And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret representatives, who were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into the power of the ruler.
Luke 23:11
And Herod, with the men of his army, put shame on him and made sport of him, and dressing him in shining robes, he sent him back to Pilate.
Luke 23:35
And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.
Revelation 12:10
And a great voice in heaven came to my ears, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: because he who says evil against our brothers before our God day and night is forced down.