Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I will encamp {in a circle} against you, and I will lay siege to you [with] towers and I will raise up siegeworks against you.
New American Standard Bible
And I will set siegeworks against you,
And I will raise up battle towers against you.
King James Version
And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
Holman Bible
I will besiege you with earth ramps,
and I will set up my siege towers against you.
International Standard Version
Then I'll encamp against you like David, and I'll lay siege to you with towers, raise siege works against you,
A Conservative Version
And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with posted troops. And I will raise siege works against thee.
American Standard Version
And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with posted troops, and I will raise siege works against thee.
Amplified
I will camp against you and encircle you,
And I will hem you in with siege works,
And I will raise fortifications against you.
Bible in Basic English
And I will make war on you like David, and you will be shut in by earthworks, and I will make towers round you.
Darby Translation
And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with watch-posts, and I will raise forts against thee.
Julia Smith Translation
And I encamped as a circle upon thee, and I pressed upon thee with a garrison, and I raised intrenchments against thee.
King James 2000
And I will encamp against you round about, and will lay siege against you with a mound, and I will raise siegeworks against you.
Modern King James verseion
And I will camp against you all around, and will lay siege against you with a mount, and I will raise forts against you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For I will lay siege to thee round about, and keep thee in with towers, and grave up dikes against thee.
NET Bible
I will lay siege to you on all sides; I will besiege you with troops; I will raise siege works against you.
New Heart English Bible
I will encamp against you all around you, and will lay siege against you with posted troops. I will raise siege works against you.
The Emphasized Bible
And I will encamp round about against thee, - And lay siege against thee with a fort, And raise against thee siege-works;
Webster
And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
World English Bible
I will encamp against you all around you, and will lay siege against you with posted troops. I will raise siege works against you.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I encamped, O babbler, against thee, And I laid siege against thee -- a camp. And I raised up against thee bulwarks.
Themes
Armies » Employed in » Besieging cities
Siege » Conducted by erecting embankments parallel to the walls of the besieged city
Interlinear
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References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 29:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Woe To Jerusalem
2 Yet I will inflict Ariel, and there shall be mourning and lamentation, and it shall be to me like an altar hearth. 3 And I will encamp {in a circle} against you, and I will lay siege to you [with] towers and I will raise up siegeworks against you. 4 Then you shall be low; you shall speak from [the] earth, and your words will be low, from dust. And your voice will be from [the] earth, like a ghost, and your word will whisper from [the] dust.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Luke 19:43-44
For days will come upon you and your enemies will put up an embankment against you, and will surround you and press you hard from all directions.
Ezekiel 21:22
In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem, to put [up] battering rams, to open mouth for slaughter, {to raise the battle cry}, to put [up] battering rams against gates, to build a siege ramp, to build siege works.
2 Kings 18:17
So the king of Assyria sent the commander in chief, the chief eunuch, and the {chief advisor} from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem with a heavy army. They went up and came [to] Jerusalem, then they went up and came and stood at the aqueduct of the upper pool which is on the main road of the {washer's} field.
2 Kings 19:32
" 'Therefore thus says Yahweh to the king of Assyria, "He shall not come to this city, nor shall he shoot an arrow there, nor shall he bring a small shield near her, nor shall he cast a siege ramp against her.
2 Kings 24:11-12
Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city [while] his servants were besieging it.
2 Kings 25:1-4
It happened that in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came, he and his army, against Jerusalem. He encamped against it and built siege works against it all around.
Matthew 22:7
And the king was angry and sent his troops [and] destroyed those murderers and burned their city.