Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And it shall be, instead of sweet smell, there shall be an odor of decay; and instead of a sash, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a wrapping of sackcloth; burning instead of beauty.
New American Standard Bible
Instead of a belt, a rope;
Instead of
Instead of fine clothes, a
And branding instead of beauty.
King James Version
And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
Holman Bible
instead of a belt, a rope;
instead of beautifully styled hair,
instead of fine clothes, sackcloth;
instead of beauty, branding.
International Standard Version
"And it will come about that instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well-set hair, baldness; instead of a fine robe, sackcloth; and instead of beauty, shame.
A Conservative Version
And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness, and instead of a girdle, a rope, and instead of well set hair, baldness, and instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth, branding instead of beauty.
American Standard Version
And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty.
Amplified
Now it will come to pass that instead of the sweet fragrance of spices there will be [the stench of] rottenness;
Instead of a belt, a rope;
Instead of well-set hair, baldness;
Instead of fine clothes, a robe of sackcloth;
And branding [of captives by the scorching heat] instead of beauty.
Bible in Basic English
And in the place of sweet spices will be an evil smell, and for a fair band a thick cord; for a well-dressed head there will be the cutting-off of the hair, and for a beautiful robe there will be the clothing of sorrow; the mark of the prisoner in place of the ornaments of the free.
Darby Translation
And it shall come to pass, instead of perfume there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe of display, a girding of sackcloth; brand instead of beauty.
Julia Smith Translation
And it was instead of a sweet smell there shall be rottenness, and instead of a girdle, a rope, and instead of turned work, baldness, and instead of a variegated garment, a girding of sackcloth a brand instead of beauty.
King James 2000
And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet fragrance there shall be a stench; and instead of a sash, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth; and a burning scar instead of beauty.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And this shall happen: There will be a stench instead of perfume, and a rope instead of a sash, and baldness instead of a well-set hairdo, and a clothing wrap of sackcloth instead of a rich robe, branding instead of beauty.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And instead of good smell there shall be stink among them. And for their girdles there shall be loose bands. And for well set hair there shall be baldness. Instead of a stomacher, a sackcloth; and for their beauty, witheredness and sunburning.
NET Bible
A putrid stench will replace the smell of spices, a rope will replace a belt, baldness will replace braided locks of hair, a sackcloth garment will replace a fine robe, and a prisoner's brand will replace beauty.
New Heart English Bible
It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be rottenness; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well set hair, baldness; instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.
The Emphasized Bible
And it shall come to pass - That instead of fragrance, a putrid odour, shall be, And instead of a girdle, an encircling rope, And instead of braided hair, baldness, And instead of a festal robe, a girding of sackcloth, Branding instead of beauty:
Webster
And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be an offensive odor; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
World English Bible
It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be rottenness; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well set hair, baldness; instead of a robe, a wearing of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.
Youngs Literal Translation
And it hath been, instead of spice is muck, And instead of a girdle, a rope, And instead of curled work, baldness, And instead of a stomacher a girdle of sackcloth.
Themes
Dress » Special advices concerning » Attire, too much stress upon outward
Hairs » Judgments expressed by » Sending baldness for
Hairs » Of women » Well set and ornamented
Head » Illustrative » (made bald,) of heavy judgments
Sackcloth » Illustrative » (girding with,) of heavy afflictions
Stomacher » An article of dress
Woman » Of distinction » Wore their hair plaited and adorned with gold and pearls
Topics
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Besem
Ma`aseh
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 3:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Pride Of Jerusalem's Women
23 the mirrors and the fine linen; and the turbans and the veils. 24 And it shall be, instead of sweet smell, there shall be an odor of decay; and instead of a sash, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a wrapping of sackcloth; burning instead of beauty. 25 Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in the war.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 22:12
And in that day Jehovah of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.
Lamentations 2:10
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground and are silent; they send up dust on their heads; they gird on sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
Ezekiel 27:31
And they will be bald for you, and gird with sackcloth. And they shall weep for you with bitterness of soul, a bitter wailing.
Isaiah 15:3
In the streets they shall clothe themselves with sackcloth; on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, everyone shall howl, melting in tears.
Amos 8:10
And I will turn your feast into mourning, and all your songs into weeping; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head. And I will make it like the mourning of an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.
Esther 2:12
And when the turn of each young woman had come to go in to King Ahasuerus, after she had been purified twelve months, according to the law of the women (for so the days of their anointing were done, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors, and with the perfumes of the women).
Micah 1:16
Make yourself bald, and cut off your hair for the sons of your delight; make your baldness large like the eagle; for they go into exile from you.
1 Peter 3:3
Of whom let not be the adorning of garments, or outward braiding of hair and wearing of gold, or of putting on clothing,
Leviticus 26:16
I will also do this to you: I will even appoint terror over you, consumption, and burning fever, consuming the eyes and causing sorrow of heart. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Deuteronomy 28:22
Jehovah shall strike you with lung disease and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew. And they shall pursue you until you perish.
Deuteronomy 32:24
Exhaustion by famine, and consumption by burning heat, and bitter destruction, and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of crawling things of the dust.
Job 16:15
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin and thrust my horn in the dust.
Proverbs 7:17
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Proverbs 31:24
She makes fine linen and sells it, and delivers girdles to the merchants.
Isaiah 4:4
when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
Isaiah 32:9-11
Rise up, women who are at ease; hear my voice, careless daughters; listen to my speech.
Isaiah 57:9
And you went to the king with ointment, and increased your perfumes, and sent your messengers far off, and lowered yourself even to hell.
Jeremiah 4:8
Put on sackcloth for this, wail and howl; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.
Jeremiah 6:26
O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth, and wallow in ashes; make mourning for yourself, as for an only son, most bitter weeping; for the ravager shall suddenly come on us.
Jeremiah 48:37
For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped. On all the hands shall be cuttings, and on the loins sackcloth.
Jeremiah 49:3
Wail, O Heshbon; Ai is spoiled! Cry, daughters of Rabbah; clothe yourselves with sackcloth, mourn, and run to and fro by the hedges! For their king shall go into exile; his priests and his rulers together.
Ezekiel 7:18
They shall also gird on sackcloth, and trembling shall cover them; and shame shall be on all faces, and baldness on all heads.
Joel 1:8
Weep like a virgin clothed with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Revelation 11:3
And I will give power to My two witnesses, and they will prophesy a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.
Revelation 16:9
And men were burned with great heat. And they blasphemed the name of God, He having authority over these plagues. And they did not repent in order to give Him glory.
Revelation 18:9
And the kings of the earth who have committed fornication and lived in luxury with her will weep for her, and will wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning;