Parallel Verses
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 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.
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
Interlinear
Besem
Ma`aseh
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 3:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Pride Of Jerusalem's Women
23
mirrors, underwear, headdresses, and veils.
24
Instead of a belt, a rope;
Instead of
Instead of fine clothes, a
And branding instead of beauty.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 22:12
In that day Jehovah God of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and putting on sackcloth.
Lamentations 2:10
The elders of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth and keep silent. They throw dust on their heads. They are clothed in sackcloth. The heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are brought down to the earth.
Ezekiel 27:31
They will make themselves bald for you and gird themselves with sackcloth. They will weep for you in bitterness and with painful mourning.
Isaiah 15:3
They have dress themselves with sackcloth in their streets. On their housetops and in their squares everyone is wailing, taken down with tears.
Amos 8:10
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation (dirges). I will bring sackcloth on all loins and baldness on every head. I will make it as the mourning for an only son like the end of a bitter day.
Esther 2:12
Now every girl, when her turn came, had to go in to King Ahasuerus. After undergoing, for a space of twelve months, what was ordered by the law for the women for this was the time necessary for making them clean, that is, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with sweet perfumes and such things as are needed for making women clean.
Micah 1:16
Make yourself bald. Cut off your hair for the children of your delight! Enlarge your baldness as the eagle. For your children are gone into exile (captivity) from you.
1 Peter 3:3
Your appearance should not come from the outward adornment, things like braiding the hair, and wearing jewels of gold, or wearing fine apparel.
Leviticus 26:16
then this is what I will do to you: I will terrorize you with disease and fever. You will suffer from eye problems and depression. You will plant your crops and get nothing because your enemies will eat them.
Deuteronomy 28:22
Jehovah will strike you with infectious diseases, with swelling and fever. He will send drought and scorching winds to destroy your crops. These disasters will be with you until you die.
Deuteronomy 32:24
They will be wasted by famine, and consumed by plague and bitter destruction. I will send teeth of wild animals on them, with the venom of crawling things (reptiles) of the dust.
Job 16:15
I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and thrust my horn (strength) in the dust.
Proverbs 7:17
I perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Proverbs 31:24
She makes fine linen and sells it. She supplies sashes for the merchants.
Isaiah 4:4
Jehovah will wash away the filth of the daughters (women) of Zion and purge the bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning.
Isaiah 32:9-11
Rise up, you women who are at ease. Hear my voice and pay attention to my word, you complacent daughters.
Isaiah 57:9
You went to the king with ointment and much perfume. You sent your messengers far off, and descended even to the grave.
Jeremiah 4:8
Dress in sackcloth, beat your breasts (mourn), and cry because Jehovah's burning anger has not turned back from us.
Jeremiah 6:26
O my people put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn as for an only son, a lamentation most bitter. For suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
Jeremiah 48:37
They have all shaved their heads and cut off their beards. They have all made gashes on their hands, and everyone is wearing sackcloth.'
Jeremiah 49:3
Cry loudly, Heshbon, because Ai is destroyed. Cry, people of Rabbah, put on your sackcloth, and mourn. Run back and forth between the walls. Milcom will be taken away into captivity with its priests and officials.
Ezekiel 7:18
They will put on sackcloth and they will tremble all over. Their heads will be shaved, and they will all be disgraced.
Joel 1:8
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Revelation 11:3
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
Men were scorched with great heat. They blasphemed the name of God, who has power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.
Revelation 18:9
The kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her, when they see the smoke of her burning.