Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
That a sherd will not be found among its pieces
To
Or to scoop water from a cistern.”
King James Version
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.
Holman Bible
of a potter’s jar,
so that not even a fragment of pottery
will be found among its shattered remains—
no fragment large enough to take fire from a hearth
or scoop water from a cistern.”
International Standard Version
Its breaking will be like when potters' vessels are broken, shattered so ruthlessly that among its fragments not even a broken sliver will be found for taking fire from a hearth or scooping water out of a cistern."
A Conservative Version
And he shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing, so that there shall not be found among the pieces of it a shard with which to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cis
American Standard Version
And he shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd wherewith to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.
Amplified
“Whose collapse is like the smashing of a potter’s jar,
Crushed so savagely
that there cannot be found among its pieces a potsherd [large enough]
To take [coals of] fire from a fireplace,
Or to scoop water from a cistern.”
Bible in Basic English
And he will let it be broken as a potter's vessel is broken: it will be smashed to bits without mercy; so that there will not be a bit in which one may take fire from the fireplace, or water from the spring.
Darby Translation
And he shall break it as the breaking of a potter's vessel, that is broken in pieces unsparingly; and in the pieces of it there shall not be found a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to scoop water out of the cistern.
Julia Smith Translation
And he broke it as the breaking of a vessel of the potter's being crushed; he will not spare: and there shall not be found in its crushing a sherd to take fire from the burning, and to skim off water from the reservoir.
King James 2000
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found among the fragments of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to dip water out of the cistern.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he breaks it like a vessel of {a potter} breaks, [that] is crushed; he has no compassion, and no potsherd is found among its fragments {to take fire} from [the] hearth, or {to skim} water from [the] cistern."
Modern King James verseion
And He shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces. He shall have no pity, so that there shall not be found in the breaking of it a shard to take fire from the hearth, or to take water out of the pit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And your destruction shall be like as an earthen pot, which breaketh no man touching it, yea and breaketh so sore, that a man shall not find a shiver of it to fetch fire in, or to take water withal out of the pit."
NET Bible
It shatters in pieces like a clay jar, so shattered to bits that none of it can be salvaged. Among its fragments one cannot find a shard large enough to scoop a hot coal from a fire or to skim off water from a cistern."
New Heart English Bible
He will break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing, so that there won't be found among the broken piece a piece good enough to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern."
The Emphasized Bible
Yea he will break it - as the breaking of the pitcher of a potter, crushed, he will not spare; So that there shall not be found when it is smashed, A sherd wherewith to snatch fire from a hearth, Or to skim off water out of a cistern.
Webster
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potter's vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a piece to take fire from the hearth, or to take water out of the pit.
World English Bible
He will break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing, so that there won't be found among the broken piece a piece good enough to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern."
Youngs Literal Translation
And He hath broken it As the breaking of the potters' bottle, Beaten down -- He doth not spare, Nor is there found, in its beating down, A potsherd to take fire from the burning, And to draw out waters from a ditch.
Themes
Bottles » Illustrative » (broken,) of severe judgments
Despisement » The reward for despising the word of God
Rebellion » The reward for rebelling against the lord
The word of God » The reward for despising the word of God
Trust » The reward for trusting in oppression and perverseness
Interlinear
Shabar
Kathath
Matsa'
Mayim
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 30:14
Images Isaiah 30:14
Prayers for Isaiah 30:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Rebellious People
13
For that reason your sin will be like a high wall with a bulging crack, ready to fall. All of a sudden it will fall.
14
That a sherd will not be found among its pieces
To
Or to scoop water from a cistern.”
Cross References
Psalm 2:9
You will rule them with an iron scepter. You will dash them to pieces like pottery!
Jeremiah 19:10-11
Then you are to break the jar in the sight of the men who accompany you.
Deuteronomy 29:20
Jehovah will never be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of Jehovah and / His jealousy will burn against that man. Every curse which is written in this book will rest on him. Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven.
Job 27:22
It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
Psalm 31:12
I have faded from memory as if I were dead and have become like a piece of broken pottery.
Isaiah 27:11
When its twigs are dry, they are broken off and women come and make fires with them. For they have no understanding (discernment). Their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
Isaiah 47:14
Surely they are like stubble. The fire will burn them up. They cannot even save themselves from the power of the flame. Here are no coals to warm anyone and no fire to sit by.
Jeremiah 13:14
I will dash them against each other, both the fathers and the sons together, declares Jehovah. 'I will not show pity nor be sorry nor have compassion so as not to destroy them.'
Jeremiah 48:38
People are weeping on every roof in Moab and in every public square. There is only sadness, because I have broken Moab like a jar no one wants,' say Jehovah.
Ezekiel 5:11
As I live, declares the Lord Jehovah,' 'because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominations I will withdraw, and my eye will have no pity and I will not spare you.
Ezekiel 7:4
I will not look on you with pity or spare you. I will repay you for your conduct and the detestable practices among you. THEN YOU WILL KNOW THAT I AM JEHOVAH.'
Ezekiel 7:9
I will not look on you with pity or spare you (my eye will not feel sorry for you). I will repay you in accordance with your conduct and the detestable practices among you. Then you will know that it is I, Jehovah, who strikes the blow.
Ezekiel 8:18
They will feel all the force of my anger. I will not spare them or show them any mercy (my eye will not feel sorry). They will shout prayers to me as loud as they can. But I will not listen to them
Ezekiel 9:10
But (my eye will not feel sorry) I will not have compassion or feel sorry. I will do to them what they have done to others.
Ezekiel 15:3-8
Can wood be taken from it to make anything? Can men take a peg from it on which to hang any vessel?
Ezekiel 24:14
I, Jehovah, have spoken. It is coming and I will act. I will not relent, and I will not pity and I will not be sorry! I will judge you according to your ways and according to your deeds.' This is a declaration of the Lord Jehovah.
Luke 4:2
He spent forty days in the wilderness being tempted by the devil. He did not eat anything during those days so when it was over he was hungry.
Romans 8:32
He that did not spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?
Romans 11:21
God did not spare the natural branches and he will not spare you!
2 Peter 2:4-5
God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to captivity in pits of darkness reserved for judgment!
Revelation 2:27
He will rule them with a rod of iron and break them to pieces like clay vessels: even as I received from my Father.