Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And for the land of my people, where thorns will come up; even for all the houses of joy in the glad town.
New American Standard Bible
Yea, for all the joyful houses and for the
King James Version
Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
Holman Bible
growing thorns and briers,
indeed, for every joyous house in the joyful city.
International Standard Version
and over the land of my people overgrown with thorns and briers yes, over all the houses of merriment and over this city of revelry.
A Conservative Version
Thorns and briers shall come up on the land of my people, yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
American Standard Version
Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
Amplified
For the land of my people growing over with thorns and briars—
Yes, [mourn] for all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
Darby Translation
Upon the land of my people shall come up thistles and briars, yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
Julia Smith Translation
Upon the land of my people shall come up the thorn of the sharp point; so upon the houses of rejoicing of the exulting city.
King James 2000
Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the joyous houses in the joyous city:
Lexham Expanded Bible
over the soil of my people. It goes up [in] thorns [and] briers, indeed over all of [the] houses of joy [in the] jubilant city.
Modern King James verseion
On the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My people's field shall bring thorns and thistles, for in every house is voluptuousness; and in the cities, willfulness.
NET Bible
Mourn over the land of my people, which is overgrown with thorns and briers, and over all the once-happy houses in the city filled with revelry.
New Heart English Bible
Thorns and briars will come up on my people's land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
The Emphasized Bible
Over the soil of my people, thorns and briars shall grow, - Yea over all houses of joy, thou city exultant!
Webster
Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; also, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
World English Bible
Thorns and briars will come up on my people's land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
Youngs Literal Translation
Over the ground of my people thorn -- brier goeth up, Surely over all houses of joy of the exulting city,
Interlinear
`alah
Bayith
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 32:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Against The Carefree Women
12 Have sorrow for the fields, the pleasing fields, the fertile vine; 13 And for the land of my people, where thorns will come up; even for all the houses of joy in the glad town. 14 For the fair houses will have no man living in them; the town which was full of noise will become a waste; the hill and the watchtower will be unpeopled for ever, a joy for the asses of the woods, a place of food for the flocks;
Cross References
Isaiah 22:2
You, who are full of loud voices, a town of outcries, given up to joy; your dead men have not been put to the sword, or come to their death in war.
Isaiah 7:23
And it will be in that day that in every place where before there were a thousand vines valued at a thousand shekels of silver, there will be nothing but blackberries and thorns.
Isaiah 34:13
And thorns will come up in her fair houses, and waste plants in her strong towers: and foxes will make their holes there, and it will be a meeting-place for ostriches.
Hosea 9:6
For see, they are going away into Assyria; Egypt will get them together, Memphis will be their last resting-place; their fair silver vessels will be covered over with field plants, and thorns will come up in their tents.
Psalm 107:34
He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.
Isaiah 5:6
And I will make it waste; its branches will not be touched with the knife, or the earth worked with the spade; but blackberries and thorns will come up in it: and I will give orders to the clouds not to send rain on it.
Isaiah 6:11
Then I said, Lord, how long? And he said in answer, Till the towns are waste and unpeopled, and the houses have no men, and the land becomes completely waste,
Isaiah 22:12-13
And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief:
Jeremiah 39:8
And the Chaldaeans put the king's house on fire, as well as the houses of the people, and had the walls of Jerusalem broken down.
Hosea 10:8
And the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will come to destruction; thorns and waste plants will come up on their altars; they will say to the mountains, Be a cover over us; and to the hills, Come down on us.
Revelation 18:7-8
As she gave glory to herself, and became more evil in her ways, in the same measure give her pain and weeping: for she says in her heart, I am seated here a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see sorrow.