Parallel Verses

NET Bible

Justice will settle down in the desert and fairness will live in the orchard.

New American Standard Bible

Then justice will dwell in the wilderness
And righteousness will abide in the fertile field.

King James Version

Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

Holman Bible

Then justice will inhabit the wilderness,
and righteousness will dwell in the orchard.

International Standard Version

"Then justice will live in the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.

A Conservative Version

Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field.

American Standard Version

Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field.

Amplified


Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness will live in the fertile field.

Bible in Basic English

Then in the waste land there will be an upright rule, and righteousness will have its place in the fertile field.

Darby Translation

And judgment shall inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness dwell in the fruitful field.

Julia Smith Translation

And judgment dwelling in the desert, and justice shall sit in Carmel.

King James 2000

Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness will live in the fruitful field.

Modern King James verseion

Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then shall equity dwell in the desert, and righteousness in a fruitful land.

New Heart English Bible

Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field.

The Emphasized Bible

Then shall, justice inhabit, the wilderness, And righteousness, in the garden-land, shall abide;

Webster

Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

World English Bible

Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field.

Youngs Literal Translation

And dwelt in the wilderness hath judgment, And righteousness in the fruitful field remaineth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁכן 
Shakan 
Usage: 128

in the wilderness
מדבּר 
Midbar 
Usage: 271

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

References

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

Against The Carefree Women

15 This desolation will continue until new life is poured out on us from heaven. Then the desert will become an orchard and the orchard will be considered a forest. 16 Justice will settle down in the desert and fairness will live in the orchard. 17 Fairness will produce peace and result in lasting security.

Cross References

Psalm 94:14-15

Certainly the Lord does not forsake his people; he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him.

Isaiah 35:8

A thoroughfare will be there -- it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it -- fools will not stray into it.

Isaiah 42:4

He will not grow dim or be crushed before establishing justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait in anticipation for his decrees."

Isaiah 56:6-8

As for foreigners who become followers of the Lord and serve him, who love the name of the Lord and want to be his servants -- all who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it, and who are faithful to my covenant --

Isaiah 60:21

All of your people will be godly; they will possess the land permanently. I will plant them like a shoot; they will be the product of my labor, through whom I reveal my splendor.

Hosea 3:5

Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the Lord their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the Lord in fear and receive his blessings in the future.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,

Titus 2:11-12

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people.

1 Peter 2:9-12

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Peter 4:1-4

So, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin,

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