Parallel Verses

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.

NET Bible

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

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 The Spirit will be poured out upon us from on high. Then the wilderness will be turned into a fertile field, and the fertile field will be considered a forest. 16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness
And righteousness will abide in the fertile field.
17 An act of righteousness will bring about peace and security forever.

Cross References

Psalm 94:14-15

Jehovah will not abandon his people. He will not desert those who belong to him.

Isaiah 35:8

There will be a highway there, called: The Road of Holiness. No sinner will ever travel that road. No fools will mislead those who follow it.

Isaiah 42:4

He will not lose hope or courage. He will establish justice on the earth. Distant lands eagerly wait for his law.

Isaiah 56:6-8

Foreigners have become allied with Jehovah, to serve Jehovah, to love the name of Jehovah, and to worship him. They keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and hold fast to my covenant.

Isaiah 60:21

Then all your people will be righteous and they will possess the land everlastingly. They will be the seedlings I have planted, the honored work of my hands.

Hosea 3:5

Afterward the children of Israel will return and seek Jehovah their God. David their king will come with trembling to Jehovah and to his goodness in the last days.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither fornicators, nor people who worship idols, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

Titus 2:11-12

For the grace (divine influence) of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all men,

1 Peter 2:9-12

You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a people for God's own possession, that you may show the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Peter 4:1-4

Since Christ suffered physically for us, you too must strengthen yourselves with the same way of thinking that he had. Whoever suffers physically has ceased from sin.

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