Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Give ear to my voice, you women who are living in comfort; give attention to my words, you daughters who have no fear of danger.

New American Standard Bible

Rise up, you women who are at ease,
And hear my voice;
Give ear to my word,
You complacent daughters.

King James Version

Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.

Holman Bible

Stand up, you complacent women;
listen to me.
Pay attention to what I say,
you overconfident daughters.

International Standard Version

"As for you ladies of leisure Get up and listen to my voice! You daughters who feel so complacent hear what I have to say!

A Conservative Version

Rise up, ye women who are at ease. Hear my voice, ye careless daughters. Give ear to my speech.

American Standard Version

Rise up, ye women that are at ease, and hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.

Amplified


Rise up, you women who are carefree,
And hear my voice,
You confident and unsuspecting daughters!
Listen to what I am saying.

Darby Translation

Rise up, ye women that are at ease, hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.

Julia Smith Translation

Rise up, ye careless women; hear my voice, ye confident daughters; give ear to my word.

King James 2000

Rise up, you women that are at ease; hear my voice, you complacent daughters; give ear unto my speech.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Women [who are] at ease, rise up; hear my voice! Carefree daughters, listen [to] my word!

Modern King James verseion

Rise up, women who are at ease; hear my voice, careless daughters; listen to my speech.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Up, ye rich and idle women, hearken unto my voice. Ye careless cities, mark my words.

NET Bible

You complacent women, get up and listen to me! You carefree daughters, pay attention to what I say!

New Heart English Bible

Rise up, you women who are at ease. Hear my voice. You careless daughters, give ear to my speech.

The Emphasized Bible

Ye women in comfort! arise hear my voice, Ye daughters so confident give ear to my speech: -

Webster

Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear to my speech.

World English Bible

Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice! You careless daughters, give ear to my speech!

Youngs Literal Translation

Women, easy ones, rise, hear my voice, Daughters, confident ones, give ear to my saying,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Rise up
קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

ye women
נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

שׁאנן 
Sha'anan 
Usage: 10

my voice
קל קול 
Qowl 
Usage: 506

בּטח 
Batach 
Usage: 120

אזן 
'azan 
Usage: 42

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Against The Carefree Women

8 But the noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided. 9 Give ear to my voice, you women who are living in comfort; give attention to my words, you daughters who have no fear of danger. 10 In not much more than a year, you, who are not looking for evil, will be troubled: for the produce of the vine-gardens will be cut off, and there will be no getting in of the grapes.

Cross References

Isaiah 28:23

Let your ears be open to my voice; give attention to what I say.

Isaiah 3:16

Again, the Lord has said, Because the daughters of Zion are full of pride, and go with outstretched necks and wandering eyes, with their foot-chains sounding when they go:

Deuteronomy 28:56

The most soft and delicate of your women, who would not so much as put her foot on the earth, so delicate is she, will be hard-hearted to her husband and to her son and to her daughter;

Judges 9:7

Now Jotham, on hearing of it, went to the top of Mount Gerizim, and crying out with a loud voice said to them, Give ear to me, you townsmen of Shechem, so that God may give ear to you.

Psalm 49:1-2

Give attention to this, all you peoples; let your ears be open, all you who are living in the world.

Isaiah 47:7-8

And you said, I will be a queen for ever: you did not give attention to these things, and did not keep in mind what would come after.

Jeremiah 6:2-6

The fair and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will be cut off by my hand.

Jeremiah 48:11-12

From his earliest days, Moab has been living in comfort; like wine long stored he has not been drained from vessel to vessel, he has never gone away as a prisoner: so his taste is still in him, his smell is unchanged.

Lamentations 4:5

Those who were used to feasting on delicate food are wasted in the streets: those who as children were dressed in purple are stretched out on the dust.

Amos 6:1-6

Sorrow to those who are resting in comfort in Zion, and to those who have no fear of danger in the mountain of Samaria, the noted men of the chief of the nations, to whom the people of Israel come!

Zephaniah 2:15

This is the town which was full of joy, living without fear of danger, saying in her heart, I am, and there is no other: how has she been made waste, a place for beasts to take their rest in! everyone who goes by her will make hisses, waving his hand.

Matthew 13:9

He who has ears, let him give ear.

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