Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Thy heart doth meditate terror, Where is he who is counting? Where is he who is weighing? Where is he who is counting the towers?
New American Standard Bible
“Where is
Where is he who weighs?
Where is he who counts the towers?”
King James Version
Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
Holman Bible
“Where is the accountant?
Where is the tribute collector?
Where is the one who spied out our defenses?”
International Standard Version
Your mind will ponder at that time of terror: "Where is the king's accountant? Where is the one who weighed the revenue? Where is the officer who supervises the towers?'
A Conservative Version
Thy heart shall muse on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed [the tribute]? Where is he who counted the towers?
American Standard Version
Thy heart shall muse on the terror: Where is he that counted, where is he that weighed the tribute ? where is he that counted the towers?
Amplified
Your mind will meditate on the terror [asking]:
“Where is he who counts?
Where is he who weighs [the tribute]?
Where is he who counts the towers?”
Bible in Basic English
Your heart will give thought to the cause of your fear: where is the scribe, where is he who made a record of the payments, where is he by whom the towers were numbered?
Darby Translation
Thy heart shall meditate on terror: Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
Julia Smith Translation
Thy heart shall meditate terror. Where the scribe? where the weigher? where he writing the towers?
King James 2000
Your heart shall meditate the terror. Where is the scribe? where is the one who weighs? where is he that counts the towers?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Your {mind} will meditate [on the] terror: "Where [is the] one who counted? Where [is the] one who weighed out? Where [is the] one who counted the towers?"
Modern King James verseion
Your heart shall dwell on terror. Where is the scribe? Where is the one weighing? Where is the one counting the towers?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and his heart shall delight in the fear of God. What shall then become of the scribe? Of the receiver of our money? What of him that taxed our fair houses?
NET Bible
Your mind will recall the terror you experienced, and you will ask yourselves, "Where is the scribe? Where is the one who weighs the money? Where is the one who counts the towers?"
New Heart English Bible
Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?
The Emphasized Bible
Thy heart, may murmur in terror, - Where is the scribe? Where - the receiver? Where - he that maketh a list of the towers?
Webster
Thy heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
World English Bible
Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?
Interlinear
Leb
Hagah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 33:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Glorious Future
17 A king in his beauty, see do thine eyes, They see a land afar off. 18 Thy heart doth meditate terror, Where is he who is counting? Where is he who is weighing? Where is he who is counting the towers? 19 The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.
Phrases
Cross References
2 Kings 18:14
and Hezekiah king of Judah sendeth unto the king of Asshur to Lachish, saying, 'I have sinned, turn back from off me; that which thou puttest on me I bear;' and the king of Asshur layeth on Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold,
1 Corinthians 1:20
where is the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?
Genesis 23:16
And Abraham hearkeneth unto Ephron, and Abraham weigheth to Ephron the silver which he hath spoken of in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred silver shekels, passing with the merchant.
1 Samuel 25:33-36
and blessed is thy discretion, and blessed art thou in that thou hast restrained me this day from coming in with blood, and to restrain my hand to myself.
1 Samuel 30:6
and David hath great distress, for the people have said to stone him, for the soul of all the people hath been bitter, each for his sons and for his daughters; and David doth strengthen himself in Jehovah his God.
2 Kings 15:19
Pul king of Asshur hath come against the land, and Menahem giveth to Pul a thousand talents of silver, for his hand being with him to strengthen the kingdom in his hand.
2 Kings 18:31
'Do not hearken unto Hezekiah, for thus said the king of Asshur, Make with me a blessing, and come out unto me, and eat ye each of his vine, and each of his fig-tree, and drink ye each the waters of his own well,
Psalm 31:7-8
I rejoice, and am glad in Thy kindness, In that Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast known in adversities my soul.
Psalm 31:22
And I -- I have said in my haste, 'I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,' But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee.
Psalm 71:20
Because Thou hast showed me many and sad distresses, Thou turnest back -- Thou revivest me, And from the depths of the earth, Thou turnest back -- Thou bringest me up.
Isaiah 10:16-19
Therefore doth the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, Send among his fat ones leanness, And under his honour He kindleth a burning As the burning of a fire.
Isaiah 17:14
At even-time, lo, terror, before morning it is not, This is the portion of our spoilers, And the lot of our plunderers!
Isaiah 38:9-22
A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah concerning his being sick, when he reviveth from his sickness:
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation that happened to us in Asia, that we were exceedingly burdened above our power, so that we despaired even of life;
2 Timothy 3:11
the persecutions, the afflictions, that befell me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of all the Lord did deliver me,