Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Never again will you see the cruel people, a people whose tongue has no sense for you; whose language is strange to you.

New American Standard Bible

You will no longer see a fierce people,
A people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends,
Of a stammering tongue which no one understands.

King James Version

Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

Holman Bible

You will no longer see the barbarians,
a people whose speech is difficult to comprehend—
who stammer in a language that is not understood.

International Standard Version

No longer will you see those arrogant people, those people with their obscure speech you cannot comprehend, stammering in a language you cannot understand.

A Conservative Version

Thou shall not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou cannot comprehend, of a strange tongue that thou cannot understand.

American Standard Version

Thou shalt not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou canst not comprehend, of a strange tongue that thou canst not understand.

Amplified


You will no longer see the fierce and insolent people,
A people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends,
Of a strange and stammering tongue which no one understands.

Darby Translation

Thou shalt no more see the fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst comprehend, of a stammering tongue that cannot be understood.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou shalt not see a firm people, a people of a deep lip above,hearing; of a stammering tongue, of no understanding.

King James 2000

You shall not see a fierce people, a people of a more obscure speech than you can perceive; of a stammering tongue, that you can not understand.

Lexham Expanded Bible

You will not see [the] insolent people, [the] people {whose language is too obscure to understand}, [whose] stammering of tongue {cannot be understood}.

Modern King James verseion

You shall not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than you can understand; of a foreign tongue that no one understands.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

There shalt thou not see a people of a strange tongue to have so diffused a language, that it may not be understood: neither so strange a speech but it shall be perceived.

NET Bible

You will no longer see a defiant people whose language you do not comprehend, whose derisive speech you do not understand.

New Heart English Bible

You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can't comprehend, with a strange language that you can't understand.

The Emphasized Bible

The fierce people, shalt thou not see, - The people of too deep a lip to be understood, of too barbarous a tongue for thee to comprehend.

Webster

Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

World English Bible

You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can't comprehend, with a strange language that you can't understand.

Youngs Literal Translation

The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Thou shalt not see
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

a fierce
יעז 
Ya`az 
Usage: 1

עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

a people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

of a deeper
עמק 
`ameq 
Usage: 3

שׂפת שׂפה 
Saphah 
Usage: 176

of a stammering
לעג 
La`ag 
Usage: 18

לשׁנה לשׁן לשׁון 
Lashown 
Usage: 116

Context Readings

The Glorious Future

18 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? 19 Never again will you see the cruel people, a people whose tongue has no sense for you; whose language is strange to you. 20 Let your eyes be resting on Zion, the town of our holy feasts: you will see Jerusalem, a quiet resting-place, a tent which will not be moved, whose tent-pins will never be pulled up, and whose cords will never be broken.

Cross References

Isaiah 28:11

No, but with broken talk, and with a strange tongue, he will give his word to this people:

Deuteronomy 28:49-50

The Lord will send a nation against you from the farthest ends of the earth, coming with the flight of an eagle; a nation whose language is strange to you;

Jeremiah 5:15

See, I will send you a nation from far away, O people of Israel, says the Lord; a strong nation and an old nation, a nation whose language is strange to you, so that you may not get the sense of their words.

2 Kings 19:32

For this cause the Lord says about the king of Assyria, He will not come into this town, or send an arrow against it; he will not come before it with arms, or put up an earthwork against it;

Ezekiel 3:5-6

For you are not sent to a people whose talk is strange and whose language is hard, but to the children of Israel;

Exodus 14:13

But Moses said, Keep where you are and have no fear; now you will see the salvation of the Lord which he will give you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you will never see again.

1 Corinthians 14:21

In the law it is said, By men of other tongues and by strange lips will my words come to this people; and not even so will they give ear to me, says the Lord.

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