Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror: Where is that chief officer? Where is the one who took the revenue? Where is the officer in charge of the towers? 19 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.
20 Look upon Zion, the city of our festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved. Its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken.

Cross References

Isaiah 28:11

With stammering lips and another tongue he will speak to this people.

Deuteronomy 28:49-50

Jehovah will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops down, a nation whose language you will not understand,

Jeremiah 5:15

I am bringing a nation against you from afar, O house of Israel, declares Jehovah. It is an enduring nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know. You cannot understand (comprehend) (make sense of) what they say.

2 Kings 19:32

This is what Jehovah said about the Assyrian king: 'He will not enter this city or shoot a single arrow against it. No soldiers with shields will come near the city. No siege mounds will be built around it.'

Ezekiel 3:5-6

I am not sending you to people whose language is hard to understand or difficult to speak. I am sending you to Israel.

Exodus 14:13

But Moses said to the people: Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of Jehovah. He will accomplish this for you today. The Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever.

1 Corinthians 14:21

It is written in the law: With men of other tongues and lips of foreigners I will speak to this people. Even then they will not listen to me, said Jehovah.

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