Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
For {Yahweh has a day of vengeance}, a year of retribution for the strife of Zion.
New American Standard Bible
A year of recompense for the
King James Version
For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
Holman Bible
a time of paying back Edom
for its hostility against Zion.
International Standard Version
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for Zion's cause.
A Conservative Version
For LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
American Standard Version
For Jehovah hath a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Amplified
For the Lord has a day of vengeance,
A year of retribution for the cause of Zion.
Bible in Basic English
For it is the day of the Lord's punishment, when he gives payment for the wrongs done to Zion.
Darby Translation
For it is the day of Jehovah's vengeance, the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion.
Julia Smith Translation
For a day of vengeance to Jehovah, a year of retributions for the contention of Zion.
King James 2000
For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompense for the controversy of Zion.
Modern King James verseion
For it is the day of Jehovah's vengeance, the year to repay for the fighting against Zion.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Unto thee also, O Zion, shall come the day of the vengeance of God, and the year when thine own judgments shall be recompensed.
NET Bible
For the Lord has planned a day of revenge, a time when he will repay Edom for her hostility toward Zion.
New Heart English Bible
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
The Emphasized Bible
For a day of avenging, hath Yahweh, - A year of requitals for the quarrel of Zion.
Webster
For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion.
World English Bible
For Yahweh has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Youngs Literal Translation
(For a day of vengeance is to Jehovah, A year of recompences for Zion's strife,)
Themes
Days » Times of adversity called day of the lord
Edomites, the » Predictions respecting » Punishment for persecuting israel
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 34:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment On The Nations
7 And wild oxen shall go down with them, and steers with strong bulls. And their land shall be drenched with blood, and their soil shall be fattened with fat. 8 For {Yahweh has a day of vengeance}, a year of retribution for the strife of Zion. 9 And its streams shall be changed to pitch and its soil to sulfur, and its land shall become like burning pitch.
Cross References
Isaiah 63:4
for [the] day of vengeance [was] in my heart, and the year of my blood-vengeance has come!
Isaiah 61:2
to {proclaim} [the] year of Yahweh's favor, and our God's day of vengeance, to comfort all those in mourning,
Psalm 94:1
O Yahweh, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth.
Isaiah 35:4
Say to those who are hasty of heart, "Be strong; you must not fear! Look! your God will come [with] vengeance, [with] {divine retribution}. He {is the one who} will come and save you."
Deuteronomy 32:35
{Vengeance belongs to me} and [also] recompense, {for at the time their foot slips}, because the day of their disaster [is] near, {and fate comes quickly for them}.'
Deuteronomy 32:41-43
When I sharpen {my flashing sword}, and my hand takes hold [of it] in judgment, {I will take reprisals against my foes}, and my haters I will repay.
Isaiah 26:21
For look! Yahweh [is] about to come out from his place to punish the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth against him, and the earth will disclose her blood and will no longer cover her slain.
Isaiah 49:26
And I will feed your oppressors their [own] flesh, and they shall be drunk [with] their blood as [with] wine. Then all flesh shall know that I [am] Yahweh, your savior and redeemer, the strong [one] of Jacob."
Isaiah 59:17-18
And he put on righteousness like breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head, and he put on garments of vengeance [for] clothing, and he wrapped [himself in] zeal as [in a] robe.
Jeremiah 46:10
For that day [is] to the Lord Yahweh of hosts a day of retribution, to take revenge on his foes. And [the] sword will devour and be satisfied, and it will drink its fill of their blood, for a sacrifice [is] for the Lord Yahweh of hosts in the land of [the] north by the Euphrates River.
Micah 6:1
Hear now what Yahweh says: "Arise! Plead [your case] with the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice."
Luke 18:7
And will not God surely {see to it that justice is done} to his chosen ones who cry out to him day and night, and will he delay toward them?
Romans 2:5
But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
Romans 2:8-9
but to those [who act] from selfish ambition and who disobey the truth, but who obey unrighteousness, wrath and anger.
2 Thessalonians 1:6-10
since [it is] righteous in the sight of God to pay back those who are afflicting you with affliction,
Revelation 6:10-11
and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "{How long}, holy and true Lord, will you not judge and avenge our blood from those who live on the earth?"
Revelation 18:20
Rejoice over her, heaven and the saints and the apostles and the prophets, because God has pronounced your judgment on her!"
Revelation 19:2
because his judgments [are] true and righteous, because he has passed judgment on the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and has avenged the blood of his slaves {shed by} her hand!"