Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And the streams of [Edom] shall be turned into pitch, and the dust of it into brimstone. And the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
New American Standard Bible
And its loose earth into
And its land will become burning pitch.
King James Version
And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
Holman Bible
her soil into sulfur;
her land will become burning pitch.
International Standard Version
Edom's streams will be turned into burning sulfur, and its dust into sulfur; its land will become pitch.
American Standard Version
And the streams of Edom'shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
Amplified
The streams [of Edom] will be turned into pitch,
And its dust into brimstone,
And its land will become burning pitch.
Bible in Basic English
And its streams will be turned into boiling oil, and its dust into burning stone, and all the land will be on fire.
Darby Translation
And the torrents thereof shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone; yea, the land thereof shall become burning pitch:
Julia Smith Translation
And its torrents turned to pitch, and its dust to sulphur, and its land to burning pitch.
King James 2000
And its streams shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone, and its land shall become burning pitch.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And its streams shall be changed to pitch and its soil to sulfur, and its land shall become like burning pitch.
Modern King James verseion
And its streams shall be turned into pitch, and its dust to brimstone, and its land shall become burning pitch.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thy floods shall be turned to pitch, and thine earth to brimstone, and therewith shall the land be kindled,
NET Bible
Edom's streams will be turned into pitch and her soil into brimstone; her land will become burning pitch.
New Heart English Bible
Its streams will be turned into pitch, its dust into sulfur, And its land will become burning pitch.
The Emphasized Bible
Then shall the torrents thereof be turned into pitch, And the dust thereof, into brimstone, - So shall her land become burning pitch:
Webster
And its streams shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone, and its land shall become burning pitch.
World English Bible
Its streams will be turned into pitch, its dust into sulfur, And its land will become burning pitch.
Youngs Literal Translation
And turned have been her streams to pitch, And her dust to brimstone, And her land hath become burning pitch.
Themes
Edomites, the » Predictions respecting » Utter desolation of their country
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 34:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment On The Nations
8 For LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion. 9 And the streams of [Edom] shall be turned into pitch, and the dust of it into brimstone. And the land thereof shall become burning pitch. 10 It shall not be quenched night nor day. The smoke of it shall go up forever. From generation to generation it shall lie waste. None shall pass through it forever and ever.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:23
[that] the whole land of it is brimstone, and salt, [and] a burning, [that] it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which LORD overthrew in his anger, and i
Psalm 11:6
He will rain snares upon sinners. Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Genesis 19:28
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Job 18:15
There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
Luke 17:29
But in that day Lot went out from Sodom he rained fire and brimstone from the sky, and destroyed them all.
Jude 1:7
As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, the same kind of way with these who indulged in fornication, and who went rear of queer flesh, are set forth an example, undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
Revelation 19:20
And the beast was taken, and the FALSE prophet with it who did the signs in its sight by which he led astray those who received the mark of the beast and those who worship its image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire
Revelation 21:8
But for the cowards, and unbelieving, and sinful, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.