Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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
Haphak
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 34:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment On The Nations
8
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
9
And its loose earth into
And its land will become burning pitch.
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:23
the whole land burned out with brimstone and salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and wrath--
Psalm 11:6
Let him rain coals on the wicked; fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Genesis 19:28
And he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the valley, and he looked and, behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.
Job 18:15
In his tent dwells that which is none of his; sulfur is scattered over his habitation.
Luke 17:29
but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all--
Jude 1:7
just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
Revelation 19:20
And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
Revelation 21:8
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."