Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Edom's streams will be turned into burning sulfur, and its dust into sulfur; its land will become 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.
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
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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 Zion's cause. 9 Edom's streams will be turned into burning sulfur, and its dust into sulfur; its land will become pitch. 10 It will burn night and day, and will never be extinguished. Its smoke will rise from generation to generation, and it will lie desolate forever and ever. And no one will pass through it.
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:23
The whole land will be covered with salt pits and burning sulfur, with nothing planted, nothing sprouting, and producing no vegetation overthrown like Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, when the LORD overthrew them in his raging fury.
Psalm 11:6
He rains on the wicked burning coals and sulfur; a scorching wind is their destiny.
Genesis 19:28
He looked off toward Sodom, Gomorrah, and the entire plain, and he saw smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
Job 18:15
"There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place.
Luke 17:29
But on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed all of them.
Jude 1:7
Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities near them, which like them committed sexual sins and pursued homosexual activities, serve as an example of the punishment of eternal fire.
Revelation 19:20
The beast was captured, along with the false prophet who had performed signs on its behalf. By these signs the false prophet had deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and worshipped its image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
Revelation 21:8
But people who are cowardly, unfaithful, detestable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselves in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death."