Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Edom's streams will be turned into pitch and her soil into brimstone; her land will 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.
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,
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 the Lord has planned a day of revenge, a time when he will repay Edom for her hostility toward Zion. 9 Edom's streams will be turned into pitch and her soil into brimstone; her land will become burning pitch. 10 Night and day it will burn; its smoke will ascend continually. Generation after generation it will be a wasteland and no one will ever pass through it again.
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:23
The whole land will be covered with brimstone, salt, and burning debris; it will not be planted nor will it sprout or produce grass. It will resemble the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed in his intense anger.
Psalm 11:6
May the Lord rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!
Genesis 19:28
He looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.
Job 18:15
Fire resides in his tent; over his residence burning sulfur is scattered.
Luke 17:29
but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
Jude 1:7
So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in a way similar to these angels, are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
Revelation 19:20
Now the beast was seized, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf -- signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.
Revelation 21:8
But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death."