Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Then the lambs shall feed as in their pasture, and wanderers shall eat the waste places of the fat ones.
New American Standard Bible
And strangers will eat in the waste places of the
King James Version
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
Holman Bible
as if in
and strangers
among the ruins of the rich.
International Standard Version
Then the lambs will graze in their pasture; fatlings and foreigners will eat among the waste places of the rich."
American Standard Version
Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.
Amplified
Then the lambs will graze [among the ruins] as in their own pasture,
And strangers will eat in the desolate places of the [exiled] wealthy.
Bible in Basic English
Then the lambs will get food as in their grass-lands, and the fat cattle will be feasting in the waste places.
Darby Translation
And the lambs shall feed as on their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
Julia Smith Translation
And the lambs feed according to their word, and the deserts of the fat ones shall strangers eat
King James 2000
Then shall the lambs feed in their pasture, and the waste places of the rich ones shall strangers eat.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And then [the] lambs will graze as [in] their pasture, and {fatlings, kids will eat among the sites of ruins.}
Modern King James verseion
Then shall the lambs feed in their way, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then shall the sheep eat their appointed fodder; and the rich mens' lands, that were laid waste, shall strangers devour.
NET Bible
Lambs will graze as if in their pastures, amid the ruins the rich sojourners will graze.
New Heart English Bible
Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich.
The Emphasized Bible
Then shall the young rams feed where they please, - And, the wastes of the wealthy, shall strangers consume.
Webster
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
World English Bible
Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich.
Youngs Literal Translation
And fed have lambs according to their leading, And waste places of the fat ones Do sojourners consume.
Interlinear
Ra`ah
Chorbah
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 5:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Woes On The Wicked
16 but LORD of hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness. 17 Then the lambs shall feed as in their pasture, and wanderers shall eat the waste places of the fat ones. 18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope,
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 7:25
And all the hills that were dug with the mattock, thou shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns, but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.
Zephaniah 2:6
And the seacoast shall be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.
Zephaniah 2:14
And herds shall lay down in the midst of her. All the beasts of the nations, both the pelican and the porcupine shall lodge in the capitals of it. [Their] voice shall sing in the windows. Desolation shall be in the thresholds. For
Deuteronomy 28:33
The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labors, shall a nation eat up which thou know not. And thou shall only be oppressed and crushed always,
Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. Thou have grown fat. Thou have grown thick. Thou have become sleek. Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Nehemiah 9:37
And it yields much increase to the kings whom thou have set over us because of our sins. Also they have power over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
Psalm 17:10
They are enclosed in their own fat. With their mouth they speak proudly.
Psalm 17:14
from men by thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in [this] life, and whose belly thou fill with thy treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Psalm 73:7
Their eyes stand out with fatness. They have more than heart could wish.
Psalm 119:70
Their heart is as fat as grease, but I delight in thy law.
Isaiah 1:7
Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Your land--strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
Isaiah 7:21-22
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall keep alive a young cow and two sheep.
Isaiah 10:16
Therefore will the Lord, LORD of hosts, send among his fat ones, leanness, and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire.
Isaiah 17:2
The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They shall be for flocks, which shall lay down, and none shall make them afraid.
Isaiah 32:14
For the palace shall be forsaken. The populous city shall be deserted. The hill and the watch-tower shall be for dens forever, a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks,
Isaiah 40:11
He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, [and] will gently lead those who have their young.
Isaiah 65:10
And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lay down in, for my people who have sought me.
Jeremiah 5:28
They have grown fat. They shine. Yea, they overflow in deeds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper. And they do not judge the right of the needy.
Lamentations 5:2
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
Hosea 8:7
For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The blade shall yield no meal. If so be it yields, strangers shall swallow it up.
Amos 4:1-3
Hear this word, ye cows of Bashan, who are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink.
Micah 2:12
I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee. I will surely gather the remnant of Israel. I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the midst of their pasture. They shall make great noise because of [the multit
Luke 21:24
And they will fall by the jaw of the sword, and will be led away captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.