Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Then shall the lambs feed in their way, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
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."
A Conservative Version
Then the lambs shall feed as in their pasture, and wanderers shall eat the waste places of the fat ones.
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 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
References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 5:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Woes On The Wicked
16 But Jehovah of Hosts is exalted in judgment, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness. 17 Then shall the lambs feed in their way, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. 18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin with cart ropes;
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 7:25
And all hills which were hoed with the hoe, you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending out of the ox, and for the trampling of sheep.
Zephaniah 2:6
And the sea coast will be pastures, meadows of shepherds, and folds for flocks.
Zephaniah 2:14
And flocks shall lie down in her midst, all the beasts of a nation; both the pelican and the bittern shall roost in the capitals of its pillars; a voice shall sing at the window, ruin shall be at the doorsill, for he will bare the cedar-work.
Deuteronomy 28:33
The fruit of your land, and all your labors, shall be eaten up by a nation which you do not know. And you shall always be oppressed and crushed,
Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. You grew fat, thick, and satisfied. 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 You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule 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 Your hand, O Jehovah, from men of the world whose portion is in this life, and whose belly You fill with Your treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and will leave their riches to their babes.
Psalm 73:7
Their eyes stand out with fatness; they have more than the heart could imagine.
Psalm 119:70
Their heart is without feeling, like fat; but I delight in Your Law.
Isaiah 1:7
Your land is wasted, your cities burned with fire. Strangers devour your land right before your eyes, and it is wasted, as overthrown by strangers.
Isaiah 7:21-22
And it shall be, in that day a man shall keep alive a young cow and two sheep;
Isaiah 10:16
Therefore the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, shall send leanness among his fat ones; and under his glory He shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
Isaiah 17:2
The cities of Aroer are forsaken; now they are for flocks; they shall lie down, and no one terrifies them.
Isaiah 32:14
because the palace shall be deserted, the multitude of the city shall be forsaken; instead the mound and tower shall be for dens forever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks
Isaiah 40:11
He shall feed His flock like a shepherd; He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those with young.
Isaiah 65:10
And Sharon will be a fold of flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting-place of herds for My people who have sought Me.
Jeremiah 5:28
They have become fat, they shine. Yes, they go past the deeds of the wicked; they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may get rich; and they do not judge the right of the needy.
Lamentations 5:2
Our inheritance has turned to aliens, our houses to foreigners.
Hosea 8:7
For they sow the wind, and they reap the whirlwind. It has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal; if it does yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
Amos 4:1-3
Hear this Word, cows of Bashan who are in the mountain of Samaria; who press down the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters, Bring in, that we may drink.
Micah 2:12
I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel. I will put them together like the sheep of Bozrah, like the flock in the midst of their fold. They shall be in commotion because of men.
Luke 21:24
And they shall fall by the sword's edge. And shall be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the nations until the times of the nations is fulfilled.