Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then shall the sheep eat their appointed fodder; and the rich mens' lands, that were laid waste, shall strangers devour.
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 King James verseion
Then shall the lambs feed in their way, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
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
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 5:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Woes On The Wicked
16 But the LORD of Hosts, that holy God: shall be exalted and untouched, when he shall declare his equity and righteousness after this manner. 17 Then shall the sheep eat their appointed fodder; and the rich mens' lands, that were laid waste, shall strangers devour. 18 Woe be unto vain persons, that draw wickedness unto them with cords of vanity; and sin, as it were with a cart rope.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 7:25
And as for all hills that now are hewn down, thou shalt not come upon them, for fear of briers and thorns. But the cattle shall be driven thither, and the sheep shall feed there."
Zephaniah 2:6
And as for the sea coast, it shall be herdsmen's cottages and sheep folds:
Zephaniah 2:14
The flocks and all the beasts of the people shall lie in the midst of it, pelicans and storks shall abide in the upper posts of it, fowls shall sing in the windows, and ravens shall sit upon the balks, for the borders of cedar shall be riven down.
Deuteronomy 28:33
The fruit of thy land and all thy labours shall a nation eat, which thou knowest not; and thou shalt but suffer violence only and be oppressed always,
Deuteronomy 32:15
"And Israel waxed fat, and kicked. Thou wast fat, thick and smooth. And he let God go, that made him; and despised the rock that saved him.
Nehemiah 9:37
And great is the increase of it unto the kings, whom thou hast set over us because of our sins, and they have dominion over our bodies, and cattle, and we are in great trouble.
Psalm 17:10
They are enclosed in their own fat, and their mouth speaketh proud things.
Psalm 17:14
From the men of thy hand, O LORD, from the men, I say, and from the evil world, which have their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure.
Psalm 73:7
Their eyes swell with fatness, and they do even what they lust.
Psalm 119:70
Their heart is as fat as brawn, but my delight hath been in thy law.
Isaiah 1:7
Your land lieth waste, your cities are burnt up, your enemies devour your land, and ye must be fain to stand, and look upon it: and it is desolate, as it were with enemies in a battle.
Isaiah 7:21-22
At the same time shall a man live with a cow, and two sheep.
Isaiah 10:16
Therefore shall the LORD of Hosts send him poverty in his riches, and burn up his power, as it were with a fire.
Isaiah 17:2
The cities of Aroer shall be waste: the cattle shall lie there, and no man shall fraye them away.
Isaiah 32:14
The palaces also shall be broken, and the greatly occupied cities desolate. The towers and bulwarks shall be become dens forevermore, the pleasure of Mules shall be turned to pasture for sheep:
Isaiah 40:11
He shall feed his flock like a herdsman. He shall gather the lambs together with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall kindly entreat those that bear young.
Isaiah 65:10
Sharon shall be a sheepfold, and the valley of Achor shall give the stalling for the cattle of my people, that fear me.
Jeremiah 5:28
hereof are they fat and wealthy, and are run away from me with shameful blasphemies. They minister not the law, they make no end of the fatherless cause, they judge not the poor according to equity.
Lamentations 5:2
Our inheritance is turned to the strangers, and our houses to the aliens.
Hosea 8:7
They have sown wind, therefore shall they reap a whirlwind. Their seed shall bear no corn, there shall no meal be made of their increase: though they reap, yet shall strangers devour it up.
Amos 4:1-3
O hear this word, ye fat cows, that be upon the hill of Samaria; yea, that do poor men wrong, and oppress the needy; yea, that say to your lords, 'Bring hither, let us drink.'
Micah 2:12
But I will gather thee indeed, O Jacob, and drive the remnant of Israel all together. I shall carry them one with another, as a flock in the fold, and as the cattle in their stalls, that they may be disquieted of other men.
Luke 21:24
And they shall fall on the edge of the sword. And they shall be led captive into all nations. And Jerusalem shall be trodden underfoot of the gentiles, until the time of the gentiles be fulfilled.