Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

And fed have lambs according to their leading, And waste places of the fat ones Do sojourners consume.

New American Standard Bible

Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture,
And strangers will eat in the waste places of the wealthy.

King James Version

Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

Holman Bible

Lambs will graze
as if in their own pastures,
and strangers will eat
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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּבשׂ 
Kebes 
Usage: 107

דּבּר דּבר 
Dober 
Usage: 3

of the fat ones
מח 
meach 
Usage: 2

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Woes On The Wicked

16 And Jehovah of Hosts is high in judgment, And the Holy God sanctified in righteousness, 17 And fed have lambs according to their leading, And waste places of the fat ones Do sojourners consume. 18 Woe to those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as with thick ropes of the cart -- sin.

Cross References

Isaiah 7:25

And all the hills that with a mattock are kept in order, Thither cometh not the fear of brier and thorn, And it hath been for the sending forth of ox, And for the treading of sheep!'

Zephaniah 2:6

And the sea-coast hath been habitations, Cottages for shepherds, and folds for a flock.

Zephaniah 2:14

And crouched in her midst have droves, Every beast of the nation, Both pelican and hedge-hog in her knobs lodge, A voice doth sing at the window, 'Destruction is at the threshold, For the cedar-work is exposed.'

Deuteronomy 28:33

The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labour, eat up doth a people whom thou hast not known; and thou hast been only oppressed and bruised all the days;

Deuteronomy 32:15

And Jeshurun waxeth fat, and doth kick: Thou hast been fat -- thou hast been thick, Thou hast been covered. And he leaveth God who made him, And dishonoureth the Rock of his salvation.

Nehemiah 9:37

and its increase it is multiplying to the kings whom Thou hast set over us in our sins; and over our bodies they are ruling, and over our cattle, according to their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

Psalm 17:10

Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:

Psalm 17:14

From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion is in life, And with Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied with sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

Psalm 73:7

Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;

Psalm 119:70

Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I -- in Thy law I have delighted.

Isaiah 1:7

Your land is a desolation, your cities burnt with fire, Your ground, before you strangers are consuming it, And a desolation as overthrown by strangers!

Isaiah 7:21-22

And it hath come to pass, in that day, A man keepeth alive a heifer of the herd, And two of the flock,

Isaiah 10:16

Therefore doth the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, Send among his fat ones leanness, And under his honour He kindleth a burning As the burning of a fire.

Isaiah 17:2

Forsaken are the cities of Aroer, For droves they are, and they have lain down, And there is none troubling.

Isaiah 32:14

Surely the palace hath been left, The multitude of the city forsaken, Fort and watch-tower hath been for dens unto the age, A joy of wild asses -- a pasture of herds;

Isaiah 40:11

As a shepherd His flock He feedeth, With His arm He gathereth lambs, And in His bosom He carrieth them: Suckling ones He leadeth.

Isaiah 65:10

And Sharon hath been for the habitation of a flock, And the valley of Achor for the lying down of a herd, For My people who have sought Me.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless -- and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.

Lamentations 5:2

Our inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.

Hosea 8:7

For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none -- a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield -- strangers do swallow it up.

Amos 4:1-3

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, Who are in the mountain of Samaria, Who are oppressing the poor, Who are bruising the needy, Who are saying to their lords: 'Bring in, and we do drink.'

Micah 2:12

I do surely gather thee, O Jacob, all of thee, I surely bring together the remnant of Israel, Together I do set it as the flock of Bozrah, As a drove in the midst of its pasture, It maketh a noise because of man.

Luke 21:24

and they shall fall by the mouth of the sword, and shall be led captive to all the nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by nations, till the times of nations be fulfilled.

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