Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
It will not be pruned or weeded;
thorns and briers will grow up.
I will also give orders to the clouds
that rain should not fall on it.
New American Standard Bible
It will not be pruned or hoed,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also charge the clouds to
King James Version
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
International Standard Version
I'll make it a wasteland, and it won't be pruned or cultivated. Instead, briers and thorns will grow up. I'll also issue commands to the clouds, that they drop no rain upon it."
A Conservative Version
And I will lay it waste. It shall not be pruned nor hoed, but there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
American Standard Version
and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Amplified
“I will turn it into a wasteland;
It will not be pruned or cultivated,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.”
Bible in Basic English
And I will make it waste; its branches will not be touched with the knife, or the earth worked with the spade; but blackberries and thorns will come up in it: and I will give orders to the clouds not to send rain on it.
Darby Translation
and I will make it a waste it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Julia Smith Translation
And I will make it a desolation; it shall not be pruned and it shall not be dressed, and there came up sharp points and thorns: and upon the clouds I will command from raining rain upon it
King James 2000
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor dug; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I will make it a wasteland; it shall not be pruned and hoed, and it shall be overgrown [with] briers and thornbushes. And concerning the clouds, I will command {them not to send} rain down upon it.
Modern King James verseion
and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor dug; but briers and thorns shall come up. And I will command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will lay it waste, that it shall neither be twisted nor cut, but bear thorns and briers. I will also forbid the clouds, that they shall not rain upon it.
NET Bible
I will make it a wasteland; no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground, and thorns and briers will grow there. I will order the clouds not to drop any rain on it.
New Heart English Bible
I will lay it a wasteland. It won't be pruned nor hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it."
The Emphasized Bible
And I will make it a waste; - It shall be neither pruned nor hoed, But there shall come up briars and thorns, - And upon the clouds, will I lay a charge, That they rain thereon no rain.
Webster
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
World English Bible
I will lay it a wasteland. It won't be pruned nor hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it."
Youngs Literal Translation
And I make it a waste, It is not pruned, nor arranged, And gone up have brier and thorn, And on the thick clouds I lay a charge, From raining upon it rain.
Themes
Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Pruning
Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Digging
Drought » General reference to
Ingratitude to God » Illustrated
Meteorology » Drought, general references to
Prophets » Frequently spake in parables and riddles
Punishment » According to deeds » See the parable of the vineyard
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`alah
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Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 5:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Song Of The Vineyard
5
what I am about to do to My vineyard:
I will remove its hedge,
and it will be consumed;
I will tear down its wall,
and it will be trampled.
It will not be pruned or weeded;
thorns and briers will grow up.
I will also give orders to the clouds
that rain should not fall on it.
is the house of Israel,
and the men
the plant He delighted in.
He looked for justice
but saw injustice,
for righteousness,
but heard cries of wretchedness.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 7:23-25
every place where there were 1,000 vines,
worth 1,000 pieces of silver,
will become thorns and briers.
2 Chronicles 36:19-21
Then the Chaldeans burned God’s temple.
Jeremiah 25:11
This whole land will become a desolate ruin, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for 70 years.
Leviticus 26:33-35
But I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw a sword to chase after you. So your land will become desolate, and your cities will become ruins.
Deuteronomy 28:23-24
The sky above you will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
Deuteronomy 29:23
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown, producing nothing, with no plant growing on it, just like the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord demolished in His fierce anger.
1 Kings 17:1
Now Elijah
Isaiah 5:9-10
I heard the Lord of Hosts say:
grand and lovely ones without inhabitants.
Isaiah 6:11-12
Then I said, “Until when, Lord?”
houses are without people,
the land is ruined and desolate,
Isaiah 24:1-3
and making it desolate.
He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants:
Isaiah 24:12
its gate has collapsed in ruins.
Isaiah 30:23
Then He will send rain for your seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food, the produce of the ground, will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
Isaiah 32:13-14
growing thorns and briers,
indeed, for every joyous house in the joyful city.
Jeremiah 14:1
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
Jeremiah 14:22
Or can the skies alone give showers?
Are You not the Lord our God?
We therefore put our hope in You,
for You have done all these things.
Jeremiah 45:4
“This is what you are to say to him: ‘This is what the Lord says: What I have built I am about to demolish, and what I have planted I am about to uproot
Hosea 3:4
For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince,
Amos 4:7
while there were still three months until harvest.
I sent rain on one city
but no rain on another.
One field received rain
while a field with no rain withered.
Zechariah 14:16-17
Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, and to celebrate the Festival of Booths.
Luke 21:24
Hebrews 6:6-8
and who have fallen away, because,
Revelation 11:6
These men have the power to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the days of their prophecy.