Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For thus said Jehovah, Ye sold yourselves gratuitously, and ye shall not be redeemed with silver.
New American Standard Bible
For thus says the Lord, “You were
King James Version
For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
Holman Bible
“You were sold for nothing,
and you will be redeemed without silver.”
International Standard Version
For this is what the LORD says: "You were sold for nothing, and you'll be redeemed without money."
A Conservative Version
For thus says LORD: Ye were sold for nothing, and ye shall be redeemed without money.
American Standard Version
For thus saith Jehovah, Ye were sold for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
Amplified
For the Lord says this, “You were sold for nothing and you will be redeemed, but not with money.”
Bible in Basic English
For the Lord says, You were given for nothing, and you will be made free without price.
Darby Translation
For thus saith Jehovah: Ye have sold yourselves for nought, and ye shall be redeemed without money.
King James 2000
For thus says the LORD, You have sold yourselves for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For thus says Yahweh: "You were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money."
Modern King James verseion
For so says Jehovah, You were sold for nothing; and you shall not be redeemed with silver.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For thus sayeth the LORD: Ye are sold for naught, therefore shall ye be redeemed also without any money.
NET Bible
For this is what the Lord says: "You were sold for nothing, and you will not be redeemed for money."
New Heart English Bible
For thus says the LORD, "You were sold for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money."
The Emphasized Bible
For, thus, saith Yahweh, For nought, ye sold yourselves, - And not with silver, shall ye be redeemed,
Webster
For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for naught; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
World English Bible
For thus says Yahweh, "You were sold for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money."
Youngs Literal Translation
For thus said Jehovah: 'For nought ye have been sold, And not by money are ye redeemed.'
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 52:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Redeems Zion
2 Shake thyself from dust: arise, sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bonds of thy neck, thou captive daughter of Zion. 3 For thus said Jehovah, Ye sold yourselves gratuitously, and ye shall not be redeemed with silver. 4 Thus said the Lord Jehovah, My people at first went down to Egypt to sojourn there, and Assur oppressed them for nothing.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 44:12
Thou wilt sell thy people without riches, and thou didst not increase by their price.
Isaiah 45:13
I mused him up in justice, and I will make straight all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall send away my captivity, not by price and not by a gift, said Jehovah of armies.
1 Peter 1:18
Knowing that not with corruptible things, silver and gold, were ye redeemed from your vain mode of life transmitted from your fathers
Isaiah 50:1
Thus said Jehovah, Where this writing of cutting off of your mother which I sent her away? or which of my creditors whom I sold you to him? Behold, in your iniquities ye sold yourselves, and in your transgressions your mother was sent away.
Jeremiah 15:13
Thy strength and thy treasures I will give for a spoil not for price, and in all thy sins and in all thy bounds.
Romans 7:14-25
For we know that the law is spiritual: and I am fleshly, sold under sin.