Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
For thus said Jehovah: 'For nought ye have been sold, And not by money are ye redeemed.'
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.
Julia Smith Translation
For thus said Jehovah, Ye sold yourselves gratuitously, and ye shall not be redeemed with silver.
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."
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, O Jerusalem, Bands of thy neck have loosed themselves, O captive, daughter of Zion. 3 For thus said Jehovah: 'For nought ye have been sold, And not by money are ye redeemed.' 4 For thus said the Lord Jehovah: 'To Egypt My people went down at first to sojourn there, And Asshur -- for nought he hath oppressed it.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 44:12
Thou sellest Thy people -- without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.
Isaiah 45:13
I have stirred him up in righteousness, And all his ways I make straight, He doth build My city, and My captivity doth send out, Not for price, nor for bribe, said Jehovah of Hosts.
1 Peter 1:18
having known that, not with corruptible things -- silver or gold -- were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers,
Isaiah 50:1
Thus said Jehovah: 'Where is this -- the bill of your mother's divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Lo, for your iniquities ye have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent away.
Jeremiah 15:13
Thy strength and thy treasures For a prey I do give -- not for price, Even for all thy sins, and in all thy borders.
Romans 7:14-25
for we have known that the law is spiritual, and I am fleshly, sold by the sin;