Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and
And
King James Version
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Holman Bible
and your wages on what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.
International Standard Version
Why spend your money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in rich food.
A Conservative Version
Why do ye spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
American Standard Version
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Amplified
“Why do you spend money for that which is not bread,
And your earnings for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And let your soul delight in
Bible in Basic English
Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.
Darby Translation
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore will ye weigh silver without bread? and your labour not for fulness? hearing, hear ye to me, and eat good, and your soul shall delight in fatness.
King James 2000
Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfies not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Why do you weigh out money for [what is] not food, and your labor for {what cannot satisfy}? Listen carefully to me, and eat [what is] good, and let your soul take pleasure in {rich} food.
Modern King James verseion
Why do you weigh silver for what is not bread? and your labor for what never satisfies? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore do ye lay out your money, for the thing that feedeth not, and spend your labour about the thing that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather unto me, and ye shall eat of the best, and your soul shall have her pleasure in plenteousness.
NET Bible
Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!
New Heart English Bible
Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which doesn't satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore should ye spend, Money, for that which is not bread? Or your labour, for that which, satisfieth not? Keep on hearkening unto me, And, so eat that which is good, And let your soul take exquisite delight in fatness:
Webster
Why do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently to me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
World English Bible
Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which doesn't satisfy? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Youngs Literal Translation
Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.
Themes
Covenant » Who the lord keeps covenant with
Diligence » Required by God in » Hearkening to him
Food » Of the worldly soul » Unsatisfying
Spiritual food » General references to
Glory » Who the lord glorifies
Labor » Who shall rest from their labors
Labour » fields of activity » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Living waters » Jesus Christ leading people to living fountains of water
Profit and loss » Profit » Sin unprofitable, general references to
Sin » Unpardonable, the » Unprofitable
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Food
Thirst » Those that thirst after righteousness
Toil » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 55:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Invitation To True Rewards
1
Ho, every one that thirsts, come ye to the waters, and he that has no money; come ye, buy, and eat; come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
2
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and
And
Cross References
Psalm 22:26
The poor shall eat and be satisfied: those that seek him shall praise the LORD; your heart shall live for ever.
Hosea 8:7
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind; they shall have no harvest; the fruit shall yield no meal: if so be it yields, the strangers shall swallow it up.
Jeremiah 31:14
And I will satiate the soul of the priest with fatness, and my people shall be filled with my goodness, said the LORD.
John 6:48-58
I AM the bread of life.
Exodus 15:26
and said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God and wilt do that which is right in his sight and wilt give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians; for I am the LORD thy Healer.
Deuteronomy 11:13
And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day: to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul
Psalm 34:11
Caph Come, ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Psalm 36:8
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house, and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
Psalm 63:5
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips
Proverbs 1:33
But whosoever hearkens unto me shall dwell safely and shall rest from the fear of evil.
Proverbs 7:23
until the arrow pierces through his liver. He is as a bird struggling in the snare and not knowing that it is against his own life.
Proverbs 8:32
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye sons; for blessed are those that keep my ways.
Proverbs 9:5
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Ecclesiastes 6:2
A man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honour so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but the strangers eat it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Isaiah 1:19
If ye are willing and hearken, ye shall eat the good of the land;
Isaiah 25:6
And in this mountain the LORD of the hosts shall make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of purified wines, of fat things full of marrow, of purified liquids.
Isaiah 44:20
The ashes feed him; his deceived heart inclines him, that he not deliver his soul and say, Is not the lie at my right hand?
Isaiah 46:6
They lavish gold out of the bag and weigh silver in the balance and hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god; they fall down and worship.
Isaiah 51:1
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD; look unto the rock from which ye are hewn and to the hole of the pit from which ye are dug.
Isaiah 51:4
Hearken unto me, my people, and give ear unto me, O my nation: for the law shall proceed from me, and I will uncover my judgment for a light of the peoples.
Isaiah 51:7
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; do not fear the reproach of men, neither be afraid of their revilings.
Jeremiah 2:13
For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters to hew them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Hosea 12:1
Ephraim feeds on wind and follows after the east wind; he daily increases lies and desolation because they made a covenant with the Assyrians, and the oil is carried into Egypt.
Habakkuk 2:13
Is this not of the LORD of the hosts? Therefore the peoples shall labour for the fire, and the Gentiles shall weary themselves in vain.
Matthew 15:9
But in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men.
Matthew 22:4
Again, he sent forth other slaves, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my bulls and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come unto the marriage.
Mark 7:14
And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you and understand;
Luke 15:15-16
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Luke 15:23
and bring here the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;
Romans 9:31
and Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.
Romans 10:2-3
For I give testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
Romans 10:17
So then faith comes by hearing, and the ear to hear by the word of God.
Philippians 3:4-7
Though I might also have reason to confide in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
Hebrews 13:9
Be not taken out of the way with diverse and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace, not with foods which have not profited those that have been occupied with them.