Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
All of them know nothing.
All of them are mute dogs unable to bark,
King James Version
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Holman Bible
they know nothing;
all of them are mute dogs,
they cannot bark;
they dream, lie down,
and love to sleep.
International Standard Version
His watchmen are blind; they are all without knowledge. They are all dumb dogs they cannot bark. They keep on dreaming and lying around, and they're lovers of sleep!
A Conservative Version
His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They cannot bark, dreaming, laying down, loving to slumber.
American Standard Version
His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
Amplified
Israel’s watchmen are blind,
They are all without knowledge.
They are all mute dogs, they cannot bark;
Panting, lying down, they love to slumber.
Bible in Basic English
His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.
Darby Translation
His watchmen are all of them blind, they are without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber:
Julia Smith Translation
Look about, ye blind; they all knew not, they all dumb dogs, they shall not be able to bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
King James 2000
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Lexham Expanded Bible
His watchmen [are] blind, none of them know. They [are] all dumb dogs; they are unable to bark, panting, lying down, loving to slumber.
Modern King James verseion
His watchmen are blind; they are all ignorant; they are all dumb dogs who cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For his watchmen are all blind, they have altogether no understanding. They are all dumb dogs, no being able to bark; they are sleepery, sluggish, and lie snorting.
NET Bible
All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.
New Heart English Bible
His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
The Emphasized Bible
His watchmen, are blind None of them, know, All of them, are dumb dogs, they cannot bark, - Dreaming, sleeping, loving to slumber.
Webster
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
World English Bible
His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
Youngs Literal Translation
Blind are his watchmen -- all of them, They have not known, All of them are dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.
Themes
Dogs » Illustrative » (dumb,) of unfaithful ministers
Idleness and sloth » Exemplified » Watchmen
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » False prophets
Leaders » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
Leaders » False shepherds, characteristics of » Insentiate and pleasure-loving
Ministers » Support of » Unfaithful, general references to
Ministers » When unfaithful » Described
Religious » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Insentiate and pleasure-loving
Shepherds » FALSE » Insentiate and pleasure-loving
Sleep » Spiritual » Warnings against
Spiritual » Sleep » Warnings against
Watchfulness » Unfaithful ministers devoid of
Topics
Interlinear
Tsaphah
Yada`
Yakol
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 56:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Wicked Leaders
9
All you beasts of the field, come to devour-- all you beasts in the forest.
10
All of them know nothing.
All of them are mute dogs unable to bark,
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 29:10
For the LORD has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes (the prophets), and covered your heads (the seers).
Jeremiah 14:13-14
Then I said: "Ah, Lord GOD, behold, the prophets say to them, 'You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.'"
Nahum 3:18
Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains with none to gather them.
Philippians 3:2
Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh.
Proverbs 6:4-10
Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;
Proverbs 24:30-34
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense,
Isaiah 52:8
The voice of your watchmen--they lift up their voice; together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they see the return of the LORD to Zion.
Isaiah 58:1
"Cry aloud; do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins.
Jeremiah 6:13-14
"For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for unjust gain; and from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.
Jeremiah 23:13-14
In the prophets of Samaria I saw an unsavory thing: they prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.
Ezekiel 3:15-18
And I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were dwelling by the Chebar canal, and I sat where they were dwelling. And I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.
Ezekiel 3:26-27
And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house.
Ezekiel 13:16
the prophets of Israel who prophesied concerning Jerusalem and saw visions of peace for her, when there was no peace, declares the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 33:6
But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
Hosea 9:7-8
The days of punishment have come; the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool; the man of the spirit is mad, because of your great iniquity and great hatred.
Jonah 1:2-6
"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me."
Matthew 15:14
Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit."
Mark 13:34-37
It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to stay awake.
Luke 6:39-40
He also told them a parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?