Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Or bear children for calamity;
For they are the
And their descendants with them.
King James Version
They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
Holman Bible
or bear children destined for disaster,
for they will be a people blessed by the Lord
along with their descendants.
International Standard Version
They won't toil in vain nor bear children doomed to misfortune, for they will be offspring blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with them.
A Conservative Version
They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity. For they are the seed of the blessed of LORD, and their offspring with them.
American Standard Version
They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.
Amplified
“They will not labor in vain,
Or bear children for disaster;
For they are the descendants of those blessed by the Lord,
And their offspring with them.
Bible in Basic English
Their work will not be for nothing, and they will not give birth to children for destruction; for they are a seed to whom the Lord has given his blessing, and their offspring will be with them.
Darby Translation
They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for terror; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.
Julia Smith Translation
They shall not labor in vain, and they shall not bring forth for terror; for they the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.
King James 2000
They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the descendants of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They shall not labor for nothing, and they shall not give birth to horror, for they {shall be offspring blessed by} Yahweh, and their descendants with them.
Modern King James verseion
They will not labor in vain, nor bring forth for terror. For they are the seed of the beloved of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My chosen shall live long, they shall not labour in vain, nor beget with trouble: for they are the high, blessed seed of the LORD, and their fruits with them.
NET Bible
They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the Lord will bless their children and their descendants.
New Heart English Bible
They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
The Emphasized Bible
They shall not labour in vain, Nor have children for terror, - For the seed of the blessed ones of Yahweh, shall they be, And their offspring, with them.
Webster
They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
World English Bible
They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Yahweh, and their offspring with them.
Youngs Literal Translation
They labour not for a vain thing, Nor do they bring forth for trouble, For the seed of the blessed of Jehovah are they, And their offspring with them.
Themes
Children » Share benefits of covenant privileges guaranteed to parents
Labor » Who shall eat the fruits of their labor
Labor » Who shall not labor in vain
Parents » When faithful » Leave a blessing to their children
Interlinear
Yalad
Zera`
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 65:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
New Creation
22
They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of the trees shall be the days of my people, and my elect shall perpetuate the work of their hands.
23
Or bear children for calamity;
For they are the
And their descendants with them.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 61:9
And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles and their offspring among the peoples; all that saw them shall acknowledge them that they are the seed which the LORD has blessed.
Deuteronomy 28:3-12
Blessed shalt thou be in the city and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
Acts 2:39
For the promise is unto you and to your children and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Psalm 115:14-15
The LORD shall increase his blessing upon you more and more, upon you and your sons.
Isaiah 49:4
But I said, I have laboured in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing, and in vain; yet surely my judgment is before the LORD and my recompense with my God.
Isaiah 55:2
Why do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Jeremiah 32:38-39
and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
Genesis 12:2
and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.
Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
Leviticus 26:3-10
If ye walk in my statutes and keep my commandments and do them,
Leviticus 26:20
And your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
Leviticus 26:22
I will also send wild beasts among you which shall rapture your children and destroy your animals and make you few in number, and your ways shall be desolate.
Leviticus 26:29
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
Deuteronomy 28:38-42
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field and shalt gather but little in, for the locust shall consume it.
Hosea 9:11-14
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth even from the womb and from the conception.
Haggai 1:6
Ye have sown much and bring in little; ye eat, but ye are not filled; ye drink, but ye are not satisfied; ye clothe yourselves, but you are not warm; and he that is a hireling receives his wages in a bag with holes.
Haggai 2:19
Is not the seed yet in the barn? Not even the vine, nor the fig tree, nor the pomegranate, nor the olive tree, has blossomed yet, but from this day will I bless you.
Zechariah 10:8-9
I will hiss for them and gather them; for I have ransomed them; and they shall be multiplied as they were multiplied.
Malachi 3:10
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, and there shall be food in my house, and prove me now in this, said the LORD of the hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Acts 3:25-26
Ye are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Romans 4:16
Therefore by faith, that it might be by grace, to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to that which is of the law, but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
Romans 9:7-8
neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are all sons, but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Galatians 3:29
And if ye are Christ's, then ye are Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise.