Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
For by fire LORD will execute judgment, and by his sword, upon all flesh, and the slain of LORD shall be many.
New American Standard Bible
And by His
And those slain by the Lord will be many.
King James Version
For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
Holman Bible
on all flesh
and many will be slain by the Lord.
International Standard Version
For with fire and with his sword the LORD will proceed to judgment on all humanity, and those slain by the LORD will be many."
American Standard Version
For by fire will Jehovah execute judgment, and by his sword, upon all flesh; and the slain of Jehovah shall be many.
Amplified
For the Lord will execute judgment by fire
And by His sword on all mankind,
And those slain by the Lord will be many.
Bible in Basic English
For with fire and sword will the Lord come, judging all the earth, and his sword will be on all flesh: and great numbers will be put to death by him.
Darby Translation
For by fire and by his sword will Jehovah enter into judgment with all flesh: and the slain of Jehovah shall be many.
Julia Smith Translation
For with fire and with sword Jehovah judged all flesh: and the wounded of Jehovah were many.
King James 2000
For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For Yahweh enters into judgment [on] all flesh with fire and his sword, and {those slain by} Yahweh shall be many.
Modern King James verseion
For by fire and by His sword Jehovah will execute judgment with all flesh; and the slain of Jehovah will be many.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the LORD shall judge all flesh with the fire and with his sword, and there shall be a great number slain of the LORD.
NET Bible
For the Lord judges all humanity with fire and his sword; the Lord will kill many.
New Heart English Bible
For by fire will the LORD execute judgment, and by his sword, on all flesh; and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
The Emphasized Bible
For, by fire, will Yahweh enter into judgment, And by his sword, with all flesh, - And many shall be the slain of Yahweh.
Webster
For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
World English Bible
For by fire will Yahweh execute judgment, and by his sword, on all flesh; and the slain of Yahweh shall be many.
Youngs Literal Translation
For by fire and by His sword, Doth Jehovah do judgment with all flesh. And many have been Jehovah's pierced ones.'
Themes
Declaration » Who shall declare the lord’s glory among the gentiles
Fire » Frequently employed as an instrument of divine vengeance
Punishment » The lord punishing the world
Sanctification » Those that sanctify themselves with abominations
Interlinear
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Basar
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 66:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Final Judgment And Glory Of The Lord
15 For, behold, LORD will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind, to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For by fire LORD will execute judgment, and by his sword, upon all flesh, and the slain of LORD shall be many. 17 Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves [to go] to the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together, says LORD.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 27:1
In that day LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent, and he will kill the monster that is in the sea.
Ezekiel 38:21-22
And I will call for a sword against him to all my mountains, says lord LORD. Every man's sword shall be against his brother.
Isaiah 30:30
And LORD will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the coming down of his arm with the indignation of [his] anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast and tempest and hailstones.
Isaiah 34:5-10
For my sword has drunk its fill in heaven. Behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
Ezekiel 39:2-10
And I will turn thee about, and will lead thee on, and will cause thee to come up from the outermost parts of the north, and I will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel.
Revelation 19:11-21
And I saw the heaven opened, and behold a white horse, and he who sits upon it called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.