Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

Bemoan for him, all ye round about him, And all knowing his name, say ye: How hath it been broken, the staff of strength, The rod of beauty.

New American Standard Bible

“Mourn for him, all you who live around him,
Even all of you who know his name;
Say, ‘How has the mighty scepter been broken,
A staff of splendor!’

King James Version

All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

Holman Bible

Mourn for him, all you surrounding nations,
everyone who knows his name.
Say: How the mighty scepter is shattered,
the glorious staff!

International Standard Version

Mourn for him, all who live around him, and all who know his name. Say, "Oh how the mighty rod is broken, the glorious staff.'

A Conservative Version

All ye who are round about him, bemoan him, and all ye who know his name, say, How the strong staff has broken, the beautiful rod!

American Standard Version

All ye that are round about him, bemoan him, and all ye that know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

Amplified


“Show sympathy for him, all you [nations] who are around him,
And all you [distant nations] who know his name;
Say, ‘How has the mighty scepter [of national power] been broken,
And the splendid staff [of glory]!’

Bible in Basic English

All you who are round about him, give signs of grief for him, and all you who have knowledge of his name, say, How is the strong rod broken, even the beautiful branch!

Darby Translation

All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

Julia Smith Translation

All ye about him, bewail for him; and all ye knowing his name, say, How was the strong rod broken, the beautiful shoot!

King James 2000

All you that are about him, bemoan him; and all you that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

Lexham Expanded Bible

Mourn for him, all his surroundings, and all those who knew his name. Say, 'How [the] staff of might is broken, [the] staff of glory.'

Modern King James verseion

All you who are around him, mourn him. And all you who know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

All her neighbours shall mourn for her, and all they that know her name, shall say, 'O how happeneth it, that the strong staff and the goodly rod is thus broken?'

NET Bible

Mourn for that nation, all you nations living around it, all of you nations that know of its fame. Mourn and say, 'Alas, its powerful influence has been broken! Its glory and power have been done away!'

New Heart English Bible

All you who are around him, bemoan him, and all you who know his name; say, "How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod."

The Emphasized Bible

Lament ye for him - All that are round about him, and All that know his name, - Say, How is broken - The staff of strength! The rod of beauty!

Webster

All ye that are about him bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

World English Bible

All you who are around him, bemoan him, and all you who know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
סביבה סביב 
Cabiyb 
Usage: 334

שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

How is the strong
עוז עז 
`oz 
Usage: 55

מטּה מטּה 
Matteh 
Usage: 251

שׁבר 
Shabar 
Usage: 148

and the beautiful
תּפארת תּפארה 
Tiph'arah 
Usage: 51

References

Verse Info

Context Readings

A Message Concerning Moab

16 Near is the calamity of Moab to come, And his affliction hath hasted exceedingly. 17 Bemoan for him, all ye round about him, And all knowing his name, say ye: How hath it been broken, the staff of strength, The rod of beauty. 18 Come down from honour, sit in thirst, O inhabitant, daughter of Dibon, For a spoiler of Moab hath come up to thee, He hath destroyed thy fenced places.

Cross References

Isaiah 9:4

Because the yoke of its burden, And the staff of its shoulder, the rod of its exactor, Thou hast broken as in the day of Midian.

Isaiah 10:5

Woe to Asshur, a rod of Mine anger, And a staff in their hand is Mine indignation.

Isaiah 14:4-5

That thou hast taken up this simile Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, How hath the exactor ceased,

Isaiah 16:8

Because fields of Heshbon languish, The vine of Sibmah, Lords of nations did beat her choice vines, Unto Jazer they have come, They have wandered in a wilderness, Her plants have spread themselves, They have passed over a sea.

Jeremiah 9:17-20

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Consider ye, and call for mourning women, And they come, And to the wise women send, and they come,

Jeremiah 48:31-33

Therefore for Moab I howl, even for Moab -- all of it, I cry for men of Kir-Heres, it doth mourn,

Jeremiah 48:39

How hath it been broken down! they have howled, How hath Moab turned the neck ashamed, And Moab hath been for a derision. And for a terror to all round about her.

Ezekiel 19:11-14

And it hath strong rods for sceptres of rulers, And high is its stature above thick branches, And it appeareth in its height In the multitude of its thin shoots.

Zechariah 11:10-14

And I take My staff Pleasantness, and cut it asunder, to make void My covenant that I had made with all the peoples:

Revelation 18:14-20

And the fruits of the desire of thy soul did go away from thee, and all things -- the dainty and the bright -- did go away from thee, and no more at all mayest thou find them.

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