Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Give wings to Moab,
For she will flee away;
And her cities will become a desolation,
Without inhabitants in them.

King James Version

Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.

Holman Bible

Make Moab a salt marsh,
for she will run away;
her towns will become a desolation,
without inhabitant.

International Standard Version

"Put salt on Moab for she will surely fall. Her towns will become desolate places, without any inhabitants in them.

A Conservative Version

Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get her away. And her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.

American Standard Version

Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.

Amplified


“Give a gravestone to Moab,
For she will fall into ruins;
Her cities (pastures, farms) will be desolate,
Without anyone to live in them.

Bible in Basic English

Put up a pillar for Moab, for she will come to a complete end: and her towns will become a waste, without anyone living in them.

Darby Translation

Give wings unto Moab, that she may flee and get away; and the cities thereof shall become a desolation, without inhabitant.

Julia Smith Translation

Ye shall give a wing to Moab, that fleeing she shall go forth: for her cities shall be for a desolation, from none dwelling in them.

King James 2000

Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for its cities shall be desolate, without any to dwell in them.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Give salt for Moab, for certainly she will go to ruin, and her towns will become as a desolation, {without} an inhabitant in them.

Modern King James verseion

Give wings to Moab so that it may flee and get away; for its cities shall be a desert, without an inhabitant in them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Make a token unto Moab, that she get her away speedily: for her cities shall be made so desolate, that no man shall dwell therein.

NET Bible

Set up a gravestone for Moab, for it will certainly be laid in ruins! Its cities will be laid waste and become uninhabited."

New Heart English Bible

Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.'

The Emphasized Bible

Give wing to Moab, For she must, fly away; And her cities To desolation, shall be turned, With no inhabitant therein.

Webster

Give wings to Moab, that it may flee and get away: for its cities shall be desolate, without any to dwell in them.

World English Bible

Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.

Youngs Literal Translation

Give wings to Moab, for she utterly goeth out, And her cities are for a desolation, Without an inhabitant in them.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

צץ ציץ 
Tsiyts 
Usage: 15

מואב 
Mow'ab 
Usage: 181

נצא 
Natsa' 
Usage: 1

and get away
יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

for the cities
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

שׁמּה 
Shammah 
Usage: 39

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

References

Context Readings

A Message Concerning Moab

8 “A destroyer will come to every city,
So that no city will escape;
The valley also will be ruined
And the plateau will be destroyed,
As the Lord has said.
9 “Give wings to Moab,
For she will flee away;
And her cities will become a desolation,
Without inhabitants in them.
10 Cursed be the one who does the Lord’s work negligently,
And cursed be the one who restrains his sword from blood.


Cross References

Psalm 11:1

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
In the Lord I take refuge;
How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain;

Isaiah 16:2

Then, like fleeing birds or scattered nestlings,
The daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.

Jeremiah 48:28

“Leave the cities and dwell among the crags,
O inhabitants of Moab,
And be like a dove that nests
Beyond the mouth of the chasm.

Psalm 55:6

I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.

Jeremiah 46:19

“Make your baggage ready for exile,
O daughter dwelling in Egypt,
For Memphis will become a desolation;
It will even be burned down and bereft of inhabitants.

Zephaniah 2:9

“Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts,
The God of Israel,
“Surely Moab will be like Sodom
And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah—
A place possessed by nettles and salt pits,
And a perpetual desolation.
The remnant of My people will plunder them
And the remainder of My nation will inherit them.”

Revelation 12:14

But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.

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