Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

‘Like a cage full of birds,
So their houses are full of deceit;
Therefore they have become great and rich.

King James Version

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

Holman Bible

Like a cage full of birds,
so their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.

International Standard Version

Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are filled with treachery. This is how they have become prominent and rich,

A Conservative Version

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grown rich.

American Standard Version

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

Amplified


‘As a cage is full of birds,
So are their houses full of deceit and treachery;
Therefore they have become influential and rich.

Bible in Basic English

As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.

Darby Translation

As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves.

Julia Smith Translation

As a cane full of birds, so their houses full of deceit: for this they were magnified and they will be rich.

King James 2000

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and grown rich.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Like a cage full of birds, so their houses [are] full of fraud. {Therefore} they have become great, and they have become rich.

Modern King James verseion

Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and grown rich.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And like as a net is full of birds, so are their houses full of that which they have gotten with falsity and deceit. Hereof cometh their great substance and riches,

NET Bible

Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful.

New Heart English Bible

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.

The Emphasized Bible

As, a cage, is full of birds, So, are, their houses, full of unrighteous gain, - For this cause, have they become great and waxen rich:

Webster

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and have grown rich.

World English Bible

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.

Youngs Literal Translation

As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
As a cage
כּלוּב 
K@lub 
Usage: 3

is full
מלא 
Male' 
Usage: 63

of birds
עוף 
`owph 
Usage: 71

בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

מלא 
Male' 
Usage: 63

of deceit
מרמה 
Mirmah 
Usage: 39

גּדל 
Gadal 
Usage: 115

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

An Invasion From The North

26 Wicked men are found among my people. They lie in ambush like bird catchers. They set traps and catch men. 27 ‘Like a cage full of birds,
So their houses are full of deceit;
Therefore they have become great and rich.
28 They grow big and fat. Their evil deeds have no limits. They have no respect for the rights of others. They have no respect for the rights of orphans. But they still prosper. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:11-13

If they say: Come with us. Let us lie in wait to kill someone. Let us ambush the innocent without cause.

Jeremiah 9:6

You live in the middle of deceit. Through deceit they refuse to know me, says Jehovah.

Hosea 12:7-8

Jehovah says: The merchants use dishonest scales. They love to cheat people.

Amos 8:4-6

Hear this, you who would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail.

Micah 1:12

The inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because bad came down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.

Micah 6:10-11

Is there a depository of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short measure that is cursed?

Habakkuk 2:9-11

He who receives a dishonest profit for his house will have trouble. He may set his nest on high in order to be delivered from the hand of evil!

Revelation 18:2

He cried out with a strong voice: Babylon the Great has fallen, she has fallen! She has become the habitation of demons, and a haunt for every unclean spirit. She is a prison for every unclean and hateful bird.

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