Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

A voice of Jehovah to the city calleth, And wisdom doth fear Thy name, Hear ye the rod, and Him who appointed it.

New American Standard Bible

The voice of the Lord will call to the city—
And it is sound wisdom to fear Your name:
“Hear, O tribe. Who has appointed its time?

King James Version

The LORD'S voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

Holman Bible

The voice of Yahweh calls out to the city
(and it is wise to fear Your name):
“Pay attention to the rod
and the One who ordained it.

International Standard Version

The voice of the LORD cries out to the city wisdom fears your name: "Heed the rod, and the one who prepared it!

A Conservative Version

The voice of LORD cries to the city, and [the man of] wisdom will see thy name. Hear ye the rod, and who has appointed it.

American Standard Version

The voice of Jehovah crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom will see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

Amplified


The voice of the Lord shall call to the city [of Jerusalem]—
And it is sound wisdom to heed [solemnly] and fear Your name [with awe-filled reverence];
“Hear, O tribe [the rod of punishment]. Who has appointed its time?

Bible in Basic English

The voice of the Lord is crying out to the town: Give ear, you tribes and the meeting of the town.

Darby Translation

Jehovah's voice crieth unto the city, and wisdom looketh on thy name. Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

Julia Smith Translation

The voice of Jehovah will call to the city, and wisdom feared thy name: hear ye the rod, and who appointed it

King James 2000

The LORD'S voice cries unto the city, and wisdom shall see your name: Hear the rod, and who has appointed it.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The voice of Yahweh calls to the city ([it is] sound judgment to fear your name): "Hear, staff! Now who has appointed it?

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah's voice cries to the city, and in sound wisdom one will see Your name. Hear the rod and Him who has appointed it.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man that shall be saved considereth thy name, O LORD. Hear and that thy name may be righteousness. Hear, O ye tribes: who would else give you such warning?

NET Bible

Listen! The Lord is calling to the city! It is wise to respect your authority, O Lord! Listen, O nation, and those assembled in the city!

New Heart English Bible

The LORD's voice calls to the city, and wisdom sees your name: "Listen to the rod, and he who appointed it.

The Emphasized Bible

The voice of Yahweh, to the city, crieth out, With safety for him who regardeth his name, - Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

Webster

The LORD'S voice crieth to the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

World English Bible

Yahweh's voice calls to the city, and wisdom sees your name: "Listen to the rod, and he who appointed it.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The Lord's

Usage: 0

קל קול 
Qowl 
Usage: 506

קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

unto the city
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

and the man of wisdom
תּשׁיּה תּוּשׁיּה 
Tuwshiyah 
Usage: 11

ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

ye the rod
מטּה מטּה 
Matteh 
Usage: 251

References

Fausets

Rod

Hastings

Context Readings

The Destruction Of The Wicked

8 He hath declared to thee, O man, what is good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except -- to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God? 9 A voice of Jehovah to the city calleth, And wisdom doth fear Thy name, Hear ye the rod, and Him who appointed it. 10 Are there yet in the house of the wicked Treasures of wickedness, And the abhorred scanty ephah?


Cross References

Isaiah 30:27

Lo, the name of Jehovah is coming from far, Burning is His anger, and great the flame, His lips have been full of indignation, And His tongue is as a devouring fire.

Exodus 34:5-7

And Jehovah cometh down in a cloud, and stationeth Himself with him there, and calleth in the Name of Jehovah,

2 Samuel 21:1

And there is a famine in the days of David three years, year after year, and David seeketh the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah saith, 'For Saul and for the bloody house, because that he put to death the Gibeonites.'

2 Kings 22:11-20

And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the words of the book of the law, that he rendeth his garments,

Job 5:6-8

For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.

Job 5:17

Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,

Job 10:2

I say unto God, 'Do not condemn me, Let me know why Thou dost strive with me.

Psalm 9:16

Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.

Psalm 48:10

As is Thy name, O God, so is Thy praise, Over the ends of the earth, Righteousness hath filled Thy right hand.

Psalm 83:18

And they know that Thou -- (Thy name is Jehovah -- by Thyself,) Art the Most High over all the earth!

Psalm 107:43

Who is wise, and observeth these? They understand the kind acts of Jehovah!

Proverbs 22:3

The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.

Isaiah 9:13

And the people hath not turned back unto Him who is smiting it, And Jehovah of Hosts they have not sought.

Isaiah 10:5-6

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

Isaiah 24:10-12

It was broken down -- a city of emptiness, Shut hath been every house from entrance.

Isaiah 26:11

O Jehovah, high is Thy hand -- they see not, They see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed, Also, the fire -- Thine adversaries, consumeth them.

Isaiah 27:10

For the fenced city is alone, A habitation cast out and forsaken as a wilderness, There doth the calf delight, And there it lieth down, And hath consumed its branches.

Isaiah 32:13-14

Over the ground of my people thorn -- brier goeth up, Surely over all houses of joy of the exulting city,

Isaiah 40:6-8

A voice is saying, 'Call,' And he said, 'What do I call?' All flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is As a flower of the field:

Isaiah 66:6

A voice of noise is from the city, a voice from the temple, The voice of Jehovah, giving recompence to His enemies.

Jeremiah 14:18-22

If I have gone forth to the field, Then, lo, the pierced of the sword! And if I have entered the city, Then, lo, the diseased of famine! For both prophet and priest have gone up and down Unto a land that they knew not.

Jeremiah 19:11-13

and hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Thus do I break this people and this city, as one breaketh the potter's vessel, that is not able to be repaired again, and in Tophet they bury -- without place to bury;

Jeremiah 26:6

Then I have given up this house as Shiloh, and this city I give up for a reviling to all nations of the earth.'

Jeremiah 26:18

'Micah the Morashtite hath been prophesying in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and he saith unto all the people of Judah, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Zion is a plowed field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mountain of the house is for high places of a forest.

Jeremiah 37:8-10

and the Chaldeans have turned back, and fought against this city, and captured it, and burnt it with fire.

Lamentations 3:39-42

What -- sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin?

Hosea 13:16

Become desolate doth Samaria, Because she hath rebelled against her God, By sword they do fall, Their sucklings are dashed in pieces, And its pregnant ones are ripped up!

Hosea 14:9

Who is wise, and doth understand these? Prudent, and knoweth them? For upright are the ways of Jehovah, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!

Joel 2:11-18

And Jehovah hath given forth His voice before His force, For very great is His camp, For mighty is the doer of His word, For great is the day of Jehovah -- very fearful, And who doth bear it?

Amos 2:5

And I have sent a fire against Judah, And it hath consumed palaces of Jerusalem.

Amos 3:8-15

A lion hath roared -- who doth not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken -- who doth not prophesy?

Amos 4:6-12

And I also -- I have given to you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, And lack of bread in all your places, And ye have not turned back unto Me, an affirmation of Jehovah.

Amos 6:1

Woe to those secure in Zion, And those confident in the mount of Samaria, The marked of the chief of the nations, And come to them have the house of Israel.

Jonah 3:4-10

And Jonah beginneth to go in to the city a journey of one day, and proclaimeth, and saith, 'Yet forty days -- and Nineveh is overturned.'

Micah 3:12

Therefore, for your sake, Zion is ploughed a field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mount of the house is for high places of a forest!

Zephaniah 3:2

She hath not hearkened to the voice, She hath not accepted instruction, In Jehovah she hath not trusted, Unto her God she hath not drawn near.

Haggai 1:5-7

And now, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Set your heart to your ways.

Revelation 3:19

'As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;

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