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Woe to me, for I sojourn in Meshech,
and I live among the tents of Kedar [among hostile people]!

New American Standard Bible

Woe is me, for I sojourn in Meshech,
For I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

King James Version

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

Holman Bible

What misery that I have stayed in Meshech,
that I have lived among the tents of Kedar!

International Standard Version

How terrible for me, that I am an alien in Meshech, that I reside among the tents of Kedar!

A Conservative Version

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

American Standard Version

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

Darby Translation

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

Julia Smith Translation

Wo! to me that I sojourned in Mesech; I dwelt with the tents of Ke dar.

King James 2000

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

Lexham Expanded Bible

Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, [that] I dwell among the tents of Kedar.

Modern King James verseion

Woe is me, that I live in Mesech; I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Meshech, and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar!

NET Bible

How miserable I am! For I have lived temporarily in Meshech; I have resided among the tents of Kedar.

New Heart English Bible

Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar.

The Emphasized Bible

Woe is me, That I sojourn in Meshek, - That I abide near the tents of Kedar!

Webster

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

World English Bible

Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

Youngs Literal Translation

Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

Context Readings

A Cry For Truth And Peace

4
Sharp arrows of the warrior,
With the burning coals of the broom tree.
5 
Woe to me, for I sojourn in Meshech,
and I live among the tents of Kedar [among hostile people]!
6
Too long my soul has had its dwelling
With those who hate peace.


Cross References

Genesis 10:2

the sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras;

Genesis 25:13

and these are the names of the [twelve] sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their births: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

Ezekiel 27:13

Javan (Greece), Tubal and Meshech (Asia Minor) traded with you; with the lives of men [taken as slaves] and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise.

Song of Songs 1:5

(The Chorus)“We will rejoice and be glad in you;
We will remember and extol your love more [sweet and fragrant] than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”(The Shulammite Bride)
“I am deeply tanned but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
[I am dark] like the tents of [the Bedouins of] Kedar,
Like the [beautiful] curtains of Solomon.

1 Samuel 25:1

Now Samuel died; and all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him at his house in Ramah. Then David left and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.

Isaiah 60:6-7


“A multitude of camels [from the eastern trading tribes] will cover you [Jerusalem],
The young camels of Midian and Ephah;
All those from Sheba [who once came to trade] will come
Bringing gold and frankincense
And proclaiming the praises of the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:2-3


Oh that I had in the wilderness
A lodging place (a mere shelter) for wayfaring men,
That I might leave my people
And go away from them!
For they are all adulterers [worshiping idols instead of the Lord],
[They are] an assembly of treacherous men [of weak character, men without integrity].

Jeremiah 9:6


“Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit [oppression upon oppression and deceit upon deceit];
Through deceit they refuse to know (understand) Me,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 15:10


Woe to me, my mother, that you have given birth to me
To be a man of strife and a man of contention to all the earth!
I have not loaned, nor have men lent money to me,
Yet everyone curses me.

Jeremiah 49:28-29

Concerning Kedar and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. Thus says the Lord,

“Arise, go up against Kedar
And destroy the men of the east.

Ezekiel 27:21

Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were your customers for lambs, rams, and goats [favored by you]; for these they were your customers.

Ezekiel 38:2-3

“Son of man, set your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the chief ruler of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

Ezekiel 39:1

“And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince (ruler) of Meshech and Tubal;

Micah 7:1-2

Woe is me (judgment is coming)! For I am
Like one who gathers the summer fruits, like one who gleans the vintage grapes.
There is not a cluster of grapes to eat,
No first-ripe fig which my appetite craves.

2 Peter 2:7-8

and if He rescued righteous Lot, who was tormented by the immoral conduct of unprincipled and ungodly men

Revelation 2:13

‘I know where you dwell, [a place] where Satan sits enthroned. Yet you are holding fast to My name, and you did not deny My faith even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed (martyred) among you, where Satan dwells.

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