Parallel Verses

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!

Amplified


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

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 He will give you a warrior's sharpened arrows and red-hot coals. 5 Woe is me, for I sojourn in Meshech,
For I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
6 I have lived too long 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

These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam

Ezekiel 27:13

Japan, Tubal and Meshech were your traders. They paid for your merchandise with the lives of men and vessels of bronze.

Song of Songs 1:5

I am lovely and black, O you daughters of Jerusalem. I am like the tents of Kedar and the curtains of Solomon.

1 Samuel 25:1

Samuel died. All Israel gathered to mourn him. They buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David went to the desert of Paran.

Isaiah 60:6-7

Many camels will cover your land, young camels from Midian and Ephah. Everyone from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and incense. They will sing the praises of Jehovah.

Jeremiah 9:2-3

I wish I had a dwelling in the desert. I would abandon my people and go away from them. They are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

Jeremiah 9:6

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

Jeremiah 15:10

Sadness is mine! Why did my mother bring me into the world? I have to quarrel and argue with everyone in the whole earth. I have not lent any money or borrowed any; yet everyone curses me.

Jeremiah 49:28-29

This is what Jehovah says about the Kedar tribe and the desert villages that were conquered by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia: Listen, you people of Kedar and the other tribes of the eastern desert. I have told Nebuchadnezzar to attack and destroy you.

Ezekiel 27:21

Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers for lambs, rams and goats.

Ezekiel 38:2-3

Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him.

Ezekiel 39:1

The Lord Jehovah says: 'Son of man, denounce Gog, the chief ruler of the nations of Meshech and Tubal. Tell him that I am his enemy.

Micah 7:1-2

Too bad for me! For I am like the gathered summer fruit, as the grape gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat. I desire the first ripe fig.

2 Peter 2:7-8

He delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked.

Revelation 2:13

I know where you live and where the throne of Satan is. You cling to my name and have not denied my faith, even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness. He was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

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