Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

that our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no decay, no leading into captivity, and no complaining in our streets.

New American Standard Bible

Let our cattle bear
Without mishap and without loss,
Let there be no outcry in our streets!

King James Version

That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

Holman Bible

Our cattle will be well fed.
There will be no breach in the walls,
no going into captivity,
and no cry of lament in our public squares.

International Standard Version

May our cattle grow heavy with young, with no damage or loss. May there be no cry of anguish in our streets!

A Conservative Version

our oxen are well laden, no breaking in, and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets,

American Standard Version

When our oxen are well laden; When there is no breaking in, and no going forth, And no outcry in our streets:

Amplified


Let our cattle bear
Without mishap and without loss,
And let there be no outcry in our streets!

Darby Translation

Our kine laden with young; no breaking in and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets.

Julia Smith Translation

Our oxen bearing no breaking, and no coming forth, and no complaining in our broad places.

King James 2000

That our oxen may be strong to labor; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no outcry in our streets.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[that] our cattle [may be] pregnant; [that there be] no breach [in our walls], and no going out [in exile], and no outcry in our plazas.

Modern King James verseion

and our oxen may be loaded; there is no breaking in nor going out and no crying in our streets.

NET Bible

Our cattle will be weighted down with produce. No one will break through our walls, no one will be taken captive, and there will be no terrified cries in our city squares.

New Heart English Bible

Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.

The Emphasized Bible

Our oxen, well-laden; no breaking in and no departing, - and no loud lament in our places of concourse: -

Webster

That our oxen may be strong to labor; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

World English Bible

Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.

Youngs Literal Translation

Our oxen are carrying, there is no breach, And there is no outgoing, And there is no crying in our broad places.

References

Easton

Context Readings

A King's Prayer

13 that our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of store; that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets; 14 that our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no decay, no leading into captivity, and no complaining in our streets. 15 Happy are the people that be in such a case; yea, blessed are the people, which have the LORD for their God.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:7

The LORD shall smite thine enemies that rise against thee before thy face. They shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

Deuteronomy 28:25

And the LORD shall plague thee before thine enemies: Thou shalt come out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them, and shalt be scattered among all the kingdoms of the earth.

Judges 5:8

"God chose new fashions of war, for when they had war at their gates: there was not seen, among forty thousand, either shield or spear in Israel.

Judges 6:3

For when Israel had sown then came the Midianites, the Amalekites, and they of the east country upon them and pitched their tents against them,

Judges 6:6

And so was Israel exceedingly impoverished by the Midianites and cried unto the LORD.

1 Samuel 13:17-23

And there came out of the host of the Philistines three companies, to destroy: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah unto the land of Shual;

1 Samuel 31:7

When the men of Israel that were of the other side of the valley, and they of the other side Jordan, heard that the men of Israel were put to flight, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they left the cities, and ran away, and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

Isaiah 24:11

In the streets shall there be lift up a cry because of wine, all men's cheer shall vanish away, and all joy of the earth shall pass.

Jeremiah 13:17-19

But if ye will not hear me, that give you secret warning, I will mourn from my whole heart for your stubbornness. Piteously will I weep, and the tears shall gush out of mine eyes. For the LORD's flock shall be carried away captive.

Jeremiah 14:2

"Judah shall mourn, men shall not go much more through his gates: the land shall be no more had in reputation, and the cry of Jerusalem shall break out.

Jeremiah 14:18

For if I go into the field, lo, it lieth all full of slain men: If I come into the city, lo, they be all famished of hunger. Yea, their prophets also and priests shall be led into an unknown land.'"

Lamentations 1:4-6

{Daleth} The streets of Zion mourn, because no man cometh to the solemn feasts. All her gates are desolate; her priests make lamentation; her maidens are careful; and she herself is in great heaviness.

Zechariah 8:3-5

Thus saith the LORD: I will return to Zion and will dwell in the middle of Jerusalem. And Jerusalem shall be called the city of truth and the hill of the LORD Sabaoth and a holy hill.

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