Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

And with great anger I am angry at the nations at ease; in that I was but a little angry, and they gave help for evil.

New American Standard Bible

But I am very angry with the nations who are at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they furthered the disaster.”

King James Version

And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

Holman Bible

I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease, for I was a little angry, but they made it worse.

International Standard Version

I am deeply angry with the nations who are complacent, with whom I was only a little displeased but they made things worse!"

A Conservative Version

And I am very greatly displeased with the nations that are at ease. For I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

American Standard Version

And I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

Amplified

But I am very angry with the nations who are at ease and feel secure; for while I was only a little angry, they furthered the disaster [against the people of Israel].”

Bible in Basic English

And I am very angry with the nations who are living untroubled: for when I was only a little angry, they made the evil worse.

Darby Translation

and I am wroth exceedingly with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little wroth, and they helped forward the affliction.

Julia Smith Translation

And I am angry with great anger against the nations living in quiet: for I was angry a little and they helped for evil.

King James 2000

And I am very much displeased with the nations that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they furthered the disaster.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And {I am extremely angry} with the nations that are at ease, for [while] I was a little angry, they {furthered disaster}."

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and sore displeased at the careless Heathen: for whereas I was but a little angry, they did their best that I might destroy them.

NET Bible

But I am greatly displeased with the nations that take my grace for granted. I was a little displeased with them, but they have only made things worse for themselves.

New Heart English Bible

I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but only a little angry, but they added to the calamity."

The Emphasized Bible

And, with a great displeasure, am I displeased with the careless nations, - in that, when, I, was displeased (for) a little, then, they, helped forward the calamity,

Webster

And I am very greatly displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

World English Bible

I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity."

Youngs Literal Translation

And with great wrath I am wroth against the nations who are at ease, For I was a little wroth, and they assisted -- for evil.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And I am very
גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

קצף 
Qetseph 
Usage: 29

קצף 
Qatsaph 
קצף 
Qatsaph 
Usage: 34
Usage: 34

with the heathen
גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

שׁאנן 
Sha'anan 
Usage: 10

for I was but a little
מעט מעט 
M@`at 
Usage: 101

and they helped
עזר 
`azar 
Usage: 81

Context Readings

First Vision: Horsemen

14 So the angel who talked with me said to me, Cry out, saying, So says Jehovah of Hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. 15 And with great anger I am angry at the nations at ease; in that I was but a little angry, and they gave help for evil. 16 Therefore so says Jehovah: I have returned to Jerusalem with mercies. My house shall be built in it, says Jehovah of Hosts. And a line shall be stretched over Jerusalem.

Cross References

Isaiah 10:5-7

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger! And the staff in their hand is My fury.

Isaiah 47:6-9

I was angry with My people, I have polluted My inheritance, and given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; you have very heavily laid your yoke on the aged.

Isaiah 54:8

In a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you, says Jehovah your Redeemer.

Jeremiah 51:24

And I will give to Babylon, and to all the people of Chaldea, all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says Jehovah.

Ezekiel 25:12-17

So says the Lord Jehovah: Because Edom has dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended and revenged himself on them;

Zechariah 1:2

Jehovah has been very angry with your fathers.

Zechariah 1:11

And they answered the Angel of Jehovah who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and behold, all the earth sits still and is at peace.

Psalm 69:26

For they persecute him whom You have stricken, and they talk to the grief of those You pierced.

Psalm 83:2-5

For lo, Your enemies roar; and those who hate You have lifted up their head.

Psalm 123:4

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the contempt of those who are at ease, with the scorn of the proud.

Psalm 137:7

Remember, O Jehovah, the sons of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Make it bare! Make it bare, even to the foundation of it!

Jeremiah 48:11-13

Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, nor has he gone into exile. Therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.

Jeremiah 51:34-35

Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me; he has made me an empty vessel. He has swallowed me up like a jackal; he has filled his belly with good things; he has thrown me out;

Ezekiel 25:3-9

And say to the Ammonites, Hear the Word of the Lord Jehovah. So says the Lord Jehovah: Because you said, Aha, against My sanctuary when it was defiled, and against the land of Israel when it was ruined, and against the house of Judah when they went into captivity;

Ezekiel 26:2

Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, Aha! She is shattered, the doors of the peoples, she has turned to me; I shall be filled; she is laid waste.

Ezekiel 29:6-7

And all the people of Egypt shall know that I am Jehovah, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 36:4-5

so, mountains of Israel, hear the Word of the Lord Jehovah. So says the Lord Jehovah to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the deserted wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and a mockery to the rest of the nations all around.

Amos 1:3-13

So says Jehovah: For three transgressions of Damascus, yea for four, I will not turn away from it; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron.

Amos 6:1

Woe to those at ease in Zion, and those trusting in the mountain of Samaria, who are noted as leader of the nations. And the house of Israel came to them.

Obadiah 1:10-16

Shame shall cover you from the violence against your brother Jacob, and you shall be cut off forever.

Hebrews 12:6-7

for whom the Lord loves He chastens, and He scourges every son whom He receives."

Revelation 18:7-8

As much as she has glorified herself and has lived in luxury, so much torment and sorrow give her. For she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and I am not a widow; and I do not see mourning at all.

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