Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“But come here, you sons of a sorceress,
Offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute.

King James Version

But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.

Holman Bible

But come here,
you sons of a sorceress,
offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute!

International Standard Version

"But as for you, come here, you children of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!

A Conservative Version

But draw near here, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

American Standard Version

But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

Amplified


“But come here, you sons of a sorceress [raised in deception and superstition],
Offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute.

Bible in Basic English

But come near, you sons of her who is wise in secret arts, the seed of her who is false to her husband, and of the loose woman.

Darby Translation

But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

Julia Smith Translation

And ye, come ye near here, sons of her practicing magic, seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

King James 2000

But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the descendants of the adulterer and the harlot.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"But you, come near here, you children of a soothsayer, offspring [of] an adulterer and she [who] commits fornication.

Modern King James verseion

But draw near here, sons of the sorceress, seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Come hither, therefore, ye charmer's children; ye sons of the adulterer and the whore.

NET Bible

But approach, you sons of omen readers, you offspring of adulteresses and prostitutes!

New Heart English Bible

"But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the prostitute.

The Emphasized Bible

But, ye, -- draw near hither, Ye sons of divination, - Ye seed of an adulterer when your mother committed unchastity!

Webster

But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the lewd.

World English Bible

"But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the prostitute.

Youngs Literal Translation

And ye, come near hither, O sons of a sorceress, seed of an adulterer, Even thou dost commit whoredom.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קרב 
Qarab 
Usage: 280

of the sorceress
ענן 
`anan 
Usage: 11

the seed
זרע 
Zera` 
Usage: 229

of the adulterer
נאף 
Na'aph 
Usage: 31

References

American

Son

Fausets

Context Readings

Idolatry Is Adultery

2 He enters into peace;
They rest in their beds,
Each one who walked in his upright way.
3 “But come here, you sons of a sorceress,
Offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute.
4 “Against whom do you jest?
Against whom do you open wide your mouth
And stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of rebellion,
Offspring of deceit,

Cross References

Matthew 16:4

An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and a sign will not be given it, except the sign of Jonah.” And He left them and went away.

Genesis 3:15

And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her seed;
He shall bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise him on the heel.”

Isaiah 1:21

How the faithful city has become a harlot,
She who was full of justice!
Righteousness once lodged in her,
But now murderers.

Isaiah 45:20

Gather yourselves and come;
Draw near together, you fugitives of the nations;
They have no knowledge,
Who carry about their wooden idol
And pray to a god who cannot save.

Hosea 1:2

When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for the land commits flagrant harlotry, forsaking the Lord.”

Joel 3:9-11

Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare a war; rouse the mighty men!
Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up!

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

Matthew 23:33

You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?

Luke 3:7

So he began saying to the crowds who were going out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

John 8:40-44

But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.

James 4:4

You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

1 John 3:10

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.

Revelation 17:1-5

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,

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