Isaiah 51:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but now with wine:

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Isa 29:9 : 9 Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
Isa 51:17 : 17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, that hast drunk at the hand of Jehovah the cup of his wrath; thou hast drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.
Isa 54:11 : 11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Isa 51:22-23
2 verses
83%
22Thus saith thy Lord Jehovah, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; thou shalt no more drink it again:
23and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee, that have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and thou hast laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to them that go over.
Joel 1:5
80%
5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
Isa 51:17
79%
17Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, that hast drunk at the hand of Jehovah the cup of his wrath; thou hast drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.
Isa 29:9
78%
9Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
Prov 31:5-7
3 verses
76%
5Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice [due] to any that is afflicted.
6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:
7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.
Isa 51:19-20
2 verses
76%
19These two things are befallen thee, who shall bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort thee?
20Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God.
Jer 51:7
75%
7Babylon hath been a golden cup in Jehovah's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
Isa 1:22
74%
22Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.
Isa 5:22
74%
22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;
Isa 24:9
74%
9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
Isa 24:11
74%
11There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
Jer 49:12
73%
12For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, they to whom it pertained not to drink of the cup shall assuredly drink; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink.
Jer 25:27-28
2 verses
73%
27And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
28And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thy hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ye shall surely drink.
Ezek 23:33
73%
33Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.
Hab 2:15
73%
15Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, to thee that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
Isa 28:1
73%
1Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine!
Lam 4:21
73%
21Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz: The cup shall pass through unto thee also; thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
Prov 20:1
73%
1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
Jer 25:15-17
3 verses
72%
15For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto me: take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
16And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
17Then took I the cup at Jehovah's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent me:
Jer 13:12-13
2 verses
72%
12Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word: Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
13Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
Nah 3:11
72%
11Thou also shalt be drunken; thou shalt be hid; thou also shalt seek a stronghold because of the enemy.
Isa 24:7
72%
7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.
Ps 60:3
72%
3Thou hast showed thy people hard things: Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.
Isa 5:11
72%
11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!
Obad 1:16
71%
16For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually; yea, they shall drink, and swallow down, and shall be as though they had not been.
Amos 5:11
71%
11Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
Job 24:11
71%
11They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Amos 6:6
71%
6that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
Isa 28:7
71%
7And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
1 Sam 1:14
71%
14And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
Isa 28:3
70%
3The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot:
Hos 4:11
70%
11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.
1 Tim 5:23
70%
23Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Prov 23:20-21
2 verses
70%
20Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.
Ps 75:8
70%
8For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth; It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.
Amos 4:1
70%
1Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say unto their lords, Bring, and let us drink.
Mic 6:15
70%
15Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil; and the vintage, but shalt not drink the wine.
Prov 23:31
70%
31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:
Ps 107:27
70%
27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end.
Jer 30:15
69%
15Why criest thou for thy hurt? thy pain is incurable: for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
Nah 1:12
69%
12Thus saith Jehovah: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.