Isaiah 18:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, the branches will be cut with pruning knives, and the spreading branches will be removed and discarded.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For before the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For before{H6440} the harvest,{H7105} when the blossom{H6525} is over,{H8552} and the flower{H5328} becometh a ripening{H1580} grape,{H1155} he will cut off{H3772} the sprigs{H2150} with pruning-hooks,{H4211} and the spreading branches{H5189} will he take away{H5493} [and] cut down.{H8456}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For afore{H6440} the harvest{H7105}, when the bud{H6525} is perfect{H8552}{(H8800)}, and the sour grape{H1155} is ripening{H1580}{(H8802)} in the flower{H5328}, he shall both cut off{H3772}{(H8804)} the sprigs{H2150} with pruning hooks{H4211}, and take away{H5493}{(H8689)} and cut down{H8456}{(H8689)} the branches{H5189}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But the frutes, were not yet ripe cut of, and the grapes were but yonge and grene. Then one smote of the grapes with an hoke, yee he hewed downe also the buwes and the braunches, & dyd cast the awaye.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For afore the haruest when the floure is finished, and the fruite is riping in the floure, then he shall cut downe the branches with hookes, and shall take away, and cut off the boughes:

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For afore the haruest whe the braunch is growen, there shall come ripe fruite of the floure: and he shal cut downe the increase with sithes, and the braunches shall he take away with hookes.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away [and] cut down the branches.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches will he take away [and] cut down.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    For before harvest, when the flower is perfect, And the blossom is producing unripe fruit, Then hath `one' cut the sprigs with pruning hooks, And the branches he hath turned aside, cut down.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches will he take away `and' cut down.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches will he take away [and] cut down.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For before the time of getting in the grapes, after the opening of the bud, when the flower has become a grape ready for crushing, he will take away the small branches with knives, cutting down and taking away the wide-stretching branches.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and he will cut down and take away the spreading branches.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For before the harvest, when the bud has sprouted, and the ripening fruit appears, he will cut off the unproductive shoots with pruning knives; he will prune the tendrils.

Referenced Verses

  • Song 2:13 : 13 The fig tree ripens its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
  • Ezek 17:6-9 : 6 The plant sprouted and became a low, spreading vine, with its branches facing the eagle and its roots growing beneath it. So it became a vine, produced branches, and sent out leaves. 7 But there was another great eagle with powerful wings and abundant feathers. And behold, the vine bent its roots toward it and stretched its branches toward the eagle to be watered from the surrounding garden. 8 It was planted in fertile soil by abundant waters to produce branches, bear fruit, and become a splendid vine. 9 Say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and its fruit stripped so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a great effort or many people to pull it out by its roots. 10 Even if transplanted, will it thrive? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes it, drying up in the very garden bed where it grew?’
  • Song 2:15 : 15 Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.
  • Isa 17:10-11 : 10 For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, you will plant pleasant plants and set them with imported vines. 11 Though on the day you plant them you make them grow, and in the morning you make your seed blossom, yet the harvest will be a heap on the day of grief and incurable pain.

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