Isaiah 18:6
They will all be left for the birds of prey on the mountains and the wild animals of the earth. The birds will spend the summer feeding on them, and all the wild animals will winter upon them.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
KJV1611 – Modern English
They shall be left together to the birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the birds shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
They shall be left{H5800} together{H3162} unto the ravenous birds{H5861} of the mountains,{H2022} and to the beasts{H929} of the earth;{H776} and the ravenous birds{H5861} shall summer{H6972} upon them, and all the beasts{H929} of the earth{H776} shall winter{H2778} upon them.
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
They shall be left{H5800}{(H8735)} together{H3162} unto the fowls{H5861} of the mountains{H2022}, and to the beasts{H929} of the earth{H776}: and the fowls{H5861} shall summer{H6972}{(H8804)} upon them, and all the beasts{H929} of the earth{H776} shall winter{H2778}{(H8799)} upon them.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
And thus they were layde waist, for the foules of the mountaynes, and for ye beastes of the earth together. So yt the foules sat ther vpon, and the beastes of the earth wyntered there.
Geneva Bible (1560)
They shall be left together vnto the foules of the mountaines, & to the beastes of the earth: for the foule shall sommer vpon it, and euery beast of the earth shall winter vpon it.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Thus shall they be left together vnto the soules of the mountaines, and to the beastes of the earth: for in sommer the birdes shall remayne vpon it, and euery beast of the lande shalbe vpon it in wynter.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
Webster's Bible (1833)
They shall be left together to the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the animals of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer on them, and all the animals of the earth shall winter on them.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
They are left together to the ravenous fowl of the mountains, And to the beast of the earth, And summered on them hath the ravenous fowl, And every beast of the earth wintereth on them.
American Standard Version (1901)
They shall be left together unto the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
American Standard Version (1901)
They shall be left together unto the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
They will be for the birds of the mountains, and for the beasts of the earth: the birds will come down on them in the summer, and the beasts of the earth in the winter.
World English Bible (2000)
They will be left together for the ravenous birds of the mountains, and for the animals of the earth. The ravenous birds will summer on them, and all the animals of the earth will winter on them.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
They will all be left for the birds of the hills and the wild animals; the birds will eat them during the summer, and all the wild animals will eat them during the winter.
Referenced Verses
- Jer 7:33 : 33 The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the animals of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.
- Ezek 32:4-6 : 4 I will leave you on the land, hurl you onto the open field. I will make all the birds of the heavens settle on you, and the wild beasts of the earth will feast on you. 5 I will scatter your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains. 6 I will soak the land with your blood, right up to the mountains; and the ravines will be filled with your masses.
- Ezek 39:17-20 : 17 Son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Speak to every kind of bird and all the wild animals, 'Assemble and come together from all around to my sacrifice that I am offering for you, a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, so that you may eat flesh and drink blood.' 18 You shall eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all fattened animals from Bashan. 19 You will eat fat until you are satisfied and drink blood until you are drunk, from the sacrifice that I have prepared for you. 20 At my table, you will be filled with horses and riders, mighty men and all warriors,' declares the Lord GOD.
- Rev 19:17-18 : 17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying high overhead: 'Come, gather for the great supper of God,' 18 'that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of generals, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, small and great.'
- Jer 15:3 : 3 I will appoint over them four kinds of punishment, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth to devour and destroy.
- Isa 14:19 : 19 but you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit, like a corpse trampled underfoot.
- Isa 34:1-7 : 1 Come near, O nations, to listen; and pay attention, O peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all its inhabitants. 2 For the Lord is angry with all nations, and His wrath is against all their armies. He has utterly destroyed them, He has handed them over to slaughter. 3 Their slain will be thrown out, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will be dissolved with their blood. 4 All the stars of the heavens will rot away, and the skies will be rolled up like a scroll. All their armies will wither, as a leaf withers on the vine or a fig shrivels and falls from the fig tree. 5 For My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens. Behold, it will descend upon Edom, upon the people of My judgment, to bring justice. 6 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood; it is fat with the fat of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom. 7 And wild oxen will fall with them, and young bulls with strong ones. Their land will drink its fill of blood, and their soil will be enriched with fat.
- Isa 56:9 : 9 All you wild animals of the field, come and devour, all you creatures of the forest.
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