Isaiah 21:17
And the remaining number of the archers, the warriors of the sons of Kedar, will be few, for the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And the remaining number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few, for the LORD God of Israel has spoken it.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
and the residue{H7605} of the number{H4557} of the archers,{H7198} the mighty men{H1368} of the children{H1121} of Kedar,{H6938} shall be few;{H4591} for Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} hath spoken{H1696} it.
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And the residue{H7605} of the number{H4557} of archers{H7198}, the mighty men{H1368} of the children{H1121} of Kedar{H6938}, shall be diminished{H4591}{(H8799)}: for the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478} hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} it.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the remnaunt of the good Archers of Cedar, shalbe very few: For the LORDE God of Israel hath spoken it.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And the residue of the nomber of ye strong archers of the sonnes of Kedar shall be fewe: for the Lord God of Israel hath spoken it.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And the number of them that shall escape from the bowes, shalbe minished by the mightie children of Cedar: for the Lorde God of Israel hath spoken it.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken [it].
Webster's Bible (1833)
and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And the remnant of the number of bow-men, The mighty of the sons of Kedar are few, For Jehovah, God of Israel, hath spoken!'
American Standard Version (1901)
and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.
American Standard Version (1901)
and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And the rest of the bowmen, the men of war of the children of Kedar, will be small in number: for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said it.
World English Bible (2000)
and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it."
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Just a handful of archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be left.” Indeed, the LORD God of Israel has spoken.
Referenced Verses
- Isa 1:20 : 20 But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
- Num 23:19 : 19 'God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?'
- Zech 1:6 : 6 But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your ancestors? So they repented and said, 'As the Lord of Hosts planned to do to us, according to our ways and our deeds, so He has done to us.'
- Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
- Ps 107:39 : 39 Yet they were diminished and brought low through oppression, calamity, and sorrow.
- Isa 10:18-19 : 18 The glory of his forest and his fruitful fields will be consumed, both soul and body. It will be as when a sick man wastes away. 19 The remaining trees of his forest will be so few that a child could count them.
- Isa 17:4-5 : 4 On that day the glory of Jacob will fade, and the fatness of his body will become lean. 5 It will be like a harvester gathering standing grain, and his arm harvesting the ears of grain; like one gleaning ears of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
- Jer 44:29 : 29 This will be the sign to you,’ declares the LORD, ‘that I will punish you in this place so that you may know that my words will surely stand against you for harm:
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