Isaiah 33:8
The highways are deserted; travelers have ceased. Covenants are broken, cities are despised, and no one cares about humanity.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
KJV1611 – Modern English
The highways lie desolate, the traveler ceases; he has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities, he regards no man.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
The highways{H4546} lie waste,{H8074} the wayfaring man{H5674} ceaseth:{H7673} [the enemy] hath broken{H6565} the covenant,{H1285} he hath despised{H3988} the cities,{H5892} he regardeth{H2803} not man.{H582}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
The highways{H4546} lie waste{H8074}{(H8738)}, the wayfaring man{H5674}{(H8802)}{H734} ceaseth{H7673}{(H8804)}: he hath broken{H6565}{(H8689)} the covenant{H1285}, he hath despised{H3988}{(H8804)} the cities{H5892}, he regardeth{H2803}{(H8804)} no man{H582}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
The stretes are waist, there walketh no man therin, the appoyntmen is broken, the cities are despised, they are not regarded,
Geneva Bible (1560)
The pathes are waste: the wayfaring man ceaseth: hee hath broken the couenant: hee hath contemned the cities: he regarded no man.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Their streetes are waste, there walketh no man therin: God hath broken the appoyntment, the cities are cast away, and men are nothyng regarded.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceases: [the enemy] has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities, he doesn't regard man.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Desolated have been highways, Ceased hath he who passeth along the path, He hath broken covenant, He hath despised enemies, He hath not esteemed a man.
American Standard Version (1901)
The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: `the enemy' hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth not man.
American Standard Version (1901)
The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: [the enemy] hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth not man.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
The highways are waste, no man is journeying there: the agreement is broken, he has made sport of the towns, he has no thought for man.
World English Bible (2000)
The highways are desolate. The traveling man ceases. The covenant is broken. He has despised the cities. He doesn't respect man.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Highways are empty, there are no travelers. Treaties are broken, witnesses are despised, human life is treated with disrespect.
Referenced Verses
- Judg 5:6 : 6 In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned; travelers took to winding paths.
- 1 Sam 17:10 : 10 The Philistine continued, 'I defy the armies of Israel this day. Give me a man so we can fight each other.'
- 1 Sam 17:26 : 26 David said to the men standing with him, 'What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?'
- 2 Kgs 18:13-17 : 13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah's reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. 14 King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria at Lachish: "I have done wrong. Withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand." So the king of Assyria imposed on Hezekiah king of Judah a tribute of three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15 So Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house. 16 At that time, Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD and from the doorposts that he had overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria. 17 The king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rab-saris, and the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a large army. They came to Jerusalem, stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool on the road to the Launderer's Field, and delivered their message.
- 2 Kgs 18:20-21 : 20 You say—but they are only empty words—'I have counsel and strength for war.' Now, in whom do you trust that you have rebelled against me? 21 Look, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
- Ps 10:5 : 5 His ways prosper at all times; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he sneers at them.
- Isa 10:9-9 : 9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? And is not Samaria like Damascus? 10 Just as my hand seized the kingdoms of idols, whose carved images exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria, 11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and her idols as I have done to Samaria and her images?
- Isa 10:13-14 : 13 For he says, 'By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, because I have understanding. I removed the boundaries of nations, plundered their treasures, and brought down their mighty ones like a bull.' 14 My hand seized the wealth of nations like one finds a nest. As one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth; no wing fluttered, no beak opened to chirp.
- Isa 10:29-31 : 29 They have crossed the pass; at Geba, they make camp. Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees. 30 Cry out, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! Answer her, Anathoth! 31 Madmenah flees; the inhabitants of Gebim take refuge.
- Isa 35:8 : 8 And there will be a highway there, called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it, but it will be for those who walk in that way—fools shall not wander astray.
- Isa 36:1 : 1 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, marched against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
- Lam 1:4 : 4 The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed festivals. All her gates are desolate; her priests groan, her young women grieve, and she is in bitter anguish.
- Luke 18:2-4 : 2 He said, 'There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected people.' 3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him and saying, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.' 4 For a while, he refused. But later, he said to himself, 'Even though I do not fear God or respect people, I will give her justice.'
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