Isaiah 40:24

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Indeed, they shall not be planted; indeed, they shall not be sown; indeed, their stock shall not take root in the earth; and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    so that they be not planted nor sowen agayne, nether their stocke rooted agayne in the earth? For as soone as he bloweth vpon them, they wither & fade awaye, like the strawe in a whirle wynde.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    As though they were not plated, as though they were not sowen, as though their stocke tooke no roote in the earth: for he did euen blow vpon them, and they withered, and the whirlewinde will take them away as stubble.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    So that of them it may be sayde, they be not planted nor sowne agayne, neither their stocke rooted agayne in the earth: for assoone as he bloweth vpon them, they wither and fade away lyke the strawe in a whirle winde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Yes, they have not been planted; yes, they have not been sown; yes, their stock has not taken root in the earth: moreover he blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Yea, they have not been planted, Yea, they have not been sown, Yea, not taking root in the earth is their stock, And also He hath blown upon them, and they wither, And a whirlwind as stubble taketh them away.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    They have only now been planted, and their seed put into the earth, and they have only now taken root, when he sends out his breath over them and they become dry, and the storm-wind takes them away like dry grass.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They are planted scarcely. They are sown scarcely. Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground. He merely blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Indeed, they are barely planted; yes, they are barely sown; yes, they barely take root in the earth, and then he blows on them, causing them to dry up, and the wind carries them away like straw.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 41:16 : 16 You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the Lord and glory in the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 17:13 : 13 The nations roar like the crashing of mighty waters, but He rebukes them, and they flee far away. They are driven like chaff on the mountains before the wind, like tumbleweed before a storm.
  • Isa 37:7 : 7 Listen! I am going to put a spirit in him so that when he hears a certain report, he will return to his own land, and there I will cause him to fall by the sword.
  • Isa 40:7 : 7 The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are like grass.
  • Jer 22:30 : 30 This is what the LORD says: Record this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime, for none of his offspring will succeed in sitting on the throne of David or ruling again in Judah.
  • Jer 23:19 : 19 Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone forth in wrath, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
  • Hos 13:3 : 3 Therefore, they will be like the morning cloud, like dew that vanishes early, like chaff blown away from the threshing floor, and like smoke escaping through a window.
  • Hos 13:15 : 15 Even though he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind of the LORD, rising from the wilderness. His spring will dry up, his fountain will be parched. It will plunder his treasury of every precious thing.
  • Nah 1:14 : 14 The Lord has given a command concerning you, Nineveh: 'Your name will no longer be perpetuated. Out of the house of your gods I will destroy the carved image and the cast idol. I will prepare your grave, for you are vile.'
  • Hag 1:9 : 9 You expected much, but it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew it away. Why?” declares the LORD of Hosts. “Because My house remains in ruins, while each of you is busy with your own house.
  • Zech 7:14 : 14 'I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known. The land was left so desolate behind them that no one could come or go. This is how they made the pleasant land a wasteland.'
  • Zech 9:14 : 14 Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Sovereign LORD will sound the trumpet and march forth in the storms of the south.
  • 2 Sam 22:16 : 16 The channels of the sea were visible, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at the rebuke of the LORD, at the breath of his nostrils.
  • 1 Kgs 21:21-22 : 21 'This is what the LORD says: I am bringing disaster on you. I will sweep away your descendants and cut off every male in your household, both slave and free, in Israel. 22 I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and have caused Israel to sin.'
  • 2 Kgs 10:11 : 11 So Jehu struck down all who remained of Ahab’s house in Jezreel—all his great men, close acquaintances, and priests—leaving not a single survivor.
  • Job 4:9 : 9 By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
  • Job 15:30-33 : 30 He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his branch, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away. 31 Let him not trust in worthlessness, deceiving himself, for worthlessness will be his reward. 32 It will be fulfilled before his time, and his branch will not remain green. 33 He will shake off his unripe grapes like a vine and cast away his blossoms like the olive tree.
  • Job 18:16-19 : 16 His roots below will dry up, and his branches above will wither. 17 His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the public square. 18 He is driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world. 19 He has no offspring or posterity among his people, nor any survivor where he once lived.
  • Job 21:18 : 18 They are like straw before the wind and like chaff carried away by a storm.
  • Ps 58:9 : 9 Like a slug that melts away as it moves, like a stillborn child who never sees the sun.
  • Prov 1:27 : 27 When your terror comes like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
  • Isa 11:4 : 4 But he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
  • Isa 14:21-22 : 21 Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons because of the iniquity of their fathers. Let them not rise to possess the land or fill the face of the earth with cities. 22 'I will rise up against them,' declares the LORD of Hosts, 'and I will cut off from Babylon her name and survivors, her offspring and descendants,' declares the LORD.
  • Isa 17:11 : 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.
  • Isa 30:33 : 33 Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its fire pit is deep and wide, with an abundance of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a stream of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.

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