Isaiah 60:17
Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver; instead of wood, bronze; and instead of stones, iron. I will make your overseers peace and your rulers righteousness.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
KJV1611 – Modern English
For bronze I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood bronze, and for stones iron. I will also make your officers peace, and your magistrates righteousness.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
For brass{H5178} I will bring{H935} gold,{H2091} and for iron{H1270} I will bring{H935} silver,{H3701} and for wood{H6086} brass,{H5178} and for stones{H68} iron.{H1270} I will also make{H7760} thy officers{H6486} peace,{H7965} and thine exactors{H5065} righteousness.{H6666}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
For brass{H5178} I will bring{H935}{(H8686)} gold{H2091}, and for iron{H1270} I will bring{H935}{(H8686)} silver{H3701}, and for wood{H6086} brass{H5178}, and for stones{H68} iron{H1270}: I will also make{H7760}{(H8804)} thy officers{H6486} peace{H7965}, and thine exactors{H5065}{(H8802)} righteousness{H6666}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
For brasse wil I geue the golde, and for yron syluer, for wod brasse, and for stones yron. I wil make peace thy ruler, and rightuousnes thyne officer.
Geneva Bible (1560)
For brasse will I bring golde, and for yron will I bring siluer, and for wood brasse, and for stones yron. I will also make thy gouernement peace, and thine exactours righteousnesse.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
For brasse, wyll I geue thee golde, and for iron, siluer: for wood, brasse, and for stones iron: I wyll turne thyne oppression into peace, and thyne exactions into righteousnesse.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
Webster's Bible (1833)
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron. I will also make your officers peace, and righteousness your ruler.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Instead of the brass I bring in gold, And instead of the iron I bring in silver, And instead of the wood brass, And instead of the stone iron, And I have made thy inspection peace, And thy exactors righteousness.
American Standard Version (1901)
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron. I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
American Standard Version (1901)
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron. I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
In place of brass, I will give gold, and for iron silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: and I will make Peace your judge, and Righteousness your overseer.
World English Bible (2000)
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron. I will also make your officers peace, and righteousness your ruler.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Instead of bronze, I will bring you gold, instead of iron, I will bring you silver, instead of wood, I will bring you bronze, instead of stones, I will bring you iron. I will make prosperity your overseer, and vindication your sovereign ruler.
Referenced Verses
- 1 Kgs 10:21-27 : 21 All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Silver was not considered valuable in Solomon's days. 22 The king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years, the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. 23 King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the kings of the earth. 24 The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart. 25 Every year, they brought their gifts—articles of silver and gold, robes, weapons, spices, horses, and mules. 26 Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the lowlands.
- Isa 1:26 : 26 I will restore your judges as at the beginning, and your counselors as at the start. Afterward, you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.
- Isa 30:26 : 26 The light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, on the day the LORD binds up his people’s wounds and heals the injuries he has inflicted.
- Isa 32:1-2 : 1 Indeed, a king will reign in righteousness, and rulers will govern with justice. 2 Each man will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
- Zech 12:8 : 8 On that day, the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. The weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord going before them.
- Heb 11:40 : 40 Since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.
- 2 Pet 3:13 : 13 But according to His promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
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