Isaiah 16:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

But now the LORD has spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab shall be despised, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    But now the LORD has spoken, saying: In three years, as precisely as the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab, along with its great multitude, will be brought into contempt. Only a small and insignificant remnant will remain, not mighty at all.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But now Jehovah hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But now the LORDE sayeth thus: In thre yeare shal ye power of Moab wt their pope (which is greate) be minished, like as ye burthe of an hyred seruaunte: And as for ye remnaunt of them, they shalbe lesse then a fewe, and not rekened moch worth.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And nowe the Lorde hath spoken, saying, In three yeres, as the yeeres of a hireling, and the glorie of Moab shall be contemned in all the great multitude, & the remnant shalbe very small and feeble.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But nowe the Lorde hath spoken, saying: In three yeres, which shalbe as the yeres of an hired seruaunt, shall the glorie of Moab be turned into contempt throughout all his multitude, which is very great: and that which remayneth shalbe very small and feeble.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant [shall be] very small [and] feeble.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But now Yahweh has spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And now hath Jehovah spoken, saying, `In three years, as years of an hireling, Lightly esteemed is the honour of Moab, With all the great multitude, And the remnant `is' little, small, not mighty!'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But now Jehovah hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But now Jehovah hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But now the Lord has said, In three years, the years of a servant working for payment, the glory of Moab, all that great people, will be turned to shame, and the rest of Moab will be very small and without honour.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    But now Yahweh has spoken, saying, "Within three years, as a worker bound by contract would count them, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant will be very small and feeble."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Now the LORD makes this announcement:“Within exactly three years Moab’s splendor will disappear, along with all her many people; there will be just a few, insignificant survivors left.”

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 21:16 : 16 For the Lord has said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will fail:
  • Isa 23:9 : 9 The LORD of hosts has purposed it, to mar the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
  • Isa 25:10 : 10 For on this mountain the hand of the LORD will rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under Him, as straw is trodden down for the refuse heap.
  • Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus says the LORD, 'Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches:
  • Jer 48:42 : 42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against the LORD.
  • Jer 48:46-47 : 46 Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh perish, for your sons are taken captive and your daughters captive. 47 Yet I will bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, says the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
  • Nah 2:9-9 : 9 Take the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is no end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. 10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melts, and the knees strike together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather paleness.
  • Gen 31:1 : 1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father's; and from that which was our father's, he has gained all this wealth.
  • Deut 15:8 : 8 But you shall open your hand wide to him, and shall surely give him sufficient for his need, in what he wants.
  • Esth 5:11 : 11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
  • Isa 7:16 : 16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you abhor shall be forsaken by both her kings.
  • Isa 15:5 : 5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee to Zoar, like a heifer of three years old: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping shall they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
  • Isa 17:4 : 4 And on that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall grow lean.

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  • Isa 16:11-13
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    89%

    11Therefore my heart shall sound like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kirharesh.

    12And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.

    13This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning Moab since that time.

  • Jer 48:13-17
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    77%

    13And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.

    14How do you say, 'We are mighty and strong men for the war'?

    15Moab is plundered, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

    16The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hastens quickly.

    17All you who are around him, bemoan him; and all you who know his name say, 'How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!'

  • Isa 21:16
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    16For the Lord has said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will fail:

  • Jer 48:42-43
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    42And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against the LORD.

    43Fear, the pit, and the snare shall be upon you, O inhabitant of Moab, says the LORD.

  • Zeph 2:8-10
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    8I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, by which they have reproached my people and magnified themselves against their border.

    9Therefore as I live, says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even a breeding of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation: the remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

    10This they shall have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.

  • Jer 48:24-26
    3 verses
    75%

    24And upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

    25The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the LORD.

    26Make him drunk, for he magnified himself against the LORD. Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and also he shall be in derision.

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    1Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

    2But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:

  • Jer 48:1-4
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    1Against Moab, thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo, for it is ruined; Kiriathaim is confounded and captured; Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

    2There shall be no more praise of Moab. In Heshbon they have devised evil against it: 'Come, and let us cut it off from being a nation.' You too shall be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue you.

    3A voice of crying shall be heard from Horonaim, plundering and great destruction.

    4Moab is destroyed; her little ones have set up a cry.

  • 2 Kgs 3:18
    74%

    18And this is but a trivial thing in the sight of the LORD; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.

  • Isa 16:6-7
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    6We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.

    7Therefore Moab shall wail for Moab, everyone shall wail: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall you mourn; surely they are stricken.

  • Jer 48:20
    74%

    20Moab is confounded, for it is broken down. Howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered.

  • Jer 48:38-40
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    38There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab and in its streets, for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which is no pleasure, says the LORD.

    39They shall howl, saying, 'How it is broken down! How has Moab turned his back with shame!' So Moab shall be a derision and a dismaying to all those around him.

    40For thus says the LORD: Behold, he shall fly like an eagle and shall spread his wings over Moab.

  • Isa 15:1
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    1The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste and brought to silence.

  • Jer 48:46-47
    2 verses
    73%

    46Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh perish, for your sons are taken captive and your daughters captive.

    47Yet I will bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, says the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

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    72%

    10For on this mountain the hand of the LORD will rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under Him, as straw is trodden down for the refuse heap.

  • Ezek 25:9
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    9Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,

  • Isa 15:4-6
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    4And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even to Jahaz; therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous to him.

    5My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee to Zoar, like a heifer of three years old: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping shall they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.

    6For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the hay is withered away, the grass fails, there is no green thing.

  • Isa 16:4
    71%

    4Let my outcasts dwell with you, Moab; be a shelter to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceases, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

  • Isa 15:8
    71%

    8For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab; its wailing to Eglaim, and its wailing to Beerelim.

  • Jer 48:8-9
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    8And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD has spoken.

    9Give wings to Moab, that it may flee and get away; for its cities shall be desolate, without any to dwell in them.

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    36Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres, because the riches he has acquired are perished.

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    30So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years.

  • Jer 48:34
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    34From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh and to Jahaz they have uttered their voice, from Zoar to Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old; for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.

  • Isa 16:2
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    2For it shall be, that as a wandering bird cast out from the nest, the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

  • Num 22:3
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    3And Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

  • Ezek 25:11
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    11And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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    29We have heard the pride of Moab (he is exceedingly proud), his loftiness, and his arrogance, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

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    3The land shall be utterly emptied and utterly plundered, for the LORD has spoken this word.