Isaiah 17:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

And behold, at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of those who spoil us, and the lot of those who rob us.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    In the evening, sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more. This is the fate of those who plunder us and the lot of those who pillage us.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    At eventide,{H6256} behold, terror;{H1091} [and] before the morning{H1242} they are not. This is the portion{H2506} of them that despoil{H8154} us, and the lot{H1486} of them that rob{H962} us.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And behold at eveningtide{H6256}{H6153} trouble{H1091}; and before the morning{H1242} he is not. This is the portion{H2506} of them that spoil{H8154}{(H8802)} us, and the lot{H1486} of them that rob{H962}{(H8802)} us.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Though they be fearful at night, yet in the morninge it is gone with the, This is their porcion, that do vs harme, and heretage of them, that robbe vs.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And loe, in the euening there is trouble: but afore the morning it is gone. This is the portion of them that spoyle vs, and the lot of them that robbe vs.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    At euen beholde there is trouble, and or euer it be mornyng lo it is gone: This is the portion of them that oppresse vs, and the lot of them that robbe vs.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And behold at eveningtide trouble; [and] before the morning he [is] not. This [is] the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    At evening, behold, terror; [and] before the morning they are no more. This is the portion of those who despoil us, and the lot of those who rob us.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    At even-time, lo, terror, before morning it is not, This `is' the portion of our spoilers, And the lot of our plunderers!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    At eventide, behold, terror; `and' before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that despoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    At eventide, behold, terror; [and] before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that despoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    In the evening there is fear, and in the morning they are gone. This is the fate of those who take our goods, and the reward of those who violently take our property for themselves.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    At evening, behold, terror! Before the morning, they are no more. This is the portion of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who rob us.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    In the evening there is sudden terror; by morning they vanish. This is the fate of those who try to plunder us, the destiny of those who try to loot us!

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 19:35 : 35 And it happened that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and struck in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred eighty-five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
  • Job 20:29 : 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage assigned to him by God.
  • Ps 37:36 : 36 Yet he passed away, and indeed, he was no more; yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
  • Prov 22:23 : 23 For the LORD will plead their cause and plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
  • Isa 10:28-32 : 28 He has come to Aiath, he has passed to Migron; at Michmash he has stored his carriages: 29 They have gone over the pass: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul has fled. 30 Lift up your voice, O daughter of Gallim; cause it to be heard to Laish, O poor Anathoth. 31 Madmenah is moved away; the inhabitants of Gebim gather to flee. 32 As yet he shall remain at Nob that day; he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
  • Isa 33:1 : 1 Woe to you who plunder, though you were not plundered; and who deal treacherously, though they did not deal treacherously with you! When you cease to plunder, you will be plundered; when you stop dealing treacherously, they will deal treacherously with you.
  • Jer 2:3 : 3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, says the LORD.
  • Jer 13:25 : 25 This is your lot, the portion of your measures from me, says the LORD; because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
  • Ezek 39:10 : 10 They shall not take wood out of the field, nor cut down any from the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall take spoil from those who spoiled them, and rob those who robbed them, says the Lord GOD.
  • Hab 2:16-17 : 16 You are filled with shame for glory: drink you also, and let your foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto you, and shameful spewing shall be on your glory. 17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover you, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all who dwell therein.
  • Zeph 2:9-9 : 9 Therefore 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. 10 This they shall have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.
  • Judg 5:31 : 31 So let all your enemies perish, O LORD; but let those who love Him be as the sun when it comes out in its strength. And the land had rest for forty years.
  • 2 Kgs 19:3 : 3 And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children have come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring them forth.

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    16 In the dark they break into houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they do not know the light.

    17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death; if one knows them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

    18 He is as swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he does not behold the way of the vineyards.

  • 14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as if it were night.

  • 14 The murderer, rising with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief.

  • 13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far away, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

  • 20 They are destroyed from morning to evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.

  • 14 And at evening let them return, and let them make a noise like a dog, and go around the city.

  • 20 Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest steals him away in the night.

  • 1 Behold, the day of the LORD comes, and your spoil shall be divided in the midst of you.

  • Isa 33:1-2
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    74%

    1 Woe to you who plunder, though you were not plundered; and who deal treacherously, though they did not deal treacherously with you! When you cease to plunder, you will be plundered; when you stop dealing treacherously, they will deal treacherously with you.

    2 O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for you. Be their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

  • 19 From the time that it goes forth it shall take you: for morning by morning it shall pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

  • 6 In the morning it flourishes and grows up; in the evening it is cut down and withers.

  • 30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one looks to the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened by the clouds of the heavens.

  • 20 In a moment they shall die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight and pass away; and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

  • 4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly spoiled: he has changed the portion of my people; how has he removed it from me! Turning away, he has divided our fields.

  • 12 They change the night into day; the light is near because of darkness.

  • 16 For they do not sleep unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

  • 19 How they are brought into desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

  • Jer 6:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 Prepare war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us, for the day goes away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

    5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

  • 10 Day and night they go about it upon its walls; mischief and sorrow are in the midst of it.

  • 7 The morning has come upon you, O you that dwell in the land; the time has come, the day of trouble is near, and not the joyful shouting from the mountains.

  • Lam 4:18-19
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    18 They hunted our steps, so that we could not walk in our streets; our end drew near, our days were fulfilled, for our end came.

    19 Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the sky; they pursued us on the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

  • 23 For the LORD will plead their cause and plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

  • 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

  • 7 The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • 5 If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, how you are cut off!—would they not have stolen till they had enough? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some grapes?

  • 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that will bite you, and awake that will vex you, and you shall be for plunder to them?

  • 9 That strengthens the plundered against the strong, so that the plundered shall come against the fortress.

  • 14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

  • 11 Violence has risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them shall remain, not of their multitude, nor of any of theirs; neither shall there be wailing for them.

  • 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it because it is in the power of their hand.

  • 25 Destruction comes; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

  • 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

  • 25 Therefore He knows their works, and He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

  • Job 21:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17 How often is the lamp of the wicked put out! And how often does their destruction come upon them! God distributes sorrows in His anger.

    18 They are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away.

  • 15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold, trouble!

  • 11 See, how they repay us, to come to cast us out of Your possession, which You have given us to inherit.

  • 15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • 67 In the morning you shall say, Would God it were evening! and at evening you shall say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of your heart with which you shall fear, and for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.

  • 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night;

  • 24 Who gave Jacob for a plunder, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.

  • 22 And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they shall be driven into darkness.

  • 17 There the wicked cease from troubling; there the weary are at rest.

  • 6 They return at evening; they make a noise like a dog, and go around the city.

  • 2 Yet He also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back His words: but will rise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who practice iniquity.