Isaiah 21:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the remaining number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few, for the LORD God of Israel has spoken it.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    And the remaining number of the archers, the warriors of the sons of Kedar, will be few, for the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and the residue{H7605} of the number{H4557} of the archers,{H7198} the mighty men{H1368} of the children{H1121} of Kedar,{H6938} shall be few;{H4591} for Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} hath spoken{H1696} it.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the residue{H7605} of the number{H4557} of archers{H7198}, the mighty men{H1368} of the children{H1121} of Kedar{H6938}, shall be diminished{H4591}{(H8799)}: for the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478} hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} it.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And the remnaunt of the good Archers of Cedar, shalbe very few: For the LORDE God of Israel hath spoken it.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the residue of the nomber of ye strong archers of the sonnes of Kedar shall be fewe: for the Lord God of Israel hath spoken it.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the number of them that shall escape from the bowes, shalbe minished by the mightie children of Cedar: for the Lorde God of Israel hath spoken it.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken [it].

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the remnant of the number of bow-men, The mighty of the sons of Kedar are few, For Jehovah, God of Israel, hath spoken!'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And the rest of the bowmen, the men of war of the children of Kedar, will be small in number: for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said it.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Just a handful of archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be left.” Indeed, the LORD God of Israel has spoken.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 1:20 : 20 But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.
  • Num 23:19 : 19 God is not a man, that he should lie; nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
  • Zech 1:6 : 6 But My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? Then they returned and said: Just as the LORD of hosts determined to do to us, according to our ways and according to our deeds, so He has dealt with us.
  • Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
  • Ps 107:39 : 39 Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
  • Isa 10:18-19 : 18 And shall consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer faints. 19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
  • Isa 17:4-5 : 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. 5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathers the corn, and reaps the ears with his arm; and it shall be like he who gathers ears in the Valley of Rephaim.
  • Jer 44:29 : 29 And this shall be a sign to you, says the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:

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