Isaiah 24:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

From the uttermost part of the earth we have heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, 'My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! The treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; indeed, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.'

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    From the ends of the earth, we hear songs: 'Glory to the Righteous One.' But I said, 'I perish, I perish, woe to me! The treacherous betray, with treachery the treacherous betray.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    From the uttermost part{H3671} of the earth{H776} have we heard{H8085} songs:{H2158} Glory{H6643} to the righteous.{H6662} But I said,{H559} I pine{H7334} away, I pine{H7334} away, woe{H188} is me! the treacherous{H898} have dealt treacherously;{H898} yea, the treacherous{H898} have dealt very{H899} treacherously.{H898}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    From the uttermost part{H3671} of the earth{H776} have we heard{H8085}{(H8804)} songs{H2158}, even glory{H6643} to the righteous{H6662}. But I said{H559}{(H8799)}, My leanness{H7334}, my leanness{H7334}, woe{H188} unto me! the treacherous dealers{H898}{(H8802)} have dealt treacherously{H898}{(H8804)}; yea, the treacherous dealers{H898}{(H8802)} have dealt very{H899} treacherously{H898}{(H8804)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    We heare songes sunge to the prayse of the rightuous, fro al the endes of the worlde. Therfore I must speake: O my vnfrutfulnesse, o my pouerte, Wo is me, all is ful of synneres, which offende of purpose and malice.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    From the vttermost part of the earth wee haue heard praises, euen glory to the iust, and I sayd, My leanesse, my leanesse, woe is mee: the transgressours haue offended: yea, the transgressours haue grieuously offended.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    From the vttermost part of the earth haue we hearde prayses and myrth, because of the righteous: And I sayde, I knowe a thing in secrete, I knowe a thing in secrete, wo is me: the transgressours haue offended, the transgressours haue greeuously offended.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, [even] glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous. But I said, I pine away, I pine away, woe is me! the treacherous have dealt treacherously; yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    From the skirt of the earth we heard songs, The desire of the righteous. And I say, `Leanness `is' to me, Leanness `is' to me, wo `is' to me.' Treacherous dealers dealt treacherously, Yea, treachery, treacherous dealers dealt treacherously.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous. But I said, I pine away, I pine away, woe is me! the treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous. But I said, I pine away, I pine away, woe is me! the treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    From the farthest part of the earth comes the sound of songs, glory to the upright. But I said, I am wasting away, wasting away, the curse is on me! The false ones go on in their false way, yes, they go on acting falsely.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous! But I said, "I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!" The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    From the ends of the earth we hear songs– the Just One is majestic. But I say,“I’m wasting away! I’m wasting away! I’m doomed! Deceivers deceive, deceivers thoroughly deceive!”

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 21:2 : 2 A harsh vision is revealed to me; the treacherous one deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All its sighing have I made to cease.
  • 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 5:11 : 11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, says the LORD.
  • Jer 3:20 : 20 Surely, as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so have you dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, says the LORD.
  • Isa 26:15 : 15 You have increased the nation, O LORD, You have increased the nation; You are glorified; You had removed it far to all the ends of the earth.
  • Isa 28:5 : 5 In that day the LORD of hosts shall be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, to the remnant of his people,
  • Isa 45:22-25 : 22 Look to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other. 23 I have sworn by Myself, the word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. 24 Surely, they shall say, In the LORD I have righteousness and strength. To Him shall men come; and all who are incensed against Him shall be ashamed. 25 In the LORD all the descendants of Israel shall be justified, and shall glory.
  • Isa 48:8 : 8 Yes, you did not hear; yes, you did not know; yes, from that time your ear was not opened: for I knew you would deal very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.
  • Isa 52:10 : 10 The LORD has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
  • Isa 60:21 : 21 Also your people shall all be righteous; they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, that I may be glorified.
  • Isa 66:19-20 : 19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the distant isles, that have not heard my fame, nor seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. 20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.
  • Jer 12:1 : 1 Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal very treacherously?
  • Jer 12:6 : 6 For even your brothers, the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; yes, they have called a multitude after you. Do not believe them, even though they speak kind words to you.
  • Lam 1:2 : 2 She weeps bitterly in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she has none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they have become her enemies.
  • Hos 5:7 : 7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now a month shall devour them with their portions.
  • Hos 6:7 : 7 But like men they have transgressed the covenant: there they have dealt treacherously against me.
  • Mic 5:4 : 4 And he shall stand and shepherd in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth.
  • Hab 1:3 : 3 Why do You show me iniquity, and cause me to behold trouble? For plundering and violence are before me; there are those who raise up strife and contention.
  • Mark 13:27 : 27 And then he shall send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth to the farthest part of heaven.
  • Acts 13:47 : 47 For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set you to be a light to the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.
  • Rev 15:3 : 3 And they sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints.
  • Rev 16:5-7 : 5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, You are righteous, O Lord, who are, and were, and shall be, because you have judged thus. 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. 7 And I heard another from the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.
  • Rev 19:1-6 : 1 And after these things I heard a great voice of a multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, to the Lord our God: 2 For true and righteous are His judgments: for He has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged the blood of His servants at her hand. 3 And again they said, Hallelujah. And her smoke rose up forever and ever. 4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Hallelujah. 5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all you His servants, and you that fear Him, both small and great. 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord God omnipotent reigns.
  • Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
  • Ps 2:8 : 8 Ask of me, and I shall give you the nations for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
  • Ps 22:27-31 : 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before You. 28 For the kingdom is the LORD’s, and He is the governor among the nations. 29 All the prosperous of the earth shall eat and worship; all who go down to the dust shall bow before Him, even he who cannot keep himself alive. 30 A posterity shall serve Him; it will be recounted to the Lord for a generation. 31 They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born, that He has done this.
  • Ps 58:10 : 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
  • Ps 67:7 : 7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.
  • Ps 72:8-9 : 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. 9 Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust. 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 11 Yes, all kings shall fall down before him; all nations shall serve him.
  • Ps 98:3 : 3 He has remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
  • Ps 106:15 : 15 And he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.
  • Ps 107:1-9 : 1 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endures forever. 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy; 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to live in. 5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 6 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. 7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. 8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 9 For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness. 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; 11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and despised the counsel of the Most High: 12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was none to help. 13 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands apart. 15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 16 For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut the bars of iron apart. 17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. 18 Their soul abhors all manner of food; and they draw near to the gates of death. 19 Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses. 20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. 21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 22 And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. 23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; 24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. 25 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves. 26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. 28 Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distresses. 29 He makes the storm calm, so that the waves are still. 30 Then they are glad because they are quiet; so he brings them to their desired haven. 31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. 33 He turns rivers into a wilderness, and the water springs into dry ground; 34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of those who dwell therein. 35 He turns the wilderness into pools of water, and dry land into water springs. 36 And there he makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; 37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. 38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and does not allow their cattle to decrease. 39 Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. 40 He pours contempt upon princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way. 41 Yet he sets the poor on high from affliction, and makes him families like a flock. 42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop its mouth. 43 Whoever is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
  • Isa 10:16 : 16 Therefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory, he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
  • 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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    14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.

    15 Therefore glorify the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.

  • 19 O LORD, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to you from the ends of the earth and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things in which there is no profit.

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  • Lam 1:18-22
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    18 The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men have gone into captivity.

    19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and my elders have died in the city, while they sought food to relieve their souls.

    20 Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my heart is troubled; my heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaves, at home there is as death.

    21 They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it: you will bring the day that you have promised, and they shall be like me.

    22 Let all their wickedness come before you; and do unto them, as you have done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.

  • 10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, they say, and we will report it. All my familiar friends watched for my faltering, saying, Perhaps he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

  • 19 Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You struck us down, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, but behold, trouble!

  • Isa 33:1-2
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    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.

  • 17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.

  • 16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice; decay entered my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble. When he comes up to the people, he will invade them with his troops.

  • 24 We have heard the report, our hands grow weak; anguish has taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in labor.

  • 17 All this has come upon us; yet we have not forgotten You, nor have we dealt falsely in Your covenant.

  • 14 Therefore the LORD has watched over the calamity, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all His works which He does: for we have not obeyed His voice.

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

  • 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

  • 1 Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal very treacherously?

  • 7 O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us belongs confusion of face, as it is this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those near and those far off, through all the countries where You have driven them, because of their trespass which they have trespassed against You.

  • 15 Behold, they say to me, Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now.

  • 13 Woe to them! for they have fled from me: destruction to them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

  • 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.

  • 25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly clings to the earth.

  • 11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, says the LORD.

  • 19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, 'How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.'

  • 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place for travelers; that I might leave my people and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

  • 20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is ruined: suddenly my tents are ruined, and my curtains in a moment.

  • 12 Listen to me, you stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:

  • 19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.

  • 16 All your enemies have opened their mouth against you: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly, this is the day we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

  • 10 O my threshing and the grain of my floor: that which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.

  • 15 But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together; yes, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they tore me, and did not cease:

  • 16 For these things I weep; my eye, my eye runs down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.

  • 13 Your words have been harsh against me, says the LORD. Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against you?'.

  • 15 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we in agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hidden ourselves:

  • 5 The islands saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.

  • 7 Behold, their brave ones cry aloud; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

  • 16 Is not the food cut off before our eyes, yes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

  • 27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, My way is hidden from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?