Isaiah 3:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of His people, and their princes: for you have eaten up the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The LORD enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of His people: 'It is you who have ruined the vineyard; the plunder taken from the poor is in your houses.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The LORDE shal come forth to reason with the Senatours and prynces of his people, and shal saye thus vnto them: It is ye that haue burnt vp my vynyearde, the robbery of the poore is in youre house.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The Lord shall enter into iudgement with the Ancients of his people & the princes thereof: for ye haue eaten vp the vineyarde: the spoyle of the poore is in your houses.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The Lorde shall enter into iudgement with the elders and princes of his people, and shall say to them: It is ye that haue burnt vp my vineyarde, the spoyle of the poore is in your houses.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor [is] in your houses.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Yahweh will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, And their leaders: "It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The spoil of the poor is in your houses.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Jehovah into judgment doth enter With elders of His people, and its heads: `And ye, ye have consumed the vineyard, Plunder of the poor `is' in your houses.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Yahweh will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and their leaders: "It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The spoil of the poor is in your houses.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The LORD comes to pronounce judgment on the leaders of his people and their officials. He says,“It is you who have ruined the vineyard! You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 22:4 : 4 Will He correct you for fear of you? Will He enter into judgment with you?
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight no one living shall be justified.
  • Isa 3:2-3 : 2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the wise, and the elder, 3 The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the skilled craftsman, and the eloquent orator.
  • Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.
  • Jer 5:27 : 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and grown rich.
  • Amos 4:1 : 1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters, 'Bring, and let us drink.'
  • Mic 2:2 : 2 They covet fields and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away; so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
  • Mic 6:10 : 10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is abominable?
  • Matt 21:33 : 33 Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and hedged it around, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, and leased it to vine dressers, and went into a far country.
  • Jas 2:6 : 6 But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and haul you into the courts?
  • Job 24:2-7 : 2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks and feed on them. 3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge. 4 They turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5 Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, rising early for prey; the wilderness yields food for them and for their children. 6 They reap each one his grain in the field and gather the vintage of the wicked. 7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, so they have no covering in the cold.
  • Job 24:9 : 9 They snatch the fatherless from the breast and take a pledge from the poor.
  • Job 34:23 : 23 For He will not lay upon man more than right, that he should enter into judgment with God.
  • Ps 14:4 : 4 Do all the workers of iniquity have no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon the LORD?

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