Isaiah 30:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he shall break it as the breaking of the potter's vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found among its fragments a shard to take fire from the hearth, or to take water from the pit.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    'Its collapse will be like that of a jar shattered into pieces so small that no fragment can be used to scoop fire from the hearth or draw water from a cistern.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he shall break{H7665} it as a potter's{H3335} vessel{H5035} is broken, breaking{H7667} it in pieces{H3807} without sparing;{H2550} so that there shall not be found{H4672} among the pieces{H4386} thereof a sherd{H2789} wherewith to take{H2846} fire{H784} from the hearth,{H3344} or to dip{H2834} up water{H4325} out of the cistern.{H1360}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he shall break{H7665}{(H8804)} it as the breaking{H7667} of the potters{H3335}{(H8802)}' vessel{H5035} that is broken in pieces{H3807}{(H8800)}; he shall not spare{H2550}{(H8799)}: so that there shall not be found{H4672}{(H8735)} in the bursting{H4386} of it a sherd{H2789} to take{H2846}{(H8800)} fire{H784} from the hearth{H3344}{(H8803)}, or to take{H2834}{(H8800)} water{H4325} withal out of the pit{H1360}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And youre destruction shalbe like as an erthe pot, which breaketh no man touchinge it, yee and breaketh so sore, that a man shal not fynde a sheuer of it to fetch fyre in, or to take water with all out of the pyt.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the breaking thereof is like the breaking of a potters pot, which is broken without pitie, and in the breaking thereof is not found a sheard to take fire out of the hearth, or to take water out of the pit.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the hurt thereof is lyke an earthen vessell whiche breaketh without helpe, so that in the bursting of it, there is not founde one sheuer to fetch fire in, or to take water withall out of the pit.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water [withal] out of the pit.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces of it a broken piece with which to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And He hath broken it As the breaking of the potters' bottle, Beaten down -- He doth not spare, Nor is there found, in its beating down, A potsherd to take fire from the burning, And to draw out waters from a ditch.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd wherewith to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd wherewith to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And he will let it be broken as a potter's vessel is broken: it will be smashed to bits without mercy; so that there will not be a bit in which one may take fire from the fireplace, or water from the spring.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He will break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing, so that there won't be found among the broken piece a piece good enough to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    It shatters in pieces like a clay jar, so shattered to bits that none of it can be salvaged. Among its fragments one cannot find a shard large enough to scoop a hot coal from a fire or to skim off water from a cistern.”

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 2:9 : 9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
  • Jer 19:10-11 : 10 Then you shall break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with you, 11 And shall say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, until there is no place left to bury.
  • Rom 11:21 : 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either.
  • 2 Pet 2:4-5 : 4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 5 And did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
  • Rev 2:27 : 27 'He shall rule them with a rod of iron; they shall be dashed to pieces like the potter's vessels'—as I also have received from my Father;
  • Deut 29:20 : 20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
  • Job 27:22 : 22 For God will hurl upon him, and not spare; he would gladly flee out of His hand.
  • Ps 31:12 : 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When its boughs are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore He who made them will not have mercy on them, and He who formed them will show them no favor.
  • Isa 47:14 : 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them. They shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame; there shall not be a coal to warm by, nor a fire to sit before.
  • Jer 13:14 : 14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, says the LORD: I will have no pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
  • Jer 48:38 : 38 There 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.
  • Ezek 5:11 : 11 Therefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD; Surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things, and with all your abominations, therefore will I also diminish you; neither shall my eye spare, nor will I have any pity.
  • Ezek 7:4 : 4 And my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity: but I will repay your ways upon you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
  • Ezek 7:9 : 9 And my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; I will repay you according to your ways and your abominations that are in the midst of you; and you shall know that I am the LORD who strikes.
  • Ezek 8:18 : 18 Therefore I will also deal in fury: my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet I will not hear them.
  • Ezek 9:10 : 10 And as for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
  • Ezek 15:3-8 : 3 Shall wood be taken from it to do any work? Or will one take a peg from it to hang any vessel upon? 4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire consumes both ends of it, and the middle of it is burned. Is it fit for any work? 5 Behold, when it was whole, it was not fit for any work: how much less shall it be fit for any work when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned? 6 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Like the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them. 8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, says the Lord GOD.
  • Ezek 24:14 : 14 I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to your ways, and according to your deeds, they shall judge you, says the Lord GOD.
  • Luke 4:2 : 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And in those days he ate nothing, and when they were ended, he was hungry.
  • Rom 8:32 : 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

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