Isaiah 7:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

And on all hills that shall be dug with the mattock, there shall not come the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    As for all the hills once cultivated with a hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and thorns; they will become places where cattle are turned loose and sheep run freely.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And all the hills{H2022} that were digged{H5737} with the mattock,{H4576} thou shalt not come thither{H935} for fear{H3374} of briers{H8068} and thorns;{H7898} but it shall be for the sending forth{H4916} of oxen,{H7794} and for the treading{H4823} of sheep.{H7716}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And on all hills{H2022} that shall be digged{H5737}{(H8735)} with the mattock{H4576}, there shall not come thither{H935}{(H8799)} the fear{H3374} of briers{H8068} and thorns{H7898}: but it shall be for the sending forth{H4916} of oxen{H7794}, and for the treading{H4823} of lesser cattle{H7716}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And as for all hilles that now are hewen downe, thou shalt not come vpo them, for feare of brears and thornes. But the catel shalbe dryuen thither, and the shepe shal fede there.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But on all the mountaines, which shalbe digged with the mattocke, there shal not come thither the feare of briers and thornes: but they shalbe for the sending out of bullocks, and for the treading of sheepe.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    As for all hilles that shalbe digged with the mattocke, there shall not come vpon them any feare of bryers and thornes: but the cattell shalbe driuen thyther, and the sheepe shal feede there.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And [on] all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And all the hills that with a mattock are kept in order, Thither cometh not the fear of brier and thorn, And it hath been for the sending forth of ox, And for the treading of sheep!'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And all the hills that were digged with the mattock, thou shalt not come thither for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And all the hills that were digged with the mattock, thou shalt not come thither for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And they will send out the oxen and the sheep on all the hills which before were worked with the spade, ... fear of blackberries and thorns.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They will stay away from all the hills that were cultivated, for fear of the thorns and briers. Cattle will graze there and sheep will trample on them.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 5:17 : 17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
  • Isa 7:21-22 : 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep; 22 And it shall come to pass, because of the abundance of milk that they shall give, he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall everyone eat who is left in the land.
  • Isa 13:20-22 : 20 It will never be inhabited, nor will it be dwelt in from generation to generation: nor will the Arabian pitch tent there; nor will the shepherds make their fold there. 21 But wild beasts of the desert will lie there; and their houses will be full of doleful creatures; and owls will dwell there, and satyrs will dance there. 22 And the wild beasts of the islands will cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged.
  • Isa 17:2 : 2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and no one shall make them afraid.
  • Zeph 2:6 : 6 And the seacoast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

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