Isaiah 9:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore the Lord will have no joy in their young men, nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    For wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briers and thorns. It sets the thickets of the forest ablaze, and they roll upward in columns of smoke.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Therefore the Lord{H136} will not rejoice{H8055} over their young men,{H970} neither will he have compassion{H7355} on their fatherless{H3490} and widows;{H490} for every one is profane{H2611} and an evil-doer,{H7489} and every mouth{H6310} speaketh{H1696} folly.{H5039} For all this his anger{H639} is not turned away,{H7725} but his hand{H3027} is stretched out still.{H5186}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Therefore the Lord{H136} shall have no joy{H8055}{(H8799)} in their young men{H970}, neither shall have mercy{H7355}{(H8762)} on their fatherless{H3490} and widows{H490}: for every one is an hypocrite{H2611} and an evildoer{H7489}{(H8688)}, and every mouth{H6310} speaketh{H1696}{(H8802)} folly{H5039}. For all this his anger{H639} is not turned away{H7725}{(H8804)}, but his hand{H3027} is stretched out still{H5186}{(H8803)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Therfore shal the LORDE haue no pleasure in their yonge me, nether fauoure their fatherlesse and wydowes. For thei are altogether ypocrites and wicked, and all their mouthes speake foly. After all this shal not the LORDEs wrath ceasse, but yet his honde shalbe stretched out still.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Therefore shall the Lord haue no pleasure in their yong men, neither will he haue compassion of their fatherlesse and of their widowes: for euery one is an hypocrite and wicked, and euery mouth speaketh follie: yet for all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out stil.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Therefore shall the Lorde haue no pleasure in their young men, neither haue pitie of their fatherlesse and wydowes: for they are altogether hypocrites and wicked, and al their mouthes speake folly: After all this is not the Lordes wrath ceassed, but yet his hand is stretched out styll.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one [is] an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand [is] stretched out still.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Therefore, over its young men the Lord rejoiceth not, And its orphans, and its widows He pitieth not, For every one `is' profane, and an evil doer, And every mouth is speaking folly. With all this not turned back hath His anger, And still His hand is stretched out.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for every one is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for every one is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For this cause the Lord will have no pleasure in their young men, and no pity on their widows and the children without fathers: for they are all haters of God and evil-doers, and foolish words come from every mouth. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So the Lord was not pleased with their young men, he took no pity on their orphans and widows; for the whole nation was godless and did wicked things, every mouth was speaking disgraceful words. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 10:6 : 6 I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
  • Jer 18:21 : 21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
  • 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 5:25 : 25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them, and has struck them: and the hills trembled, and their carcasses were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
  • Isa 9:12 : 12 The Syrians before and the Philistines behind; and they will devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Ps 147:10 : 10 He does not delight in the strength of the horse: he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
  • Isa 1:4 : 4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children who are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger, they have gone away backward.
  • Isa 13:18 : 18 Their bows will dash the young men to pieces; and they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye will not spare children.
  • Isa 9:21 : 21 Manasseh, Ephraim, and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together will be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Isa 10:2 : 2 To turn aside the needy from justice and to take away the rights from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
  • Isa 10:4 : 4 Without me, they shall bow down among the prisoners, and they shall fall among the slain. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Isa 32:6-7 : 6 For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make the soul of the hungry empty, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 7 The schemes of the miser are evil: he devises wicked plans to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks what is right.
  • Isa 62:5 : 5 For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you: and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.
  • Isa 65:19 : 19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem and delight in my people; the voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
  • Jer 5:1 : 1 Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can find a man, if there is anyone who executes judgment, who seeks the truth; and I will pardon it.
  • Ezek 20:33 : 33 As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 The good man has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt each his brother with a net.
  • Zech 9:17 : 17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the young women.
  • Matt 16:3 : 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening. O you hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?
  • Job 15:34 : 34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

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  • Isa 9:18-19
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    77%

    18 For wickedness burns like the fire; it will devour the briers and thorns and will kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they will mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

    19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts the land is burned and the people will be as fuel for the fire; no man will spare his brother.

  • 2 To turn aside the needy from justice and to take away the rights from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

  • 9 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

  • 12 Let there be none to extend kindness to him, nor let there be any to favor his fatherless children.

  • 7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt: in your midst they have dealt oppressively with the stranger: in you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.

  • 25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them, and has struck them: and the hills trembled, and their carcasses were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • 17 You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, How have we wearied him? When you say, Everyone that does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them; or, Where is the God of justice?

  • 6 For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land, says the LORD. But behold, I will deliver every man into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king. They shall strike the land, and I will not deliver them out of their hand.

  • 23 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they do not judge the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.

  • 9 Shall I not visit them for these things? says the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

  • 16 The anger of the LORD has scattered them; he will no longer regard them; they showed no respect to the priests, nor favored the elders.

  • 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.

  • 24 and my wrath shall grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless.

  • 19 Cursed be he who perverts the judgment of the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • 13 For the people do not turn to him who strikes them, nor do they seek the LORD of hosts.

  • 9 The LORD preserves the strangers; he relieves the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

  • 10 Therefore, I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall inherit them: for everyone from the least to the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

  • Jer 5:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28 They have grown fat, they shine: yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked: they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy they do not judge.

    29 Shall I not visit for these things? says the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

  • 21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

  • 8 For this gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

  • 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.

  • Ps 94:6-7
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    73%

    6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

    7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

  • 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy: for He will make a speedy end of all those that dwell in the land.

  • 37 And the peaceful habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

  • 8 Therefore, the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as you see with your eyes.

  • 9 The look on their faces testifies against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they do not hide it. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

  • Jer 15:6-7
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    72%

    6 You have forsaken me, says the LORD, you have gone backward: therefore I will stretch out my hand against you, and destroy you; I am weary with repenting.

    7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they do not return from their ways.

  • 11 Violence has risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them shall remain, not of their multitude, nor of any of theirs; neither shall there be wailing for them.

  • 2 The Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob, and has not pitied: He has thrown down in His wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground: He has defiled the kingdom and its princes.

  • 16 Because he did not remember to show mercy but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the brokenhearted.

  • 7 They pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go in to the same maid, to profane My holy name:

  • 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.

  • 9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

  • 11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding it in. I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him who is full of days.

  • 4 And I will not have mercy on her children; for they are the children of whoredoms.

  • 11 Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.

  • 3 Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, against this family I devise an evil from which you shall not remove your necks; neither shall you go haughtily, for this time is evil.

  • 16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; they will have no one to bury them—neither them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters—for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

  • 21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword; You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have killed, and not pitied.

  • 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry and struck him; I hid myself and was angry, and he went on stubbornly in the way of his heart.

  • 4 Then they shall cry to the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, because they have done evil in their deeds.

  • 21 He does evil to the barren who does not bear, and shows no kindness to the widow.

  • 9 Shall I not visit for these things? says the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

  • 3 And they bend their tongues like a bow for lies; but they are not valiant for the truth on the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the LORD.

  • 15 Yes, truth fails; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

  • 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare your people, O LORD, and give not your heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?