Isaiah 50 - Compare Translations
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Isaiah 50:1
KJVThus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
WEBYahweh says, “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce, with which I have put her away?
YLTThus said Jehovah: `Where [is] this -- the bill of your mother's divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Lo, for your iniquities ye have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent away.
Isaiah 50:2
KJVWherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
WEBWhy, when I came, was there no one?
YLTWherefore have I come, and there is no one? I called, and there is none answering, Hath My hand been at all short of redemption? And is there not in me power to deliver? Lo, by My rebuke I dry up a sea, I make rivers a wilderness, Their fish stinketh, for there is no water, And dieth with thirst.
Isaiah 50:3
KJVI clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
WEBI clothe the heavens with blackness,
YLTI clothe the heavens [with] blackness, And sackcloth I make their covering.
Isaiah 50:4
KJVThe Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
WEBThe Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught,
YLTThe Lord Jehovah hath given to me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary [by] a word, He waketh morning by morning, He waketh for me an ear to hear as taught ones.
Isaiah 50:5
KJVThe Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
WEBThe Lord Yahweh has opened my ear,
YLTThe Lord Jehovah opened for me the ear, And I rebelled not -- backward I moved not.
Isaiah 50:6
KJVI gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
WEBI gave my back to those who beat me,
YLTMy back I have given to those smiting, And my cheeks to those plucking out, My face I hid not from shame and spitting.
Isaiah 50:7
KJVFor the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
WEBFor the Lord Yahweh will help me.
YLTAnd the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Therefore I have not been ashamed, Therefore I have set my face as a flint, And I know that I am not ashamed.
Isaiah 50:8
KJVHe is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
WEBHe who justifies me is near.
YLTNear [is] He who is justifying me, Who doth contend with me? We stand together, who [is] mine opponent? Let him come nigh unto me.
Isaiah 50:9
KJVBehold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
WEBBehold, the Lord Yahweh will help me!
YLTLo, the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Who [is] he that declareth me wicked? Lo, all of them as a garment wear out, A moth doth eat them.
Isaiah 50:10
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Isaiah 50:11
KJVBehold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
WEBBehold, all you who kindle a fire,
YLTLo, all ye kindling a fire, girding on sparks, Walk ye in the light of your fire, And in the sparks ye have caused to burn, From my hand hath this been to you, In grief ye lie down!
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