Isaiah 1:3
What does Isaiah 1:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 1:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Even the ox has knowledge of its owner, and the ass of the place where its master puts its food: but Israel has no knowledge, my people give no thought to me.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; Israel doth not know, my people hath no intelligence.
Context
v.2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
v.3This passage
v.4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! they have forsaken Jehovah, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged and gone backward.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 13:19
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the evil one, and snatcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart. This is he that was sown by the way side.
- Matthew 13:13
Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
- Isaiah 27:11
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.
- Deuteronomy 32:28
For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.
- Jeremiah 10:8
But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.
- Isaiah 44:18
They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
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