Isaiah 16:1

What does Isaiah 16:1 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 16:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And they will send ... to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Send ye a lamb <FI>to<Fi> the ruler of the land, From Selah in the wilderness, Unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Send forth, O Lord, the lamb, the ruler of the earth, from Petra of the desert, to the mount of the daughter of Sion.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Send the lamb of the ruler of the land from the rock to the wilderness, — unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

Context

v.1This passage

v.2For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 42:11

    Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of Sela sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

  • 2 Samuel 8:2

    And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

  • 2 Kings 3:4

    Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams.

  • Ezra 7:17

    therefore thou shalt with all diligence buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meal-offerings and their drink-offerings, and shalt offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

  • Micah 4:8

    And thou, O tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, yea, the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kings 14:7

    He slew of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, unto this day.

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