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 · 2000Send 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 · 1611Send 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 · 1901Send 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 · 1949And they will send ... to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Send 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) · 1752Send 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 · 1890Send 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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