Isaiah 22:1
What does Isaiah 22:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 22:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
KJV
King James Version · 1611The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The word about the valley of vision. Why have all your people gone up to the house-tops?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The burden of the Valley of Vision. What--to thee, now, that thou hast gone up, All of thee--to the roofs?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee also, that thou too art wholly gone up to the housetops?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
Context
v.1This passage
v.2O thou that art full of shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; thy slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joel 3:14
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! for the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision.
- Judges 18:23
And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
- Psalms 114:5
What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?
- Jeremiah 21:13
Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain, saith Jehovah; you that say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?
- Romans 3:2
Much every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God.
- Isaiah 15:3
In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one waileth, weeping abundantly.
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