Isaiah 24:4
What does Isaiah 24:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 24:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The earth is sorrowing and wasting away, the world is full of grief and wasting away, the high ones of the earth come to nothing.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Mourned, faded hath the land, Languished, faded hath the world, Languished have they--the high place of the people of the land.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The earth mourned, and faded away, and is weakened: the world faded away, the height of the people of the earth is weakened.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The land mourneth, it fadeth away; the world languisheth, it fadeth away: the haughty people of the land do languish.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Hosea 4:3
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
- Isaiah 3:26
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.
- Isaiah 2:11
The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
- Jeremiah 12:4
How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.
- Isaiah 64:6
For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
- Jeremiah 4:28
For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.
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