Isaiah 28:11
What does Isaiah 28:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 28:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Nay, but bymen of strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people;
KJV
King James Version · 1611For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Nay, but bymen of strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949No, but with broken talk, and with a strange tongue, he will give his word to this people:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For by scorned lip, and by another tongue, Doth He speak unto this people.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For with the speech of lips, and with another tongue he will speak to this people.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For with stammering lips and a strange tongue will he speak to this people;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 28:49
Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
- Isaiah 33:19
Thou shalt not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou canst not comprehend, of a strange tongue that thou canst not understand.
- 1 Corinthians 14:21
In the law it is written, By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers will I speak unto this people; and not even thus will they hear me, saith the Lord.
- Jeremiah 5:15
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
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