Isaiah 3:14

What does Isaiah 3:14 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 3:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Jehovah into judgment doth enter With elders of His people, and its heads: `And ye, ye have consumed the vineyard, Plunder of the poor <FI>is<Fi> in your houses.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and its princes: for you have devoured the vineyard, and the spoil of the poor is in your house.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their princes, [saying:] It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard: the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

Context

v.13Jehovah standeth up to contend, and standeth to judge the peoples.

v.14This passage

v.15what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

Cross references

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

  • Isaiah 3:2

    the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder;

  • Job 34:23

    For he needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.

  • Amos 4:1

    Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say unto their lords, Bring, and let us drink.

  • Psalms 14:4

    Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my peopleasthey eat bread, And call not upon Jehovah?

  • Matthew 21:33

    Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

  • Job 24:2

    There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

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