Isaiah 3:25
What does Isaiah 3:25 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 3:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Your men will be put to the sword, and your men of war will come to destruction in the fight.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For instead of glory, thy men by sword do fall, And thy might in battle.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thy fairest men also shall fall by the sword, and thy valiant ones in battle.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the fight;
Context
v.24And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty.
v.25This passage
v.26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 14:18
If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, they that are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.
- Jeremiah 11:22
therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine;
- Isaiah 1:20
but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.
- 2 Chronicles 29:9
For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
- Amos 9:10
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake nor meet us.
- Lamentations 2:21
The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: Thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast slaughtered, and not pitied.
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