Isaiah 32:12
What does Isaiah 32:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 32:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They shall smite upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They shall smite upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Have sorrow for the fields, the pleasing fields, the fertile vine;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For breasts they are lamenting, For fields of desire, for the fruitful vine.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Mourn for your breasts, for the delightful country, for the fruitful vineyard.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They shall smite on the breasts [in lamentation] for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vineyards.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 20:15
Moreover also I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
- Lamentations 2:11
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled; My liver is poured upon the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the young children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
- Lamentations 4:3
Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: The daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
- Ezekiel 20:6
in that day I sware unto them, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.
- Nahum 2:7
And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts.
- Deuteronomy 8:7
For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;
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