Isaiah 33:11
What does Isaiah 33:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 33:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Your designs will be without profit, and their effect will be nothing: you will be burned up by the fire of my breath.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Ye conceive chaff, ye bear stubble, Your spirit! --fire devoureth you.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752You shall conceive heat, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath as fire shall devour you.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Ye shall conceive dry grass, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath shall devour you [as] fire.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 2:1
Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?
- Isaiah 30:30
And Jehovah will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, and tempest, and hailstones.
- Nahum 1:5
The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
- Isaiah 29:5
But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be in an instant suddenly.
- Isaiah 31:8
And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become subject to taskwork.
- Job 15:35
They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.
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