Isaiah 33:12
What does Isaiah 33:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 33:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the peoples will be like the burning of chalk: as thorns cut down, which are burned in the fire.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And peoples have been <FI>as<Fi> burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, with fire they burn.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the people shall be as ashes after a fire, as a bundle of thorns they shall be burnt with fire.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the peoples shall be [as] burnings of lime, [as] thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 37:36
And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
- Isaiah 9:18
For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
- Amos 2:1
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.
- Isaiah 10:17
And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.
- 2 Samuel 23:6
But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with the hand;
- Isaiah 27:4
Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together.
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