Isaiah 5:10
What does Isaiah 5:10 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 5:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For ten fields of vines will only give one measure of wine, and a great amount of seed will only give a small measure of grain.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For ten acres of vineyard do yield one bath, And an homer of seed yieldeth an ephah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one little measure, and thirty bushels of seed shall yield three bushels.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Haggai 2:16
Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the winevat to draw out fifty vessels, there were but twenty.
- Ezekiel 45:10
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
- Haggai 1:9
Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house.
- Leviticus 26:26
When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
- Joel 1:17
The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.
- Haggai 1:6
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
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