Isaiah 5:3
What does Isaiah 5:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 5:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And now, you people of Jerusalem and you men of Judah, be the judges between me and my vine-garden.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And now, O inhabitant of Jerusalem, and man of Judah, Judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And now, O ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and ye men of Juda, judge between me and my vineyard.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
Context
v.2and he digged it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
v.3This passage
v.4What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 20:15
And they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
- Psalms 51:4
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in thy sight; That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest.
- Matthew 21:40
When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
- Micah 6:2
Hear, O ye mountains, Jehovah’s controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.
- Jeremiah 2:4
Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
- Romans 3:4
God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.
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